2023
Descriptive study: Feasibility of integrating hypertension screening into HIV assisted partner notification services model in Kenya.
Mogaka JN, Lagat H, Otieno G, Macharia P, Wamuti B, Masyuko S, Sharma M, Kariithi E, Farquhar C, Temu TM. Descriptive study: Feasibility of integrating hypertension screening into HIV assisted partner notification services model in Kenya. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023, 102: e33067. PMID: 36827044, DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000033067.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Assessing the Quality of the World Health Organization's Skin NTDs App as a Training Tool in Ghana and Kenya: Protocol for a Cross-sectional Study.
Frej A, Cano M, Ruiz-Postigo JA, Macharia P, Phillips RO, Amoako YA, Carrion C. Assessing the Quality of the World Health Organization's Skin NTDs App as a Training Tool in Ghana and Kenya: Protocol for a Cross-sectional Study. JMIR Res Protoc 2022, 11: e39393. PMID: 36480252, DOI: 10.2196/39393.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchApplying technology to promote sexual and reproductive health and prevent gender based violence for adolescents in low and middle-income countries: digital health strategies synthesis from an umbrella review.
Huang KY, Kumar M, Cheng S, Urcuyo AE, Macharia P. Applying technology to promote sexual and reproductive health and prevent gender based violence for adolescents in low and middle-income countries: digital health strategies synthesis from an umbrella review. BMC Health Serv Res 2022, 22: 1373. PMID: 36401323, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08673-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeveloping an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data-based mobile phone app to provide adolescents with sexual reproductive health information: a human-centered design approach.
Macharia P, Pérez-Navarro A, Inwani I, Nduati R, Carrion C. Developing an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data-based mobile phone app to provide adolescents with sexual reproductive health information: a human-centered design approach. BMC Med Res Methodol 2022, 22: 213. PMID: 35927636, DOI: 10.1186/s12874-022-01689-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAn Unstructured Supplementary Service Data-Based mHealth App Providing On-Demand Sexual Reproductive Health Information for Adolescents in Kibra, Kenya: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Macharia P, Pérez-Navarro A, Sambai B, Inwani I, Kinuthia J, Nduati R, Carrion C. An Unstructured Supplementary Service Data-Based mHealth App Providing On-Demand Sexual Reproductive Health Information for Adolescents in Kibra, Kenya: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2022, 10: e31233. PMID: 35436230, DOI: 10.2196/31233.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman-centered design exploration with Kenyan health workers on proposed digital mental health screening and intervention training development: Thematic analysis of user preferences and needs.
Kumar M, Macharia P, Nyongesa V, Kathono J, Yator O, Mwaniga S, McKay M, Huang KY, Shidhaye R, Njuguna S, Saxena S. Human-centered design exploration with Kenyan health workers on proposed digital mental health screening and intervention training development: Thematic analysis of user preferences and needs. Digit Health 2022, 8: 20552076221090035. PMID: 35444811, DOI: 10.1177/20552076221090035.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Obesity and risk for hypertension and diabetes among Kenyan adults: Results from a national survey.
Temu TM, Macharia P, Mtui J, Mwangi M, Ngungi PW, Wanjalla C, Bloomfield GS, Farquhar C, Nyanjau L, Gathecha GK, Kibachio J. Obesity and risk for hypertension and diabetes among Kenyan adults: Results from a national survey. Medicine (Baltimore) 2021, 100: e27484. PMID: 34622879, DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000027484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCentral obesity is a contributor to systemic inflammation and monocyte activation in virally suppressed adults with chronic HIV in Kenya.
Temu TM, Wagoner J, Masyuko S, O'Connor A, Zifodya JS, Macharia P, Wanjalla CN, Mogaka JN, Chohan B, Omodi VM, Gervassi AL, Oyugi J, Page ST, Farquhar C, Polyak SJ. Central obesity is a contributor to systemic inflammation and monocyte activation in virally suppressed adults with chronic HIV in Kenya. AIDS 2021, 35: 1723-1731. PMID: 34033591, DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002956.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUsing Assisted Partner Services for HIV Testing and the Treatment of Males and Their Female Sexual Partners: Protocol for an Implementation Science Study.
