2020
Confronting Structural Racism in the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in the United States
Asabor EN, Vermund SH. Confronting Structural Racism in the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 73: e3531-e3535. PMID: 33242078, PMCID: PMC8563219, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1763.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersMeSH KeywordsHumansInsurance CoveragePatient Protection and Affordable Care ActRacismTuberculosisUnited StatesVulnerable PopulationsConceptsStructural racismPeople of colorLow-income workersUnited StatesRacist policiesDisproportionate incarcerationState governmentsVulnerable communitiesMarginalized populationsCrowded prisonsRecent immigrantsHealth servicesEssential health servicesRacismImmigrantsIncarcerationPoor accessAffordable careKey populationsNational averagePreventive health servicesControl of tuberculosisPeopleGovernmentBIPOC
2019
Attrition of HIV-positive children from HIV services in low and middle-income countries.
Carlucci JG, Liu Y, Clouse K, Vermund SH. Attrition of HIV-positive children from HIV services in low and middle-income countries. AIDS 2019, 33: 2375-2386. PMID: 31764102, PMCID: PMC6905128, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002366.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnti-HIV AgentsChildDeveloping CountriesHIV InfectionsHumansLost to Follow-UpRetention in CareVulnerable PopulationsConceptsHIV-positive childrenHIV servicesAntiretroviral therapyMiddle-income countriesEarly ART initiationPatient support servicesOptimal health outcomesMeta-regression analysisART initiationLTFU definitionStudy eligibilityMagnitude of attritionEligibility criteriaHealth outcomesSystematic reviewRandom-effects meta-analytic methodsOverall attritionMeta-analytic methodsMultidatabase searchData extractionVulnerable populationsImplementation researchMonthsMost attritionLTFUFrom surviving to thriving: the role of resilience in meeting global HIV goals.
Harrison SE, Li X, Vermund SH. From surviving to thriving: the role of resilience in meeting global HIV goals. AIDS 2019, 33 Suppl 1: s1-s4. PMID: 31397717, PMCID: PMC7024581, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PsychologicalGoalsHIV InfectionsHumansResilience, PsychologicalSocial SupportVulnerable PopulationsConceptsResilience-based interventionsRole of resiliencePositive adaptationHealth-related domainsCurrent conceptualizationsHIV care continuumPsychosocial aspectsPublic health strategiesVulnerable individualsHIV populationHIV treatmentCare continuumResilienceHealth strategiesHIVPeopleScientific studiesTreatmentGlobal targetsConceptualizationGlobal fightPopulationIndividualsInterventionAttention
2018
Attrition of HIV‐exposed infants from early infant diagnosis services in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Carlucci JG, Liu Y, Friedman H, Pelayo BE, Robelin K, Sheldon EK, Clouse K, Vermund SH. Attrition of HIV‐exposed infants from early infant diagnosis services in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal Of The International AIDS Society 2018, 21: e25209. PMID: 30649834, PMCID: PMC6287094, DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDeveloping CountriesHIV InfectionsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornRetention in CareVulnerable PopulationsConceptsEarly infant diagnosis servicesEID servicesMiddle-income countriesSystematic reviewRetention of HIVOptimal health outcomesNon-intervention studyMeta-regression analysisComprehensive database searchLTFU definitionStudy eligibilityMagnitude of attritionEligibility criteriaHIVDiagnosis serviceHealth outcomesInfantsRandom-effects meta-analytic methodsOverall attritionMeta-analytic methodsTime pointsData extractionVulnerable populationsImplementation researchMonths