List of works by Paula Braitstein

"Once you join the streets you will have to do it": sexual practices of street children and youth in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

scientific article

"Talkin' about a revolution": How electronic health records can facilitate the scale-up of HIV care and treatment and catalyze primary care in resource-constrained settings

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"Wamepotea" (they have become lost): outcomes of HIV-positive and HIV-exposed children lost to follow-up from a large HIV treatment program in western Kenya

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'Pregnancy Has Its Advantages': The Voices of Street Connected Children and Youth in Eldoret, Kenya

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A Pilot Study of "Peer Navigators" to Promote Uptake of HIV Testing, Care and Treatment Among Street-Connected Children and Youth in Eldoret, Kenya

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

A clinician-nurse model to reduce early mortality and increase clinic retention among high-risk HIV-infected patients initiating combination antiretroviral treatment

scientific article published on 17 February 2012

A qualitative study using traditional community assemblies to investigate community perspectives on informed consent and research participation in western Kenya

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Acceptance of HIV testing for children ages 18 months to 13 years identified through voluntary, home-based HIV counseling and testing in western Kenya

scientific article published on October 2010

Age, adherence and injection drug use predict virological suppression among men and women enrolled in a population-based antiretroviral drug treatment programme.

scientific article published in December 2003

Another reality check: the direct costs of providing post-exposure prophylaxis in a population-based programme

Antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings 1996 to 2006: patient characteristics, treatment regimens and monitoring in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America

scientific article published on 27 March 2008

Causes of Child and Youth Homelessness in Developed and Developing Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

scientific article

Causes of death among street-connected children and youth in Eldoret, Kenya.

scientific article published on 15 May 2018

Child abuse and neglect among orphaned children and youth living in extended families in sub-Saharan Africa: What have we learned from qualitative inquiry?

scientific article published on January 2013

Cohort Profile: Antiretroviral Therapy in Lower Income Countries (ART-LINC): international collaboration of treatment cohorts

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Cohort Profile: the international epidemiological databases to evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) in sub-Saharan Africa

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Community Perceptions of Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Their Roles in Management for HIV, Tuberculosis and Hypertension in Western Kenya

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Community perspectives on research consent involving vulnerable children in Western Kenya

scientific article published on October 2012

Correction to: Identifying common barriers and facilitators to linkage and retention in chronic disease care in western Kenya

scholarly article by Beth Rachlis et al published 10 August 2018 in BMC Public Health

Delivery of HIV care during the 2007 post-election crisis in Kenya: a case study analyzing the response of the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) program

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Discordant immunologic and virologic responses to highly active antiretroviral therapy are associated with increased mortality and poor adherence to therapy

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Discordant responses to potent antiretroviral treatment in previously naive HIV-1-infected adults initiating treatment in resource-constrained countries: the antiretroviral therapy in low-income countries (ART-LINC) collaboration

scientific article published in May 2007

Eating sweets without the wrapper: perceptions of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among street youth in western Kenya

scientific article published on 22 September 2015

Effect of serostatus for hepatitis C virus on mortality among antiretrovirally naive HIV-positive patients

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Elevated rates of antiretroviral treatment discontinuation among HIV-infected injection drug users: implications for drug policy and public health

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Estimation of mortality among HIV-infected people on antiretroviral treatment in East Africa: a sampling based approach in an observational, multisite, cohort study

scientific article published on 28 January 2015

Evaluating strategies to improve HIV care outcomes in Kenya: a modelling study

scientific article published on 19 October 2016

Experience implementing electronic health records in three East African countries.

scientific article published on January 2010

Experiences and expectations of patients living with HIV on their engagement with care in Western Kenya

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Facility-Level Factors Influencing Retention of Patients in HIV Care in East Africa

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Factors Associated with Late Engagement to HIV Care in Western Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study

scientific article published on 14 January 2015

Factors underlying taking a child to HIV care: implications for reducing loss to follow-up among HIV-infected and -exposed children

scientific article published on January 2012

Food insecurity and hunger are prevalent among HIV-positive individuals in British Columbia, Canada