Kariithi E, Sharma M, Kemunto E, Lagat H, Otieno G, Wamuti BM, Katz DA, Obong'o C, Macharia P, Bosire R, Masyuko S, Mugambi M, Levin CE, Liu W, Roy Paladhi U, Weiner BJ, Farquhar C. Using Assisted Partner Services for HIV Testing and the Treatment of Males and Their Female Sexual Partners: Protocol for an Implementation Science Study. JMIR Res Protoc 2021, 10: e27262. PMID: 34014172, DOI: 10.2196/27262.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAn exploratory study of current sources of adolescent sexual and reproductive health information in Kenya and their limitations: are mobile phone technologies the answer?
Paul Macharia, Antoni Pérez-Navarro, Irene Inwani, Ruth Nduati & Carme Carrion (2021) An Exploratory Study of Current Sources of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Information in Kenya and Their Limitations: Are Mobile Phone Technologies the Answer?, International Journal of Sexual Health, 33:3, 357-370, DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2021.1918311Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImplementing open data kit integrating barcode-based client identification in HIV testing and linkage to care: A user-centered design
P. Macharia et al., "Implementing open data kit integrating barcode-based client identification in HIV testing and linkage to care: A user-centered design," 2021 IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC), United Kingdom, 2021, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/IHTC53077.2021.9698914.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Feasibility and acceptability of an iris biometric system for unique patient identification in routine HIV services in Kenya.
Anne N, Dunbar MD, Abuna F, Simpson P, Macharia P, Betz B, Cherutich P, Bukusi D, Carey F. Feasibility and acceptability of an iris biometric system for unique patient identification in routine HIV services in Kenya. Int J Med Inform 2020, 133: 104006. PMID: 31706230, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2019.104006.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Index participant characteristics and HIV assisted partner services efficacy in Kenya: results of a cluster randomized trial.
Masyuko SJ, Cherutich PK, Contesse MG, Maingi PM, Wamuti BM, Macharia PM, Bukusi DE, Otieno FA, Spiegel HM, Dunbar MD, Golden MR, Richardson BA, Farquhar C. Index participant characteristics and HIV assisted partner services efficacy in Kenya: results of a cluster randomized trial. J Int AIDS Soc 2019, 22 Suppl 3: e25305. PMID: 31321887, DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25305.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Assisted partner services for HIV in Kenya: a cluster randomised controlled trial.
Cherutich P, Golden MR, Wamuti B, Richardson BA, Ásbjörnsdóttir KH, Otieno FA, Ng'ang'a A, Mutiti PM, Macharia P, Sambai B, Dunbar M, Bukusi D, Farquhar C, aPS Study Group. Assisted partner services for HIV in Kenya: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet HIV 2017, 4: e74-e82. PMID: 27913227, DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(16)30214-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Feasibility of Using an Android-Based Infant Fingerprint Biometrics System for Treatment Follow-Up
P. Macharia, P. Muiruri, P. Kumar, B. Ngari and R. Wario, "The feasibility of using an android-based infant fingerprint biometrics system for treatment follow-up," 2017 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa), Windhoek, Namibia, 2017, pp. 1-9, doi: 10.23919/ISTAFRICA.2017.8102406.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Surveillance of HIV assisted partner services using routine health information systems in Kenya
Cherutich, P., Golden, M., Betz, B. et al. Surveillance of HIV assisted partner services using routine health information systems in Kenya. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 16, 97 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-016-0337-9Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Enhancing Data Security in Open Data Kit as an mHealth Application
P. Macharia et al., "Enhancing data security in open data kit as an mHealth application," 2015 International Conference on Computing, Communication and Security (ICCCS), Pointe aux Piments, Mauritius, 2015, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/CCCS.2015.7374205.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssisted partner notification services to augment HIV testing and linkage to care in Kenya: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial
Wamuti, B.M., Erdman, L.K., Cherutich, P. et al. Assisted partner notification services to augment HIV testing and linkage to care in Kenya: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial. Implementation Sci 10, 23 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-015-0212-6Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Open Data Kit, A Solution Implementing a Mobile Health Information System To Enhance Data Management In Public Health
P. Macharia, E. Muluve, J. Lizcano, C. Cleland, P. Cherutich and A. Kurth, "Open data kit, a solution implementing a mobile health information system to enhance data management in public health," 2013 IST-Africa Conference & Exhibition, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013, pp. 1-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research