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"Who has ever loved a drug addict? It's a lie. They think a 'teja' is as bad person": multiple stigmas faced by women who inject drugs in coastal Kenya.

scientific article published on 25 May 2018

A Case of Recurrent Priapism in the Context of Quetiapine Use, Discontinuation, and Rechallenge

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

A Livelihood Intervention to Reduce the Stigma of HIV in Rural Kenya: Longitudinal Qualitative Study

scientific article published on 14 January 2016

A More Robust Test of the Penrose Hypothesis

scientific article published in July 2015

A livelihood intervention to improve economic and psychosocial well-being in rural Uganda: Longitudinal pilot study

scientific article published on December 2016

A marginal structural model to estimate the causal effect of antidepressant medication treatment on viral suppression among homeless and marginally housed persons with HIV

scientific article published on December 2010

A meta-analysis of interventions to improve care for chronic illnesses.

scientific article published on August 2005

A nearly overlooked mild case of ziprasidone-induced lingual dystonia.

scientific article published in April 2010

A post-outbreak assessment of exposure proximity and Ebola virus disease-related stigma among community members in Kono District, Sierra Leone: A cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 29 January 2022

A qualitative analysis of factors influencing HPV vaccine uptake in Soweto, South Africa among adolescents and their caregivers

scientific article

A typology of structural approaches to HIV prevention: A commentary on Roberts and Matthews ⬇️

scientific article published on July 31, 2012

Achieving Consensus on Terminology Describing Multivariable Analyses ⬇️

article by Alexander Tsai published June 2013 in American Journal of Public Health

Actual Versus Perceived HIV Testing Norms, and Personal HIV Testing Uptake: A Cross-Sectional, Population-Based Study in Rural Uganda

scientific article published on 23 February 2017

Addressing the context and consequences of substance use, misuse, and dependence: A global imperative

scientific article published on 26 November 2019

Adjunctive atypical antipsychotic treatment for major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis of depression, quality of life, and safety outcomes

scientific article

An outbreak of web sites selling ciprofloxacin following an outbreak of anthrax by mail.

scientific article published in October 2002

Antenatal depression case finding by community health workers in South Africa: feasibility of a mobile phone application

scientific article

Aripiprazole in the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder: a critical review of the evidence and its dissemination into the scientific literature

scientific article

Association Between Religious Service Attendance and Lower Suicide Rates Among US Women

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Association Between Social Integration and Suicide Among Women in the United States

scientific article

Association between internalized stigma and depression among HIV-positive persons entering into care in Southern India

scientific article published in December 2017

Brief report: systemic inflammation, immune activation, and impaired lung function among people living with HIV in rural Uganda

journal article published in 2018

CD4+ cell count at antiretroviral therapy initiation and economic restoration in rural Uganda

scientific article

CYP2B6 Genetic Polymorphisms, Depression, and Viral Suppression in Adults Living with HIV Initiating Efavirenz-Containing Antiretroviral Therapy Regimens in Uganda: Pooled Analysis of Two Prospective Studies

scholarly article by Jonathan L Chang published in August 2018

Changes in food insecurity, nutritional status, and physical health status after antiretroviral therapy initiation in rural Uganda

scientific article published on October 2012

Co-occurring epidemics, syndemics, and population health

scientific article published on March 2017

College affirmative action bans and smoking and alcohol use among underrepresented minority adolescents in the United States: A difference-in-differences study

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

Combination Therapy for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis: Whom, When, and Where?

scientific article published on April 2015

Communal bereavement and resilience in the aftermath of a terrorist event: Evidence from a natural experiment

scientific article

Community beliefs, HIV stigma, and depression among adolescents living with HIV in rural Uganda

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Community-Level HIV Stigma as a Driver for HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Sierra Leone: A Population-Based Study

scientific article published on 12 April 2017

Community-based prenatal screening for postpartum depression in a South African township

scientific article

Community-level and individual-level influences of intimate partner violence on birth spacing in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on May 2012

Comparative effectiveness of induction therapy for human immunodeficiency virus-associated cryptococcal meningitis: a network meta-analysis

scientific article published on January 2015

Conceptual framework for understanding the bidirectional links between food insecurity and HIV/AIDS.

