Erratum to: A novel antigen capture ELISA for the specific detection of IgG antibodies to elephant endotheliotropic herp...
...Published in BMC Public Health
Piloting an HIV self-test kit voucher program to raise serostatus awareness of high-risk African Americans, Los Angeles....
Published in BMC Public Health
Developing and partnering with a commercial pharmacy to institute a voucher system to facilitate HIV self-testing with linkage-to-care was feasible. Our findings suggest the voucher program was associated with increasing the identification of new cases of HIV infection with high rates of linkage to care. Expanded research and evaluation of voucher ...
Progress in assessing physical function in arthritis: PROMIS short forms and computerized adaptive testing.
Published in The Journal of rheumatology
Improved items and instruments yielded better information. The PROMIS HAQ is currently available and considered validated. The new PROMIS short forms, after validation, are likely to represent further improvement. CAT-based physical function/disability assessment offers superior performance over static forms of equal length.
Provision of chlamydia testing, and training of primary health care staff about chlamydia testing, across four European ...
Published in BMC Public Health
Future research on the effectiveness of chlamydia screening (also in the context of general practice care) and program provision should reflect national needs and the prevention of complications.
An assessment of fishing communities around Lake Victoria, Uganda, as potential populations for future HIV vaccine effic...
...Published in BMC Public Health
There is high HIV incidence, retention and WTP among fishing communities around L. Victoria, Uganda which make these communities appropriate for future HIV prevention efficacy studies including vaccine trials.
Patterns of perception toward influenza pandemic among the front-line responsible health personnel in southern Thailand:...
Published in BMC public health
Strong consistent perceptions of response efficacy against an influenza pandemic may suggest a low priority to convince health personnel on the efficacy of the recommended measures. Lack of self-efficacy in certain sub-groups indicates the need for program managers to improve self-confidence of health personnel to participate in an emergency respon...
Engineering online and in-person social networks to sustain physical activity: application of a conceptual model.
...Published in BMC public health
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01142804.
Study of Health and Activity in Preschool Environments (SHAPES): study protocol for a randomized trial evaluating a mult...
Published in BMC public health
The study will address important gaps relative to increasing physical activity in preschool children. Few studies to date have incorporated a multi-component approach, rigorous measurement protocol, and thorough evaluation of intervention implementation.
Butterfly Girls; promoting healthy diet and physical activity to young African American girls online: rationale and desi...
...Published in BMC public health
NCT01481948.
The burden of pediatric diarrhea: a cross-sectional study of incurred costs and perceptions of cost among Bolivian famil...
Published in BMC public health
This study demonstrated that indirect costs due to acute pediatric diarrhea were a large component of total incurred familial costs. Additionally, familial costs associated with a single diarrheal episode affected the actual and perceived financial situation of a large number of caregivers. These data serve as a baseline for societal diarrheal cost...
