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"Bend a fish when the fish is not yet dry": adolescent boys' perceptions of sexual risk in Tanzania

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"I didn't know that ..." patient perceptions of print information, education, and communication related to HIV/AIDS treatment.

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26.3 A CUSTOMIZED ADHERENCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM COMBINED WITH LONG-ACTING INJECTABLE ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATION (CAE-L) FOR POORLY ADHERENT PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PSYCHOTIC DISORDER IN TANZANIA

A customized adherence enhancement program combined with long-acting injectable antipsychotic medication (CAE-L) for poorly adherent patients with chronic psychotic disorder in Tanzania: A pilot study methodological report.

scientific article published on 7 June 2019

A review of studies of sexual behaviour of school students in sub-Saharan Africa

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Acceptance of HIV testing among pregnant women in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

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Adolescents' Communication with Parents, Other Adult Family Members and Teachers on Sexuality: Effects of School-Based Interventions in South Africa and Tanzania

scientific article published on 28 February 2015

Agents of change among people living with HIV and their social networks: stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial of the NAMWEZA intervention in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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Agents of change: Comparing HIV-related risk behavior of people attending ART clinics in Dar es Salaam with members of their social networks

scientific article published on 04 September 2020

An HIV/AIDS knowledge scale for adolescents: item response theory analyses based on data from a study in South Africa and Tanzania

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Arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT2) genotypes in Africans

Arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT2) genotypes in Africans: the identification of a new allele with nucleotide changes 481C>T and 590G>A

Association between intimate partner violence and poor child growth: results from 42 demographic and health surveys

scientific article published on 2 May 2016

Association of maternal depression and infant nutritional status among women living with HIV in Tanzania.

scientific article published on 8 November 2014

Boys' and young men's perspectives on violence in Northern Tanzania

scientific article published on 15 April 2013

CLINICAL outcomes and loss to follow-up among people living with HIV participating in the NAMWEZA intervention in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 28 March 2017

Cancer and the 'other' noncommunicable chronic diseases in older people living with HIV/AIDS in resource-limited settings: a challenge to success

scientific article published on July 2012

Care for bipolar disorder in LMICs needs evidence from local settings

scientific article published on September 2015

Community perceptions of barriers to management of chronic psychotic disorders and knowledge and attitudes about long-acting injectable antipsychotic medication: qualitative study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

scientific article published on 11 March 2020

Comparing patterns of sexual risk among adolescent and young women in a mixed-method study in Tanzania: implications for adolescent participation in HIV prevention trials

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Condom use and sexuality communication with adults: a study among high school students in South Africa and Tanzania

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Correlates of intention to use condoms among Sub-Saharan African youth: the applicability of the theory of planned behaviour

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Cross-cultural adaptation of the Child Depression Inventory for use in Tanzania with children affected by HIV

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Dating violence among school students in Tanzania and South Africa: prevalence and socio-demographic variations

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Depression and Sexual Trauma Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in HIV-Prevention Research in Tanzania

scientific article published on 28 January 2020

Depression at antiretroviral therapy initiation and clinical outcomes among a cohort of Tanzanian women living with HIV.

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Depressive symptoms increase risk of HIV disease progression and mortality among women in Tanzania.

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Detecting depressive disorder with a 19-item local instrument in Tanzania

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Detecting depressive disorder with the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 in Tanzania

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Determinants of condom use among antenatal clinic attendees in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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Determination of appropriate clomipramine dosage among depressed African outpatients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Development and test-retest reliability of a research instrument designed to evaluate school-based HIV/AIDS interventions in South Africa and Tanzania

scientific article published on June 2009

Domestic violence among adolescents in HIV prevention research in Tanzania: participant experiences and measurement issues

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Dynamics of parent-adolescent communication on sexual health and HIV/AIDS in Tanzania

scientific article published on January 2014

Effect of the PREPARE intervention on sexual initiation and condom use among adolescents aged 12-14: a cluster randomised controlled trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Effects of the SATZ teacher-led school HIV prevention programmes on adolescent sexual behaviour: cluster randomised controlled trials in three sub-Saharan African sites

scientific article published in June 2012

Evaluating spillover of HIV knowledge from study participants to their network members in a stepped-wedge behavioural intervention in Tanzania

scientific article published on 07 October 2020

Evidence of a substantial decline in prevalence of HIV-1 infection among pregnant women: data from 1995 to 2003 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Explaining adherence success in sub-Saharan Africa: an ethnographic study

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Factors associated with depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation and behaviours amongst sub-Saharan African adolescents aged 10-19 years: cross-sectional study.

scientific article published on 02 December 2019

Factors associated with different patterns of nonadherence to HIV care in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

scientific article published on 26 December 2012

From teenage unwanted pregnancy to induced abortion: who facilitates links?

scientific article published on January 1994

Genetic polymorphism of CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 in east- and southern African populations including psychiatric patients

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Genetic polymorphism of cytochrome P450 1A1 (Cyp1A1) and glutathione transferases (M1, T1 and P1) among Africans

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Grand challenges in global mental health

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Grand challenges: Improving HIV treatment outcomes by integrating interventions for co-morbid mental illness

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HIV counseling in sub-Saharan Africa.