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Frequency and factors associated with adherence to and completion of combination antiretroviral therapy for prevention of mother to child transmission in western Kenya

scientific article published on 2 January 2013

Gender and the use of antiretroviral treatment in resource-constrained settings: findings from a multicenter collaboration

scientific article published on January 2008

HIV Prevalence and Antenatal Care Attendance among Pregnant Women in a Large Home-Based HIV Counseling and Testing Program in Western Kenya

scientific article published on 19 January 2016

HIV testing uptake and prevalence among adolescents and adults in a large home-based HIV testing program in Western Kenya

scientific article published in February 2014

Harnessing the power of the grassroots to conduct public health research in sub-Saharan Africa: a case study from western Kenya in the adaptation of community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches

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Health System Factors Constrain HIV Care Providers in Delivering High-Quality Care: Perceptions from a Qualitative Study of Providers in Western Kenya

scholarly article published in Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care

Health facility barriers to HIV linkage and retention in Western Kenya

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Hepatitis C coinfection is independently associated with decreased adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a population-based HIV cohort

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Home testing and counselling with linkage to care.

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Identifying common barriers and facilitators to linkage and retention in chronic disease care in western Kenya

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Immunologic response to antiretroviral therapy in hepatitis C virus-coinfected adults in a population-based HIV/AIDS treatment program

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Impact of domestic care environment on trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder among orphans in western Kenya

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Impact of the Kenya post-election crisis on clinic attendance and medication adherence for HIV-infected children in western Kenya

scientific article published on 04 April 2009

Impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions: prevalence and associations among persons living with HIV/AIDS in British Columbia

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Implementation and operational research: evaluating outcomes of patients lost to follow-up in a large comprehensive care treatment program in western Kenya

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Improving Engagement in the HIV Care Cascade: A Systematic Review of Interventions Involving People Living with HIV/AIDS as Peers

scientific article published on 2 February 2016

Improving livelihoods and gender equitable attitudes of street-connected young people in Eldoret, Kenya: Results from a pilot evidence-based intervention

scientific article published on 07 July 2020

Influence of gender on loss to follow-up in a large HIV treatment programme in western Kenya ⬇️

scientific article published on April 16, 2010

Initiation to street life: a qualitative examination of the physical, social, and psychological practices in becoming an accepted member of the street youth community in Western Kenya

scientific article published on 20 June 2015

Institutional Care of Children in Low- and Middle-Income Settings: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom of Oliver Twist

scientific article published on 25 August 2015

Integrating nutrition support for food-insecure patients and their dependents into an HIV care and treatment program in Western Kenya

scientific article published on 04 December 2008

Interventional cardiovascular procedures among HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy 1995–2000

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Knowledge, attitudes, and substance use practices among street children in Western Kenya

scientific article (publication date: September 2012)

Linkage to and engagement in HIV care in western Kenya: an observational study using population-based estimates from home-based counselling and testing

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Long-term impact of the Kenya postelection crisis on clinic attendance and medication adherence for HIV-infected children in western Kenya

scientific article published on February 2012

Lost indeed, but not in translation

scientific article published on October 2013

Maltreatment experiences and associated factors prior to admission to residential care: a sample of institutionalized children and youth in western Kenya

scientific article published on 3 January 2013

Models of care for orphaned and separated children and upholding children's rights: cross-sectional evidence from western Kenya

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Mortality after failure of antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa

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Mortality associated with discordant responses to antiretroviral therapy in resource-constrained settings

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Mortality of HIV-1-infected patients in the first year of antiretroviral therapy: comparison between low-income and high-income countries

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Nonadherence to clinic appointments among HIV-infected children in an ambulatory care program in western Kenya

scientific article published in June 2013

Nutritional status of orphaned and separated children and adolescents living in community and institutional environments in uasin gishu county, kenya

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Observational Study of the Effect of Patient Outreach on Return to Care: The Earlier the Better

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Participation of young women in sexual and reproductive health decision-making in Malawi: Local realities versus global rhetoric

scientific article published in 2022

Patient-reported factors associated with reengagement among HIV-infected patients disengaged from care in East Africa

scientific article published on January 2016

Physician communication behaviors from the perspective of adult HIV patients in Kenya

scientific article published on 10 February 2014

Point of diagnosis and patient retention in HIV care in western Kenya.

