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Poku O, Eschliman E, Wang R, Rampa S, Mehta H, Entaile P, et al.
Glob Health Sci Pract . 2023 Mar; 10(6). PMID: 36951288
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Poku O, Eschliman E, Entaile P, Rampa S, Mehta H, Tal D, et al.
AIDS Behav . 2023 Jan; 27(8):2535-2547. PMID: 36646928
This study qualitatively explores HIV-related gossip as both a manifestation and driver of HIV-related stigma, which is a known barrier to HIV testing and treatment in Botswana. Data were elicited...
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Poku O, Becker T, Rampa S, Misra S, Ho-Foster A, Entaile P, et al.
Int J MCH AIDS . 2022 Nov; 11(2):e569. PMID: 36320928
Background And Objectives: Despite a well-established universal HIV diagnosis and treatment program, Botswana continues to face a high HIV prevalence, in large part due to persistent stigma, which particularly affects...
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Yang L, Eschliman E, Mehta H, Misra S, Poku O, Entaile P, et al.
AIDS Res Ther . 2022 Jun; 19(1):26. PMID: 35739534
We conducted a pilot trial of an intervention targeting intersectional stigma related to being pregnant and living with HIV while promoting capabilities for achieving 'respected motherhood' ('what matters most') in...
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Greenberg A, Celentano D, Metzger D, Magnus M, Blank M, Davis W, et al.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses . 2021 Sep; 38(3):181-187. PMID: 34465217
The Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) program was established by the National Institutes of Health in 1988 to catalyze and support high-impact HIV research and to develop the next generation...
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Yang L, Poku O, Misra S, Mehta H, Rampa S, Eisenberg M, et al.
Am J Public Health . 2021 Jun; 111(7):1309-1317. PMID: 34110916
To explore whether beneficial health care policies, when implemented in the context of gender inequality, yield unintended structural consequences that stigmatize and ostracize women with HIV from "what matters most"...
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Brown L, Denis C, Leon A, Blank M, Douglas S, Morales K, et al.
Drug Alcohol Depend . 2021 May; 224:108728. PMID: 33971515
Background: Opioid use disorders are associated with increased risk of suicide thoughts, attempts, and death. We explored key variables from two theories of the development of suicidal thoughts and attempts...
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Misra S, Mehta H, Eschliman E, Rampa S, Poku O, Wang W, et al.
Qual Health Res . 2021 Mar; 31(9):1680-1696. PMID: 33764233
Despite a comprehensive national program of free HIV services, men living with HIV in Botswana participate at lower rates and have worse outcomes than women. Directed content analysis of five...
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Denis C, Dominique T, Smith P, Fiore D, Ku Y, Culhane A, et al.
AIDS Behav . 2021 Jan; 25(7):2230-2239. PMID: 33449236
Using a mobile research facility, we enrolled 141 opioid users from a neighborhood of Philadelphia, an urban epicenter of the opioid epidemic. Nearly all (95.6%) met DSM-5 criteria for severe...
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Poku O, Ho-Foster A, Entaile P, Misra S, Mehta H, Rampa S, et al.
Trials . 2020 Oct; 21(1):832. PMID: 33028387
Background: With high rates of HIV and multiple vulnerable subgroups across diverse settings, there is a need for culturally based, HIV stigma reduction interventions. Pregnant women who are living with...