scientific article published on 16 November 2011

Conflicts between commercial and scientific interests in pharmaceutical advertising for medical journals

scientific article published on January 2003

Correlates of attendance at community engagement meetings held in advance of bio-behavioral research studies: A longitudinal, sociocentric social network study in rural Uganda

scientific article published on 16 July 2021

Declining payments for emergency department care, 1996-1998

scientific article published on 01 March 2003

Declining prevalence of probable depression among patients presenting for antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda: the role of early treatment initiation

scientific article

Depression and Suicidal Ideation Among HIV-Infected Adults Receiving Efavirenz Versus Nevirapine in Uganda

article

Depression during pregnancy and the postpartum among HIV-infected women on antiretroviral therapy in Uganda

scientific article

Directly observed antidepressant medication treatment and HIV outcomes among homeless and marginally housed HIV-positive adults: a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 21 June 2012

Disclosure of HIV Status to Perinatally Infected Adolescents in Urban Uganda: A Qualitative Study on Timing, Process, and Outcomes

scientific article

Dissemination of research findings to research participants living with HIV in rural Uganda: challenges and rewards

scientific article

Distribution and performance of cardiovascular risk scores in a mixed population of HIV-infected and community-based HIV-uninfected individuals in Uganda

scientific article published on 11 April 2018

Do equity financing cycles matter? evidence from biotechnology alliances

article

Does effective depression treatment alone reduce secondary HIV transmission risk? Equivocal findings from a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on October 2013

Does substance use compromise depression treatment in persons with HIV? Findings from a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 02 September 2016

Dreams Deferred - The Public Health Consequences of Rescinding DACA.

scientific article

Economic Mobility and the Mortality Crisis Among US Middle-aged Whites

scientific article published on 25 October 2016

Economic Opportunity, Health Behaviors, and Mortality in the United States.

scientific article published on 21 December 2015

Economic influences on population health in the United States: Toward policymaking driven by data and evidence

scientific article published on 02 September 2020

Economic opportunity, health behaviours, and health outcomes in the USA: a population-based cross-sectional study.

scientific article published on 3 October 2016

Eleven-year outcomes from an integrated residency program to train research psychiatrists

scientific article published on July 2013

Empiric deworming and CD4 count recovery in HIV-infected Ugandans initiating antiretroviral therapy

scientific article

Evaluating the impact of Affordable Care Act repeal on America's opioid epidemic.

scientific article published on 29 August 2017

Evidence for the reliability and validity of the internalized AIDS-related stigma scale in rural Uganda

scientific article

Explaining antiretroviral therapy adherence success among HIV-infected children in rural Uganda: a qualitative study

scientific article

Food insecurity and its association with co-occurring postnatal depression, hazardous drinking, and suicidality among women in peri-urban South Africa

scientific article published on 23 May 2013

Food insecurity is associated with HIV, sexually transmitted infections and drug use among men in the United States

scientific article

Food insecurity is associated with morbidity and patterns of healthcare utilization among HIV-infected individuals in a resource-poor setting

scientific article published on January 2012

Food insecurity, depression and the modifying role of social support among people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda

scientific article

Food insecurity, social networks and symptoms of depression among men and women in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional, population-based study

scientific article

Food insufficiency, depression, and the modifying role of social support: Evidence from a population-based, prospective cohort of pregnant women in peri-urban South Africa

scientific article published on 8 January 2016

From social networks to health: Durkheim after the turn of the millennium. Introduction

scientific article

GPS-measured distance to clinic, but not self-reported transportation factors, are associated with missed HIV clinic visits in rural Uganda

scientific article published on June 2013

Gender inequity norms are associated with increased male-perpetrated rape and sexual risks for HIV infection in Botswana and Swaziland

scientific article

Global Mental Health: Five Areas for Value-Driven Training Innovation

scientific article published on 16 March 2016

Global health training in US graduate psychiatric education

scientific article

Gut carriage of antimicrobial resistance genes in women exposed to small-scale poultry farms in rural Uganda: A feasibility study

scientific article published on 11 June 2020

HIV Infection, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and COPD in Rural Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study.

