2017
HIV status disclosure, facility-based delivery and postpartum retention of mothers in a prevention clinical trial in rural Nigeria
Sarko KA, Blevins M, Ahonkhai AA, Audet CM, Moon TD, Gebi UI, Gana AM, Wester CW, Vermund SH, Aliyu MH. HIV status disclosure, facility-based delivery and postpartum retention of mothers in a prevention clinical trial in rural Nigeria. International Health 2017, 9: 243-251. PMID: 28810669, PMCID: PMC5881261, DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihx023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV status disclosureFacility-based deliveryPostpartum retentionStatus disclosureHIV statusIntervention armWeeks postpartumChild HIV transmission (PMTCT) trialTrial intervention armPrevention of motherUnknown HIV statusPrevention clinical trialsMixed-effects logistic regressionEffects logistic regressionPMTCT continuumHIV careTreatment-naïveAntenatal carePregnant womenFacility deliveryMaternal ageObstetric servicesCare measuresClinical trialsHealth facilities
2014
Sexual Risk Reduction for HIV-Infected Persons: A Meta-Analytic Review of “Positive Prevention” Randomized Clinical Trials
Yin L, Wang N, Vermund SH, Shepherd BE, Ruan Y, Shao Y, Qian HZ. Sexual Risk Reduction for HIV-Infected Persons: A Meta-Analytic Review of “Positive Prevention” Randomized Clinical Trials. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e107652. PMID: 25243404, PMCID: PMC4171502, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRandomized clinical trialsStandardized mean differencePrevention interventionsSexual partnersClinical trialsUnknown status sexual partnersMonths of followShort-term efficacyLong-term efficacyPrevention intervention trialRandom-effects modelSexual risk reductionHIV/AIDSEffect sizeRisk reduction programsPrimary outcomeStudy armsIntervention armIntervention trialsSexual transmissionControl armLong-term effectsAnal intercourseElectronic databasesPLWHA