2022
“If it weren’t for my traditional healer, I would be dead”: Engaging traditional healers to support people living with HIV in rural Mozambique
Audet CM, Pettapiece-Phillips M, Tian Y, Shepherd BE, Vermund SH, Salato J. “If it weren’t for my traditional healer, I would be dead”: Engaging traditional healers to support people living with HIV in rural Mozambique. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0270565. PMID: 35763519, PMCID: PMC9239464, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270565.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTraditional healersPsychosocial supportCommunity health worker interventionPre-post intervention study designWorker interventionHealth worker interventionMedication possession ratioMedication side effectsIntervention study designPositive test resultsHome-based supportObserved therapyPossession ratioClinical outcomesHIV treatmentPoor adherencePost-intervention participantsHealth facilitiesPatient's desireSide effectsZambézia ProvinceCare servicesStudy designHIVTherapy
2014
HIV and Noncommunicable Disease Comorbidities in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy
Narayan KM, Miotti PG, Anand NP, Kline LM, Harmston C, Gulakowski R, Vermund SH. HIV and Noncommunicable Disease Comorbidities in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2014, 67: s2-s7. PMID: 25117958, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000000267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNoncommunicable diseasesChronic immune activationMedication side effectsAntiretroviral therapy programsSubstance use disordersNCD comorbidityAntiretroviral therapyMiddle-income countriesPulmonary diseaseImmune activationGenitourinary diseasesBone disordersDisease comorbiditiesSide effectsUse disordersTherapy programHIVDiseaseComorbiditiesInvestigator teamNutritional aspectsDisordersSaharan AfricaAging processCoinfection