2014
Correlates of Suboptimal Entry Into Early Infant Diagnosis in Rural North Central Nigeria
Aliyu MH, Blevins M, Megazzini KM, Audet CM, Dunlap J, Sodangi IS, Gebi UI, Shepherd BE, Wester CW, Vermund SH. Correlates of Suboptimal Entry Into Early Infant Diagnosis in Rural North Central Nigeria. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2014, 67: e19-e26. PMID: 24853310, PMCID: PMC4134378, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000000215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly infant diagnosisRural North-Central NigeriaInfant diagnosisPregnant womenChild HIV transmission (PMTCT) programsHIV care/treatmentClinic of enrolmentPediatric HIV infectionPrevention of motherNorth Central NigeriaMultivariable logistic regressionCare/treatmentDate of enrollmentHIV service uptakeEID uptakeCohort studyHIV infectionLaboratory variablesClinic locationService uptakeMaternal factorsTransmission programInfantsReferral sourceLogistic regressionHealth literacy predicts pediatric dosing accuracy for liquid zidovudine
Howard LM, Tique JA, Gaveta S, Sidat M, Rothman RL, Vermund SH, Ciampa PJ. Health literacy predicts pediatric dosing accuracy for liquid zidovudine. AIDS 2014, 28: 1041-1048. PMID: 24463393, PMCID: PMC4171732, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000000197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCombination antiretroviral therapyHIV infectionAntiretroviral medicationsDosing errorsPediatric HIV infectionCross-sectional studyHIV literacyAntiretroviral therapyMedication dosingHIV knowledgeMultivariable modelHealth literacyZidovudineTargeted interventionsCaregivers' abilityInfectionLimited literacyMedicationsSignificant differencesMaputo ProvinceAdultsLiteracy levelsAssociationSyringeDosing
2008
Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission and management of paediatric HIV infection in Jamaica.
Vermund SH, Krogstad PA. Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission and management of paediatric HIV infection in Jamaica. West Indian Medical Journal 2008, 57: 187-8. PMID: 19583116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric HIV infectionChild HIV transmissionPrevention of motherHIV infectionHIV transmissionInfectionPrevention