Browsing by Author "Kaaya, Sylvia"

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    • Association between intimate partner violence and poor child growth: results from 42 demographic and health surveys 

      Chai, Jeanne; Fink, Günther; Kaaya, Sylvia; Danaei, Goodarz; Fawzi, Wafaie; Ezzati, Majid; Lienert, Jeffrey; Smith Fawzi, Mary C (World Health Organization, 2016)
      Abstract Objective: To determine the impact of intimate partner violence against women on children’s growth and nutritional status in low- and middle-income countries. Methods: We pooled records from 42 demographic and ...

    • Depression at antiretroviral therapy initiation and clinical outcomes among a cohort of Tanzanian women living with HIV 

      Sudfeld, Christopher Robert; Kaaya, Sylvia; Gunaratna, Nilupa S.; Mugusi, Fedinand; Fawzi, Wafaie W.; Aboud, Said; Smith Fawzi, Mary C. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017)
      OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to assess the relationship of depression at antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation with mortality and clinical outcomes among Tanzanian women living with HIV. DESIGN: We ...

    • Explaining Adherence Success in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Ethnographic Study 

      Idoko, John; Kaaya, Sylvia; Biraro, Irene Andia; Agbaji, Oche; Beyrer, Chris; Ware, Norma Clara; Wyatt, Monique A.; Chalamilla, Guerino E.; Bangsberg, David Roy (Public Library of Science, 2009)
      Background: Individuals living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa generally take more than 90% of prescribed doses of antiretroviral therapy (ART). This number exceeds the levels of adherence observed in North America and ...

    • Grand challenges in global mental health 

      Collins, Pamela Y.; Patel, Vikram Harshad; Joestl, Sarah S.; March, Dana; Insel, Thomas R.; Daar, Abdallah S.; Bordin, Isabel A.; Costello, Elizabeth; Durkin, Maureen; Fairburn, Christopher; Glass, Roger I.; Hall, Wayne; Huang, Yueqin; Hyman, Steven E.; Jamison, Kay; Kaaya, Sylvia; Kapur, Shitij; Kleinman, Arthur Michael; Ogunniyi, Adesola; Otero-Ojeda, Angel; Poo, Mu-Ming; Ravindranath, Vijayalakshmi; Sahakian, Barbara J.; Saxena, Shekhar; Singer, Peter A.; Stein, Dan J.; Anderson, Warwick; Dhansay, Muhammad A.; Ewart, Wendy; Phillips, Anthony; Shurin, Susan; Walport, Mark (Springer Nature, 2011)

    • How Treatment Partners Help: Social Analysis of an African Adherence Support Intervention 

      O’Laughlin, Kelli N.; Wyatt, Monique A.; Kaaya, Sylvia; Bangsberg, David Roy; Ware, Norma Clara (Springer US, 2012)
      Treatment partnering is an adherence intervention developed in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper describes the additional social functions that treatment partners serve and shows how these functions contribute to health and ...

    • Prevalence of Hypertension and Its Associated Risk Factors among 34,111 HAART Naïve HIV-Infected Adults in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 

      Njelekela, Marina; Muhihi, Alfa; Aveika, Akum; Spiegelman, Donna; Hawkins, Claudia; Armstrong, Catharina; Liu, Enju; Okuma, James; Chalamila, Guerino; Kaaya, Sylvia; Mugusi, Ferdinand; Fawzi, Wafaie (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2016)
      Background:. Elevated blood pressure has been reported among treatment naïve HIV-infected patients. We investigated prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors in a HAART naïve HIV-infected population in Dar ...