2012
Access to facility delivery and caesarean section in north-central Liberia: a cross-sectional community-based study
Gartland MG, Taryor VD, Norman AM, Vermund SH. Access to facility delivery and caesarean section in north-central Liberia: a cross-sectional community-based study. BMJ Open 2012, 2: e001602. PMID: 23117566, PMCID: PMC3532996, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001602.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh maternal mortality ratioCaesarean delivery rateMaternal health servicesRegional hospitalHealth facilitiesRecord reviewHealth servicesCross-sectional community-based studyMedical record reviewFacility-based careMaternal mortality ratioCommunity-based studyStructured interviewsEnormous unmet needCaesarean sectionFacility deliveryService utilisationMortality ratioDelivery rateUnmet needMotives of womenReferral servicesLast childHospitalTraditional midwivesTreatment outcomes of pediatric oncology patients in Zambia.
Slone J, Chunda-Liyoka C, Perez M, Mutalima N, Newton R, Chintu C, Kankasa C, Chipeta J, Heimburger D, Vermund S, Friedman D. Treatment outcomes of pediatric oncology patients in Zambia. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 9558-9558. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.9558.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUniversity Teaching HospitalAbandonment of treatmentPediatric oncology careLow-middle income countriesOncology careCohort of patientsMajority of patientsMedical record reviewPalliative regimensCommon diagnosisRecord reviewDecreased riskRetrospective studyTreatment abandonmentHistopathological diagnosisRisk factorsKaposi's sarcomaTeaching hospitalTreatment outcomesInclusion criteriaAverage ageDiagnosisCohortWilms tumorCommon outcome
2011
Improving Retention in the Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV Program in Rural Mozambique by Better Service Integration
Ciampa PJ, Burlison JR, Blevins M, Sidat M, Moon TD, Rothman RL, Vermund SH. Improving Retention in the Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV Program in Rural Mozambique by Better Service Integration. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2011, 58: 115-119. PMID: 21546845, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e31822149bf.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly infant diagnosisInfant diagnosisInfant testingEarly infant testingWomen/infantsRetrospective record reviewPostpartum HIVRural MozambiqueRecord reviewStandard referralHIV programsHigher oddsReferral processSimple interventionHIVReferralDiagnosisInfant retentionWomenService integrationInfants