scientific article published on 19 December 2017

HIV Treatment Scale-Up and HIV-Related Stigma in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Longitudinal Cross-Country Analysis.

scientific article published on 11 June 2015

HIV infection and arterial stiffness among older-adults taking antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda

scientific article published on 3 December 2015

HIV knowledge trends during an era of rapid antiretroviral therapy scale-up: an analysis of 33 sub-Saharan African countries

article

HIV stigma trends in the general population during antiretroviral treatment expansion: analysis of 31 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, 2003-2013

scientific article published on 31 March 2016

HIV-related stigma trends in the general population of India during an era of antiretroviral treatment expansion, 2005-16

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Harnessing poverty alleviation to reduce the stigma of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article

Have geopolitics influenced decisions on American health foreign assistance efforts during the Obama presidency?

scientific article published in June 2018

Health consequences of the US Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration programme: a quasi-experimental study

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Higher baseline CD4 cell count predicts treatment interruptions and persistent viremia in patients initiating ARVs in rural Uganda

scientific article published on March 2013

Home foreclosure, health, and mental health: a systematic review of individual, aggregate, and contextual associations

scientific article

Household malaria knowledge and its association with bednet ownership in settings without large-scale distribution programs: Evidence from rural Madagascar

scientific article

Households with young children and use of freely distributed bednets in rural Madagascar

scientific article published on 22 December 2013

How does antiretroviral treatment attenuate the stigma of HIV? Evidence from a cohort study in rural Uganda

scientific article published on October 2013

Ideal Cardiovascular Health and Carotid Atherosclerosis in a Mixed Cohort of HIV-Infected and Uninfected Ugandans

scientific article published on 31 July 2016

Impact of HIV-related stigma on treatment adherence: systematic review and meta-synthesis

scientific article

Impact of geographic and transportation-related barriers on HIV outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

scientific article

Improving antiretroviral therapy adherence in resource-limited settings at scale: a discussion of interventions and recommendations

scientific article

In reply

In reply to "a call for better methodology for global mental health educational program reviews"

scientific article published on 21 March 2015

Increased Systemic Inflammation and Gut Permeability Among Women With Treated HIV Infection in Rural Uganda

article

Indirect Costs of Structural Interventions

scientific article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association

Industry-funded bioethics articles

scientific article published in September 2005

Inequitable and Ineffective: Exclusion of Mental Health from the Post-2015 Development Agenda

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

Internalized HIV stigma, bullying, major depressive disorder, and high-risk suicidality among HIV-positive adolescents in rural Uganda

article

Internalized stigma, social distance, and disclosure of HIV seropositivity in rural Uganda

scientific article published on December 2013

Intimate Partner Violence and Depression Symptom Severity among South African Women during Pregnancy and Postpartum: Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study

scientific article published on 19 January 2016

Intimate Partner Violence and Population Mental Health: Why Poverty and Gender Inequities Matter ⬇️

scientific article published on May 7, 2013

Intimate partner violence and HIV: embracing complexity

scientific article

Is food insecurity associated with HIV risk? Cross-sectional evidence from sexually active women in Brazil

scientific article

Lay worker-administered behavioral treatments for psychological distress in resource-limited settings: Time to move from evidence to practice?

scientific article published on 15 August 2017

Limitations of using the Lorenz curve framework to understand the distribution of population viral load

scientific article published on March 2017

Longitudinal assessment of associations between food insecurity, antiretroviral adherence and HIV treatment outcomes in rural Uganda

scientific article

Low population prevalence of atrial fibrillation in rural Uganda: A community-based cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 15 November 2018

Managing nonfinancial conflict of interest: how the "New McCarthyism" could work

scientific article published in January 2011

Measuring mental health in child soldiers

scientific article published in December 2008

Measuring personal beliefs and perceived norms about intimate partner violence: Population-based survey experiment in rural Uganda

scientific article

Medical evidence of human rights violations against non-Arabic-speaking civilians in Darfur: a cross-sectional study