scientific article published in August 1999

Harm reduction in Tanzania: an urgent need for multisectoral intervention

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Health-care worker engagement in HIV-related quality improvement in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Healthy Options: study protocol and baseline characteristics for a cluster randomized controlled trial of group psychotherapy for perinatal women living with HIV and depression in Tanzania

scientific article published on 20 January 2020

Hopefulness Fosters Affective and Cognitive Constructs for Actions to Cope and Enhance Quality of Life among People Living with HIV in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

scientific article published on 24 June 2014

How Alcohol, Space, and Time Influence Young People's Sexual Encounters in Tanzania: A Qualitative Analysis

scientific article published on 10 January 2019

How treatment partners help: social analysis of an African adherence support intervention

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Improving communication about HIV prevention among people living with HIV and their at-risk social network members in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

scientific article published on 31 March 2019

Intimate Partner Violence, Depression, and Child Growth and Development

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Lifetime economic impact of the burden of childhood stunting attributable to maternal psychosocial risk factors in 137 low/middle-income countries

Management of somatic presentations of psychiatric illness in general medical settings: evaluation of a new training course for general practitioners

scientific article published in March 1992

Maternal depressive symptoms and early childhood cognitive development: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 11 November 2016

Mental health screenings for couples at churches in Nigeria: a strategy for enhancing community-based maternal mental health services in low-resource settings

scientific article published on 20 November 2014

Mortality and treatment failure among HIV-infected adults in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

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Multivitamin supplementation in HIV-positive pregnant women: impact on depression and quality of life in a resource-poor setting.

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Nutritional status among young adolescents attending primary school in Tanzania: contributions of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) for adolescent assessment

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

Packages of care for depression in low- and middle-income countries

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Parental education as an indicator of socioeconomic status: improving quality of data by requiring consistency across measurement occasions

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Parenting practices and styles associated with adolescent sexual health in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

scientific article published on 2 June 2016

Parents' and teachers' communication about HIV and sex in relation to the timing of sexual initiation among young adolescents in Tanzania

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Predictors of HIV-1 serostatus disclosure: a prospective study among HIV-infected pregnant women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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Prevalence and factors associated with intimate partner violence after HIV status disclosure among pregnant women with depression in Tanzania

scientific article published on 03 August 2020

Prevalence of Hypertension and Its Associated Risk Factors among 34,111 HAART Naïve HIV-Infected Adults in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

scientific article published on 30 October 2016

Prevalence of depression and anxiety disorders in HIV-positive outpatients in rural Tanzania.

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Promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in southern and eastern Africa (PREPARE): project design and conceptual framework.

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Promoting sexual and reproductive health in early adolescence in South Africa and Tanzania: development of a theory- and evidence-based intervention programme

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RETRACTION: Sociodemographic variations in communication on sexuality and HIV/AIDS with parents, family members and teachers among in-school adolescents: A multi-site study in Tanzania and South Africa

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Randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of an interactive group counseling intervention for HIV-positive women on prenatal depression and disclosure of HIV status

scientific article published on 6 February 2013

Risk behaviors and vulnerability to HIV infection among Tanzanian youth.

scientific article published on January 1998

Social Cognition Variables and Victimization as Predictors of Sexual Debut Among Adolescents in South Africa and Tanzania: A Multi-group SEM Analysis

scientific article published on 10 May 2015

Social and cognitive variables predicting voluntary HIV counseling and testing among Tanzanian medical students

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Social and structural determinants of youth alcohol use in Tanzania: The role of gender, social vulnerability and stigma

scientific article published on 03 August 2020

Socio-economic and partner relationship factors associated with antenatal depressive morbidity among pregnant women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Sociocognitive Predictors of Condom Use and Intentions Among Adolescents in Three Sub-Saharan Sites

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Sociodemographic variations in communication on sexuality and HIV/AIDS with parents, family members and teachers among in-school adolescents: a multi-site study in Tanzania and South Africa

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Stakeholder acceptability of adolescent participation in clinical trials for biomedical HIV prevention products: considerations from Tanzania and India

scientific article published on 31 December 2018

Stress, motivation and professional satisfaction among health care workers in HIV/AIDS care and treatment centers in urban Tanzania: a cross-sectional study.

scientific article published on March 2011

Tanzanian adolescent boys' transitions through puberty: the importance of context

scientific article published on 16 October 2014

Teachers' confidence in teaching HIV/AIDS and sexuality in South African and Tanzanian schools

scientific article published in June 2009

The application of Intervention Mapping in developing and implementing school-based sexuality and HIV/AIDS education in a developing country context: the case of Tanzania

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The association between maternal HIV-1 infection and pregnancy outcomes in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

scientific article published in November 2001

The family and substance abuse in the United Republic of Tanzania.

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The influence of alcohol outlet density and advertising on youth drinking in urban Tanzania

scientific article published on 11 June 2019

The prevalence of mental health morbidity and its associated factors among women attending a prenatal clinic in Tanzania

scientific article published on 10 June 2015

The value of hope: development and validation of a contextual measure of hope among people living with HIV in urban Tanzania a mixed methods exploratory sequential study

scientific article published on 29 January 2020

Toward an understanding of disengagement from HIV treatment and care in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative study

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Understanding women's experiences of distress during pregnancy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Validating the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for screening of depression in Tanzania

scientific article published on 18 November 2018

Validity of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 amongst HIV-positive pregnant women in Tanzania.

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Violence and health: implications of the 2030 Agenda for South-North collaboration

scientific article published on 22 October 2016