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AIDS and Behavior

Issue Special Issue 1/2018

AIDS Prevention Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (IV)

Content (19 Articles)

Original Paper

Illicit Drug Users in the Tanzanian Hinterland: Population Size Estimation Through Key Informant-Driven Hot Spot Mapping

Joel Ndayongeje, Amani Msami, Yovin Ivo Laurent, Syangu Mwankemwa, Moza Makumbuli, Alois M. Ngonyani, Jenny Tiberio, Susie Welty, Christen Said, Meghan D. Morris, Willi McFarland

Original Paper

Syringe Sharing in Drug Injecting Dyads: A Cross-Classified Multilevel Analysis of Social Networks

Armita Shahesmaeili, Ali Mirzazadeh, Willi McFarland, Hamid Sharifi, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Hamid Soori

Symptom-Based Versus Laboratory-Based Diagnosis of Five Sexually Transmitted Infections in Female Sex Workers in Iran

Armita Shahesmaeili, Mohammad Karamouzian, Mostafa Shokoohi, Kianoush Kamali, Noushin Fahimfar, Seyed Alireza Nadji, Hamid Sharifi, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Ali Mirzazadeh

The Relationship Between Risk Perception and Frequency of HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women, Lima, Peru

S. K. Vargas, K. A. Konda, S. R. Leon, B. Brown, J. D. Klausner, C. Lindan, C. F. Caceres

Open Access Original Paper

An Empiric Risk Score to Guide PrEP Targeting Among MSM in Coastal Kenya

Elizabeth Wahome, Alexander N. Thiong’o, Grace Mwashigadi, Oscar Chirro, Khamisi Mohamed, Evans Gichuru, John Mwambi, Matt A. Price, Susan M. Graham, Eduard J. Sanders

Original Paper

Risk Behaviors and Perceptions Among Self-identified Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM), Bisexuals, Transvestites, and Transgender Women in Western Guatemala

Janet M. Ikeda, Oliver Racancoj, Susie Welty, Kimberly Page, Norman Hearst, Willi McFarland

Original Paper

Age at Sexual Initiation and Sexual and Health Risk Behaviors Among Jamaican Adolescents and Young Adults

Sharlene Beckford Jarrett, Wadiya Udell, Sannia Sutherland, Willi McFarland, Marion Scott, Nicola Skyers

Original Paper

HIV Risk and Gender in Jamaica’s Homeless Population

Nicola Skyers, Sharlene Jarrett, Willi McFarland, Dahlia Cole, Uki Atkinson

Original Paper

Characterization of HIV Recent Infection Among High-Risk Men at Public STI Clinics in Mumbai

Hong-Ha M. Truong, Robin Fatch, Robert M. Grant, Meenakshi Mathur, Sameer Kumta, Hemangi Jerajani, Timothy A. Kellogg, Christina P. Lindan

Original Paper

Symptoms of Depression in People Living with HIV in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Prevalence and Associated Factors

Truc Thanh Thai, Mairwen K. Jones, Lynne M. Harris, Robert C. Heard, Nancy K. Hills, Christina P. Lindan

Home-Based Care and Perceived Quality of Life Among People Living with HIV in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Quyen Thi Tu Bui, Deborah Bain Brickley, Van Thi Thu Tieu, Nancy K. Hills

Original Paper

Factors Associated with Maternal-Child Transmission of HIV-1 in Southeastern Brazil: A Retrospective Study

Thiago Nascimento do Prado, Deborah Bain Brickley, Nancy K. Hills, Eliana Zandonade, Sandra Fagundes Moreira-Silva, Angélica Espinosa Miranda

Original Paper

Mortality Rate and Predictors in Children Under 15 Years Old Who Acquired HIV from Mother to Child Transmission in Paraguay

Gloria Aguilar, Angélica Espinosa Miranda, George W. Rutherford, Sergio Munoz, Nancy Hills, Tania Samudio, Fernando Galeano, Anibal Kawabata, Carlos Miguel Rios González

Original Paper

Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and HIV-Free Survival in Swaziland: A Community-Based Household Survey

Caspian Chouraya, Rhoderick Machekano, Simangele Mthethwa, Krysia Lindan, Munamato Mirira, Kwashie Kudiabor, Michelle M. Gill, Gugu Maphalala, Godfrey Woelk, Laura Guay

Original Paper

Early Breastfeeding Cessation Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Women in Western Cape Province, South Africa

Moleen Zunza, Monika Esser, Amy Slogrove, Julie A. Bettinger, Rhoderick Machekano, Mark F. Cotton, David Speert, Monika Esser, Julie A. Bettinger, Mark F. Cotton

Original Paper

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Contraceptive Use Among Kenyan Women Aged 15–49 Years

Laura L. Lunani, Andrew Abaasa, Gloria Omosa-Manyonyi

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Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.