2020
Social Distancing among Medical Students during the 2019 Coronavirus Disease Pandemic in China: Disease Awareness, Anxiety Disorder, Depression, and Behavioral Activities
Xiao H, Shu W, Li M, Li Z, Tao F, Wu X, Yu Y, Meng H, Vermund SH, Hu Y. Social Distancing among Medical Students during the 2019 Coronavirus Disease Pandemic in China: Disease Awareness, Anxiety Disorder, Depression, and Behavioral Activities. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2020, 17: 5047. PMID: 32674285, PMCID: PMC7399842, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17145047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultivariable logistic regressionAnxiety disordersAnxiety disorder/depressionLogistic regressionNation-wide cross-sectional surveyGeneralized Anxiety Disorder-7Anxiety Disorder-7Cross-sectional surveySelf-administered questionnaireCoronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemicMedical students' knowledgeQuestionnaire-9Medical studentsDisease awarenessSocial distancingCoronavirus diseaseDisease controlViral spreadCOVID-19 awarenessDisease pandemicPsychological supportDepressionDisordersDaily handwashingSocial distancing measures
2016
Sexual Behaviors Linked to Drug and Alcohol Use Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China
Zhang C, Qian HZ, Yin L, Liu Y, Strauss SM, Ruan Y, Shao Y, Lu H, Vermund SH. Sexual Behaviors Linked to Drug and Alcohol Use Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China. Substance Use & Misuse 2016, 51: 1821-1830. PMID: 27608264, PMCID: PMC5423713, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2016.1197264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol useHigher oddsAlcohol consumptionSexual behaviorDrug useHigh-risk sexual behaviorFemale partnersHistory of alcoholSexual risk behaviorsHigh-risk behaviorsEffects of drugsSelf-administered questionnaireSyphilis infectionHIV infectionSyphilis prevalenceMean ageSyphilis testingClinical trialsHIV epidemicHIV interventionsBlood samplesHIVHan ethnicityRisk behaviorsMSM
2013
Attitudes Toward HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Western China
Zhang Y, Peng B, She Y, Liang H, Peng HB, Qian HZ, Vermund SH, Zhong XN, Huang A. Attitudes Toward HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Western China. AIDS Patient Care And STDs 2013, 27: 137-141. PMID: 23425017, PMCID: PMC3595955, DOI: 10.1089/apc.2012.0412.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAnti-HIV AgentsAsian PeopleChinaHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV InfectionsHomosexuality, MaleHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMultivariate AnalysisPatient Acceptance of Health CareSexual PartnersSexually Transmitted DiseasesSocioeconomic FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultConceptsPre-exposure prophylaxisHIV pre-exposure prophylaxisUse of PrEPSelf-administered questionnaireClinical trialsChinese MSMInfection historySexual partnersHIVLower educationPrEPPredictors of willingnessProphylaxisModerate awarenessMenMSMLow incomeSexModerate incomeParticipantsMore knowledgeAIDSTrialsMonths
2010
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Alabama Women: Sociodemographic, Behavioral, and Reproductive Health Characteristics and Factors Associated With Lack of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Viral Control
Bhatta MP, Hoesley C, Vermund S. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Alabama Women: Sociodemographic, Behavioral, and Reproductive Health Characteristics and Factors Associated With Lack of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Viral Control. The American Journal Of The Medical Sciences 2010, 339: 133-140. PMID: 20087169, DOI: 10.1097/maj.0b013e3181c300f9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionImmunodeficiency virus infectionBehavioral risk factorsViral controlAlabama womenRisk factorsVirus infectionBlack race/ethnicityT-cell countsCells/microLOutpatient HIV clinicHIV-1 controlReproductive health characteristicsLow viral loadHIV-1 diagnosisBlack womenSelf-administered questionnaireRace/ethnicityAnnual household incomeCervicovaginal lavageAntiretroviral therapyHIV clinicHIV infectionHIV testingSuboptimal access
1996
Pregnancy and cervical infection with human papillomaviruses
Morrison E, Gammon MD, Goldberg GL, Vermund SH, Burk RD. Pregnancy and cervical infection with human papillomaviruses. International Journal Of Gynecology & Obstetrics 1996, 54: 125-130. PMID: 9236309, DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(96)02694-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence odds ratiosHPV risk factorsRisk factorsHPV infectionCurrent pregnancyCervical HPV infectionPrevalence of HPVHuman papillomavirus infectionAssociation of pregnancyStatistical significanceLarge municipal hospitalSelf-administered questionnaireRace/ethnicityCervicovaginal lavageCervical infectionPapillomavirus infectionHPV DNAGestational ageGynecological examinationOutpatient clinicHuman papillomavirusSignificant confoundersOdds ratioLavage samplesMunicipal Hospital