scientific article published on 10 April 2018

Population-based estimates of engagement in HIV care and mortality using double-sampling methods following home-based counseling and testing in western Kenya

scientific article published on 02 October 2019

Prescribing practices in a population-based HIV postexposure prophylaxis program

scientific article published in May 2002

Prevalence of activity limitation among persons living with HIV/AIDS in British Columbia.

scientific article published in November 2004

Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections including HIV in street-connected adolescents in western Kenya

scientific article published on 24 February 2015

Provider perspectives on the role of the patient as an active participant in HIV care

scientific article published on 06 October 2020

Psychometric Assessment of a Physician-Patient Communication Behaviors Scale: The Perspective of Adult HIV Patients in Kenya

scientific article published on 11 February 2013

Reliability and validity of the RS14 in orphaned and separated adolescents and youths in western Kenya

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Retention in Care and Patient-Reported Reasons for Undocumented Transfer or Stopping Care Among HIV-Infected Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Eastern Africa: Application of a Sampling-Based Approach

scientific article published on 17 December 2015

Retention in care among HIV-infected patients in resource-limited settings: emerging insights and new directions

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Retention in care among older adults living with HIV in western Kenya: A retrospective observational cohort study.

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Retention of HIV-infected and HIV-exposed children in a comprehensive HIV clinical care programme in Western Kenya

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Risks of non-accidental mortality by baseline CD4+ T-cell strata in hepatitis-C-positive and -negative individuals initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Safety and tolerability of combination antiretroviral post-exposure prophylaxis in a population-based setting

scientific article published in April 2002

Sampling-based approaches to improve estimation of mortality among patient dropouts: experience from a large PEPFAR-funded program in Western Kenya

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Sex-based differences in antiretroviral therapy initiation, switching and treatment interruptions: global overview from the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA).

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Sexual Behavior Among Orphaned Adolescents in Western Kenya: A Comparison of Institutional- and Family-Based Care Settings

scientific article published on 16 January 2017

Sexual violence among a cohort of injection drug users

scientific article published in August 2003

Sexual violence among two populations of men at high risk of HIV infection

scientific article published in October 2006

Short-Term Rationing of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy: Impact on Morbidity, Mortality, and Loss to Follow-Up in a Large HIV Treatment Program in Western Kenya

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Social and economic characteristics of street youth by gender and level of street involvement in Eldoret, Kenya

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Special considerations in the initiation and management of antiretroviral therapy in individuals coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C.

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Standardized mortality ratios between street-connected young people and the general age-equivalent population in an urban setting in Kenya from 2010 to 2015

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Sustainability of first-line antiretroviral regimens: findings from a large HIV treatment program in western Kenya

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Switching to second-line antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings: comparison of programmes with and without viral load monitoring

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Targeted Spontaneous Reporting: Assessing Opportunities to Conduct Routine Pharmacovigilance for Antiretroviral Treatment on an International Scale

scientific article published on 09 June 2016

The Causal Effect of Tracing by Peer Health Workers on Return to Clinic Among Patients Who Were Lost to Follow-up From Antiretroviral Therapy in Eastern Africa: A "Natural Experiment" Arising From Surveillance of Lost Patients

scientific article published on 17 March 2017

The clinical burden of tuberculosis among human immunodeficiency virus-infected children in Western Kenya and the impact of combination antiretroviral treatment

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The epidemiology of substance use among street children in resource-constrained settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 12 July 2013

The future face of coinfection: prevalence and incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus coinfection among young injection drug users

scientific article published in June 2004

The government of Kenya cash transfer for orphaned and vulnerable children: cross-sectional comparison of household and individual characteristics of those with and without

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The journey of addiction: barriers to and facilitators of drug use cessation among street children and youths in Western Kenya

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Trends in the clinical characteristics of HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania between 2002 and 2009.

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Tuberculosis after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in low-income and high-income countries

scientific article published on 22 October 2007

Unconditional government cash transfers in support of orphaned and vulnerable adolescents in western Kenya: Is there an association with psychological wellbeing?

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What is the impact of home-based HIV counseling and testing on the clinical status of newly enrolled adults in a large HIV care program in Western Kenya?

scientific article published on 08 December 2011

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