2025
Mental Health, Substance Use, and Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy in People With HIV: A Prospective Cohort Study
Johnson A, Chimoyi L, Shenoi S, Brault M, Forastiere L, Charalambous S, Chihota V, Davis J. Mental Health, Substance Use, and Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy in People With HIV: A Prospective Cohort Study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2025, 12: ofaf303. PMID: 40567997, PMCID: PMC12188208, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTuberculosis preventive therapyUnhealthy alcohol useMental healthDepressive symptomsAlcohol useTobacco useAssociation of mental healthInfluence of mental healthCohort studyMeasure symptoms of anxietyNegatively associated with adherenceDeductive content analysisMixed methods studySubstance useLongitudinal cohort studyPsychological support servicesSymptoms of anxietySymptoms of depressionPreventive therapyProspective cohort studyAntiretroviral therapyHIV mortalityMultivariate regression modelSubstance use disordersMethods studyEvaluating community knowledge of tuberculosis preventive therapy in rural South Africa
Foppiano Palacios C, Moll A, Shrestha R, Kompala T, Davis J, Charalambous S, Chimoyi L, Chihota V, Andrews L, Shenoi S. Evaluating community knowledge of tuberculosis preventive therapy in rural South Africa. BMC Public Health 2025, 25: 918. PMID: 40055618, PMCID: PMC11889810, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-21719-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKnowledge of TBTB knowledgeExploratory factor analysisCommunity membersPublic health educationRural South AfricaCross-sectional studyPreventive therapyTuberculosis preventive therapyMultivariate linear regressionLinear regressionHealth educationChi-square testMedian scoreCounseling effortsCommunity eventsDescriptive statisticsEvaluate knowledgeTesting initiativesCultural beliefsTB incidenceCommunity knowledgeKwaZulu NatalSouth AfricaFactor analysis
2022
Assessing the quality of tuberculosis care using routine surveillance data: a process evaluation employing the Zero TB Indicator Framework in Mongolia
Saranjav A, Parisi C, Zhou X, Dorjnamjil K, Samdan T, Erdenebaatar S, Chuluun A, Dalkh T, Ganbaatar G, Brooks MB, Spiegelman D, Ganmaa D, Davis JL. Assessing the quality of tuberculosis care using routine surveillance data: a process evaluation employing the Zero TB Indicator Framework in Mongolia. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e061229. PMID: 35973702, PMCID: PMC9386240, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary health centersTB preventive therapyRoutine surveillance dataHealth centersHousehold contactsCohort studyPreventive therapyTB careTB dispensariesRetrospective cross-sectional cohort studyCross-sectional cohort studySurveillance dataActive TB treatmentGuideline-adherent careHealth system predictorsQuality of tuberculosisOdds of patientsHealth system factorsQuality improvement interventionsLow-quality careCare cascadeTB screeningTB treatmentTuberculosis careIndex patients
2021
Evaluating the Quality of Tuberculosis Contact Investigation in Cali, Colombia: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Diaz G, Victoria AM, Meyer AJ, Niño Y, Luna L, Ferro BE, Davis J. Evaluating the Quality of Tuberculosis Contact Investigation in Cali, Colombia: A Retrospective Cohort Study. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2021, 104: 1309-1316. PMID: 33617470, PMCID: PMC8045602, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0809.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetrospective cohort studyTuberculosis contact investigationContact investigationTB patientsHousehold visitsTB evaluationClinic visitsCohort studyEarly TB diagnosisIndex TB patientsTB contact investigationActive TB patientsTherapy initiationPreventive therapyTB diagnosisSymptomatic contactsMultivariable modelClinic referralsIndex patientsPatientsContact tracingVisitsCumulative probabilityLittle dataReferral
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