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Correlates of Intra-Household ITN Use in Liberia: A Multilevel Analysis of Household Survey Data

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Using household survey data collected between March and April 2014, this study evaluates the role of socio-demographic characteristics, caregiver insecticide treated net (ITN) ideation, household characteristics, and community factors in ITN use among household members. The tested hypothesis is that the factors affecting ITN use operate at individual, household, and community levels. What differentiates this study from most previous studies is it…

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Provider Behavior Change Implementation Kit

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The Provider Behavior Change Implementation Kit (I-Kit) enables users to understand the barriers healthcare providers face, determine which barriers can be addressed by social and behavior change communication (SBCC) and develop an intervention to improve provider performance. It is a two-in-one I-Kit that program managers can use to place Community Health Workers (CHWs) or Facility-Based Providers (FBPs) as the primary audience. Both include an …

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mHealth for Behavior Change Webinar

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This August 19, 2016 webinar presented the latest developments and thinking in mobile-based approaches to social and behavior change communication (SBCC) and featured different perspectives on mHealth, ground-level interventions and the global evolution of mHealth practices. The webinar was moderated by: Pradeep Krishnatray, PhD, Director, Centre for Communication and Change – India Panelists included: James BonTempo, Director of ICT and Innovati…

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Strategic Roles for Health Communication in Combination HIV Prevention and Care Programs

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This is the introduction to a special issue of JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes that was devoted to health communication and its role in and impact on HIV prevention and care. The authors in this special issue addressed many separate topics in order to introduce a wider biomedical audience to core health communication principles, strategies and evidence of effectiveness. This article was first published on August 15, 2014, i…

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Strengthening Nonrandomized Studies of Health Communication Strategies for HIV Prevention

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This article, focused on impact evaluations of health communication interventions for HIV prevention, was part of a special issue of JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes that was devoted to health communication and its role in and impact on HIV prevention and care. The authors in this special issue addressed many separate topics in order to introduce a wider biomedical audience to core health communication principles, strategies…

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HIV Communication Programs, Condom Use at Sexual Debut, and HIV Infections Averted in South Africa, 2005

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This secondary statistical analysis examines survey data from South Africa in 2005 on condom use at sexual debut, normally occurring before HIV infection from unprotected sex, and how this might have contributed to the reduction of HIV infections in the early 2000s. This article was part of a special issue of JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes that was devoted to health communication and its role in and impact on HIV preventio…

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HIV Communication Capacity Strengthening: A Critical Review

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This gray literature review examined varying definitions, measurements, implementations and effects of HIV communication capacity strengthening. Based on their review, the authors make recommendations for establishing a holistic model for HIV communication capacity strengthening, among other things. This article was part of a special issue of JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes that was devoted to health communication and its r…

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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Implications for the Provision of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Results of a Systematic Literature Review

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… This literature review revealed a general absence of health services in Sub-Saharan Africa that addressed the needs specific to male adolescents, exposing potential knowledge gaps that could negatively influence the population’s benefit from voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programming. This article was published on March 3, 2016, in Volume 11, Issue 3 of PLOS ONE. Download the Article …

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Role of Community-Level Factors Across the Treatment Cascade: A Critical Review

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This review – the first critical review of literature that examines the role community-level factors (CLFs) play in the design of multilevel, effective and sustainable interventions that address all elements of the HIV/AIDS treatment cascade – identified 100 peer-reviewed articles based on studies in LMICs that assessed CLFs in relation to the HIV/AIDS treatment cascade. This article was part of a special issue of JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immun…

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Enhancing Benefits or Increasing Harms: Community Responses for HIV Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, Transgender Women, Female Sex Workers, and People Who Inject Drugs

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A synthesis of evidence characterizing community-level determinants and their influence on HIV-related outcomes for key populations, this systematic review revealed a limitation of studies conducted that focused on key populations in LMICs. The authors stress the importance of health communication programs, demonstrated to be effective in increasing HIV testing uptake and decreasing the stigma of people living with HIV, that continually measure c…

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Scaling Up and Sustaining Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Maintaining HIV Prevention Benefits

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This article asserts that, in order to maintain high circumcision prevalence, voluntary medical male circumcision programs in Eastern and Southern Africa need to plan for sustainability and conduct transition assessments early on, rather than waiting until the saturation of priority targets at the end of the program. This article was first published on July 1, 2016, in Volume 4, Supplement 1 of Global Health: Science and Practice. Download the Ar…