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Mental health spillovers and the Millennium Development Goals: The case of perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa

scientific article

No association found between traditional healer use and delayed antiretroviral initiation in rural Uganda

scientific article published on January 2013

Overcoming bias in estimating the volume-outcome relationship

scientific article

Persistent HIV-related stigma in rural Uganda during a period of increasing HIV incidence despite treatment expansion

scientific article

Personal contact with HIV-positive persons is associated with reduced HIV-related stigma: cross-sectional analysis of general population surveys from 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

scientific article

Physician Decisions to Discontinue Long-Term Medications Using a Two-Stage Framework

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

Placing emergency care on the global agenda

scientific article published on 6 February 2010

Police killings and their spillover effects on the mental health of black Americans: a population-based, quasi-experimental study

scientific article published in The Lancet

Policies to Regulate Gifts to Physicians From Industry

scientific article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association

Population-based study of food insecurity and HIV transmission risk behaviors and symptoms of sexually transmitted infections among linked couples in Nepal

scientific article

Population-based study of intra-household gender differences in water insecurity: reliability and validity of a survey instrument for use in rural Uganda

scientific article published on April 2016

Portrayals of mental illness, treatment, and relapse and their effects on the stigma of mental illness: Population-based, randomized survey experiment in rural Uganda

scientific article published on 20 September 2019

Prescriber profiling.

scientific article published in January 2008

Preserving objectivity in medical education

scientific article published in The Lancet

Prevalence and correlates of forced sex perpetration and victimization in Botswana and Swaziland

scientific article

Promises and pitfalls of data sharing in qualitative research

scientific article

Prospective Study of the Mental Health Consequences of Sexual Violence Among Women Living With HIV in Rural Uganda

scientific article published on 13 January 2015

Proximate Context of HIV Stigma and Its Association with HIV Testing in Sierra Leone: A Population-Based Study

scientific article

Proximate Context of HIV-Related Stigma and Women's Use of Skilled Childbirth Services in Uganda.

scientific article published on 22 April 2016

Proximate context of gender-unequal norms and women's HIV risk in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article

Psychological distress, cardiometabolic diseases and musculoskeletal pain: A cross-sectional, population-based study of syndemic ill health in a Dutch fishing village

scientific article published on 17 April 2021

Psychological therapy to improve HIV care and reduce stigma

scientific article

Psychometric properties of instruments for assessing depression among African youth: A systematic review

scientific article

Psychosocial challenges and strategies for coping with HIV among adolescents in Uganda: a qualitative study

scientific article

Quantifying bias in measuring insecticide-treated bednet use: meta-analysis of self-reported vs objectively measured adherence

scientific article published in June 2018

Real-time electronic adherence monitoring plus follow-up improves adherence compared with standard electronic adherence monitoring

scientific article published on 9 November 2016

Relationship Power and Sexual Violence Among HIV-Positive Women in Rural Uganda

scientific article published on 6 April 2016

Reliability and validity of depression assessment among persons with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article

Reliability and validity of instruments for assessing perinatal depression in African settings: systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article

Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25: Population-Based Study of Persons Living with HIV in Rural Uganda.

scientific article published on 30 June 2017

Reply

Reply to Okatch et al.

scientific article published on 13 December 2015

Research Priorities to Reduce Global Mortality From Newborn Infections by 2015

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

Rethinking the "pre" in pre-therapy counseling: no benefit of additional visits prior to therapy on adherence or viremia in Ugandans initiating ARVs

scientific article

Reversal of the Kynurenine pathway of tryptophan catabolism may improve depression in ART-treated HIV-infected Ugandans

scientific article published on April 2014

Rural-urban comparison of contextual associations with self-reported mental health status

scientific article

Scaling up mHealth: where is the evidence?

scientific article

Scope of global health training in U.S. obstetrics and gynecology residency programs

scientific article

Screening for common mental disorders in low resource settings: reasons for caution and a way forward

scientific article published on March 2013

Self-citation and corruption: cross-sectional, cross-country study

scientific article published on 18 June 2021

Setting priorities for global mental health research

scientific article published on June 2009

Setting priorities in global child health research investments: guidelines for implementation of CHNRI method

scientific article published on December 2008

Setting priorities in global child health research investments: universal challenges and conceptual framework

scientific article published on June 2008

Setting research priorities to reduce global mortality from childhood diarrhoea by 2015.

