2020
Coaching Intensity, Adherence to Essential Birth Practices, and Health Outcomes in the BetterBirth Trial in Utter Pradesh, India
Barnhart DA, Spiegelman D, Zigler CM, Kara N, Delaney MM, Kalita T, Maji P, Hirschhorn LR, Semrau KEA. Coaching Intensity, Adherence to Essential Birth Practices, and Health Outcomes in the BetterBirth Trial in Utter Pradesh, India. Global Health Science And Practice 2020, 8: ghsp-d-19-00317. PMID: 32127359, PMCID: PMC7108945, DOI: 10.9745/ghsp-d-19-00317.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEssential birth practicesSafe Childbirth ChecklistPerinatal health outcomesBirth attendantsHealth outcomesBetterBirth trialWorld Health Organization Safe Childbirth ChecklistBirth practicesQuality of careSustain behavior changeCoaching-based interventionBehavior changeFrequent coachingPerinatal mortalityBirth facilityAdherenceOutcomesGreater improvementAttendantsVisitsTrialsMonthsRegression modelsAssociationUtter Pradesh
2003
Role of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome—Defining Conditions in Human Immunodeficiency Virus—Associated Wasting
Wanke CA, Silva M, Ganda A, Fauntleroy J, Spiegelman D, Knox TA, Gorbach SL. Role of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome—Defining Conditions in Human Immunodeficiency Virus—Associated Wasting. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003, 37: s81-s84. PMID: 12942378, DOI: 10.1086/375894.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelative riskStudy visitImmune deficiency syndrome-defining conditionsAcquired Immune Deficiency SyndromeMonthly study visitsCD4 cell countHIV Cohort StudyHuman immunodeficiency virusImmune deficiency syndromeBaseline BMICohort studyImmunodeficiency virusDeficiency syndromeCell countEnergy intakeSocioeconomic statusWastingBMIRiskVisitsLongitudinal dataSyndromeIntakeBaselineMonths
2002
Correlates of Plasma HIV-1 RNA Viral Load Among HIV-1 Seropositive Women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Kapiga SH, Bang H, Spiegelman D, Msamanga GI, Coley J, Hunter DJ, Fawzi WW. Correlates of Plasma HIV-1 RNA Viral Load Among HIV-1 Seropositive Women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2002, 30: 316-323. PMID: 12131569, DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000014767.47046.c8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1 RNA viral loadRNA viral loadPlasma HIV-1 RNA viral loadViral loadCopies/mLLymphocyte countHIV-1 positive pregnant womenHIV-1-seropositive womenMedian viral loadHigh viral loadPrevention of malariaTime of deliverySeropositive womenAbsolute CD4Pregnant womenClinical trialsHIV-1Long-term effectsDaily food expenditureMalaria parasitesBaselineMonthsDar es SalaamCD4Food expenditure