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PRECISION CANCER SCREENING IN HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS: APPLICATIONS IN CERVICAL, ANAL, AND LUNG CANCERS
(Johns Hopkins University, 2018-04-16)
Cancer screening can prevent mortality and morbidity from cancer, but it also causes harms. Recently, precision (i.e. risk-based, personalized) screening approaches have emerged as a way to better balance these benefits ...
The association of social network factors with healthcare use and outcomes among persons who inject drugs in Baltimore, Maryland
(Johns Hopkins University, 2018-09-11)
Background
The prevalence of past year injection drug use has been estimated to be 15.6 million adults globally and 2.6 million in North America. Persons who inject drugs (PWID) are disproportionately burdened with a high ...
THE ROLE OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS IN THE INFLAMMATION ASSOCIATED WITH HIV INFECTION AND AGING
(Johns Hopkins University, 2018-08-24)
Background
Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has enabled people with HIV infection (HIV+) to live longer but has also resulted in an increase in aging-related conditions, such as frailty. Chronic inflammation ...
THE EFFECT OF HAART ON LIVER DISEASE PROGRESSION IN HIV INFECTION
(Johns Hopkins University, 2015-05-23)
Background: Liver disease, primarily due to viral hepatitis coinfection, is a leading cause of death among HIV-infected individuals. The purpose of this research was to determine the influence of highly active antiretroviral ...
Childbearing desires and experiences of people living with HIV and safer conception in Iringa, Tanzania
(Johns Hopkins University, 2014-10-01)
Background: Many people living with HIV (PLHIV) continue to desire and have children after being diagnosed with HIV. Yet they often lack information on safer conception and face barriers accessing quality reproductive ...
ACQUISITION OF HIV AND GENITAL TRACT INFECTION AMONG INJECTABLE PROGESTIN CONTRACEPTION USERS IN SOUTH AFRICA: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY
(Johns Hopkins University, 2014-11-07)
Background
Effective contraception contributes substantially to reduced risk for maternal mortality. Some observational studies have noted increased HIV acquisition among women using injectable progestin contraceptives ...
Same-Sex Behavior Disclosure and HIV Prevention among African American Men who have Sex with Men
(Johns Hopkins University, 2014-01-26)
Disclosure of same-sex behaviors to health care providers and female sex partners has the potential of being an important aspect of HIV prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM). Disclosure to health care providers ...
HIV drug resistance, tropism, and genetic diversity in Black men who have sex with men
(Johns Hopkins University, 2016-03-17)
Black men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by HIV in the United States (US). Despite representing less than 1% of the US population, Black MSM accounted for the highest number of new HIV diagnoses ...
Community Health Worker Role Expansion from HIV to Maternal, Newborn, And Child Health In Iringa, Tanzania: A Mixed Methods Case Study
(Johns Hopkins University, 2017-06-26)
Background
Community health workers (CHWs) include many types of community-based health cadres. There is growing evidence that CHW interventions can improve a variety of health outcomes, and expansion of CHW programs is ...
Prescription Analgesic Use and Misuse among People Living with HIV in the United States
(Johns Hopkins University, 2017-10-06)
Background: Opioid misuse is a growing public health issue in the United States and is particularly concerning among people living with HIV (PLWH). Though PLWH are at high risk for opioid misuse, little research is available ...