2016
Patient and Provider Satisfaction With a Comprehensive Strategy to Improve Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Services in Rural Nigeria
Boehmer A, Audet CM, Blevins M, Gebi UI, Wester CW, Vermund SH, Aliyu MH. Patient and Provider Satisfaction With a Comprehensive Strategy to Improve Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Services in Rural Nigeria. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2016, 72: s117-s123. PMID: 27355498, PMCID: PMC5113240, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevention of motherProvider satisfactionPatient satisfactionWeeks postpartumControl armIntervention sitesChild HIV transmission servicesChild HIV transmission rateMother-infant careCD4 cell countHIV transmission ratesCluster-randomized trialTotal patient satisfactionAntiretroviral therapyHIV careChild transmissionPrescribed treatmentClinician satisfactionHealth personnelLower cadre workersCell countHealth problemsMale involvementProvider rolesProviders' ability
2014
HPTN 071 (PopART): A Cluster-Randomized Trial of the Population Impact of an HIV Combination Prevention Intervention Including Universal Testing and Treatment: Mathematical Model
Cori A, Ayles H, Beyers N, Schaap A, Floyd S, Sabapathy K, Eaton JW, Hauck K, Smith P, Griffith S, Moore A, Donnell D, Vermund SH, Fidler S, Hayes R, Fraser C, . HPTN 071 (PopART): A Cluster-Randomized Trial of the Population Impact of an HIV Combination Prevention Intervention Including Universal Testing and Treatment: Mathematical Model. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e84511. PMID: 24454728, PMCID: PMC3893126, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiretroviral therapyArm AHIV incidenceHIV transmissionThree-arm cluster-randomized trialHIV combination prevention interventionsPopulation-level HIV incidenceCombination prevention interventionsCombination prevention packageHPTN 052 trialHPTN 071 (PopART) trialPopulation-level incidenceHIV-positive individualsHeterosexual HIV transmissionUptake of testingNational surveillance dataCluster-randomized trialImpact of treatmentLarge population clustersART retentionHPTN 071Primary endpointArm BPrevention packageControl arm
2010
A cluster-randomized trial of enhanced labor ward-based PMTCT services to increase nevirapine coverage in Lusaka, Zambia
Megazzini KM, Sinkala M, Vermund SH, Redden DT, Krebs DW, Acosta EP, Mwanza J, Goldenberg RL, Chintu N, Bulterys M, Stringer JS. A cluster-randomized trial of enhanced labor ward-based PMTCT services to increase nevirapine coverage in Lusaka, Zambia. AIDS 2010, 24: 447-455. PMID: 19926959, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328334b285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWomen/infant pairsCluster-randomized trialNevirapine coverageInfant pairsLabour wardClinic coverageProbability of HIVProportion of HIVPrevention of motherStandard of carePMTCT programmePMTCT servicesChild transmissionHIV testingUnknown serostatusSurveillance periodIntervention periodControl clinicsRelative riskTreatment clinicsUmbilical cordHIVClinicGEE modelOdds of coverage