scientific article published in March 2009

Sexual relationship power and depression among HIV-infected women in Rural Uganda

scientific article

Sexual relationship power and malnutrition among HIV-positive women in rural Uganda

scientific article

Significance of findings in aripiprazole for treatment of psychoses in Alzheimer dementia

scientific article published in July 2008

Smoking cessation after engagement in HIV care in rural Uganda

journal article published in 2018

Social distancing to slow the US COVID-19 epidemic: Longitudinal pretest-posttest comparison group study

scientific article published on 11 August 2020

Social integration and suicide mortality among men: 24-year cohort study of U.S. health professionals

scientific article

Social network correlates of IPV acceptance in rural Honduras and rural Uganda.

scientific article published on 6 February 2018

Socioeconomic disparities in access to HIV/AIDS treatment programs in resource-limited settings

scientific article published in January 2009

Socioeconomic gradients in internalized stigma among 4,314 persons with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article

Stigma as a fundamental hindrance to the United States opioid overdose crisis response

scientific article published on 26 November 2019

Suicide mortality in relation to dietary intake of n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids and fish: equivocal findings from 3 large US cohort studies

scientific article

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Eligibility and HIV Incidence in the United States

scientific article published on 06 March 2021

Syndemics and Health Disparities: A Methodological Note

scientific article published on 12 December 2015

Syndemics of psychosocial problems and HIV risk: A systematic review of empirical tests of the disease interaction concept

scientific article

Syndemics: A theory in search of data or data in search of a theory?

scientific article published on 30 March 2018

The Missing Men: HIV Treatment Scale-Up and Life Expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 24 November 2015

The causal effect of education on HIV stigma in Uganda: Evidence from a natural experiment

scientific article

The dynamic relationship between social support and HIV-related stigma in rural Uganda

scientific article

The factor structure and presentation of depression among HIV-positive adults in Uganda

scientific article

The impact of a syndemic theory-based intervention on HIV transmission risk behaviour among men who have sex with men in India: Pretest-posttest non-equivalent comparison group trial

scientific article published on 27 January 2020

The importance of social ties in sustaining medication adherence in resource-limited settings

scientific article published on December 2011

The role of social support on HIV testing and treatment adherence: A qualitative study of HIV-infected refugees in southwestern Uganda

scientific article published on 19 January 2016

The social context of food insecurity among persons living with HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda

scientific article published on 10 October 2011

The social network context of HIV stigma: Population-based, sociocentric network study in rural Uganda

scientific article published on 20 May 2019

The use of mobile phones as a data collection tool: a report from a household survey in South Africa

scientific article

Treatment as long-term prevention: sustained reduction in HIV sexual transmission risk with use of antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda

scientific article

Trends in CD4 count at presentation to care and treatment initiation in sub-Saharan Africa, 2002-2013: a meta-analysis

scientific article

US medical specialty global health training and the global burden of disease

scientific article published on December 2013

Unclear clinical significance of findings in adjunctive aripiprazole for major depressive disorder: comments on article by Marcus et al.

scientific article published in February 2009

Unclear clinical significance of findings on the use of referenced-EEG-guided pharmacotherapy ⬇️

scientific article published on October 12, 2010

Understanding coping strategies during pregnancy and the postpartum period: a qualitative study of women living with HIV in rural Uganda

scientific article

Urinary incontinence, depression, and economic outcomes in a cohort of women between the ages of 54 and 65 years

scientific article

Using social networks to understand and overcome implementation barriers in the global HIV response

article

Value of a mobile information system to improve quality of care by community health workers

scientific article published in January 2013

Violent Victimization, Mental Health, and Service Utilization Outcomes in a Cohort of Homeless and Unstably Housed Women Living With or at Risk of Becoming Infected With HIV

scientific article

Water and mental health

scientific article published on 08 July 2020

Who is buying normative bioethics research?

scientific article published in August 2008

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