2022
“If it weren’t for my traditional healer, I would be dead”: Engaging traditional healers to support people living with HIV in rural Mozambique
Audet CM, Pettapiece-Phillips M, Tian Y, Shepherd BE, Vermund SH, Salato J. “If it weren’t for my traditional healer, I would be dead”: Engaging traditional healers to support people living with HIV in rural Mozambique. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0270565. PMID: 35763519, PMCID: PMC9239464, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270565.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTraditional healersPsychosocial supportCommunity health worker interventionPre-post intervention study designWorker interventionHealth worker interventionMedication possession ratioMedication side effectsIntervention study designPositive test resultsHome-based supportObserved therapyPossession ratioClinical outcomesHIV treatmentPoor adherencePost-intervention participantsHealth facilitiesPatient's desireSide effectsZambézia ProvinceCare servicesStudy designHIVTherapy
2020
An unrecognized key population? Traditional treatment practices associated with HIV risk among traditional healers in rural South Africa.
Audet CM, Ngobeni S, Mkansi M, Wafawanaka F, Aliyu MH, Vermund SH, Wagner RG. An unrecognized key population? Traditional treatment practices associated with HIV risk among traditional healers in rural South Africa. AIDS 2020, 34: 2313-2317. PMID: 33048882, PMCID: PMC7674239, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkin incisionPatient's bloodHIV testTraditional healersHIV prevalenceKey populationsRapid HIV testsRisk of acquisitionHigh HIV prevalenceBlood-borne pathogensTraditional treatment practicesSouth African traditional healersPositive test resultsCross-sectional surveyPersonal protective equipmentHIV acquisitionHIV infectionPosttest counselingPretest counselingHIV riskOccupational exposureMAIN OUTCOMERural South AfricaHIVAfrican traditional healers