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Robin Fatch

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Articles 68
Citations 636
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Related Specialties
Infectious Diseases
Psychiatry
General Medicine
Top 10 Co-Authors
Judith A Hahn
Nneka I Emenyonu
Winnie R Muyindike
Julian Adong
Allen Kekibiina
Christine Ngabirano
Nneka Emenyonu
Debbie M Cheng
Winnie Muyindike
Gabriel Chamie
Published In
AIDS Behav
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
PLoS One
Alcohol Clin Exp Res
AIDS Educ Prev
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Recent Articles
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Alcohol use and HIV suppression after completion of financial incentives for alcohol abstinence and isoniazid adherence: a randomized controlled trial
Muyindike W, Fatch R, Lodi S, Emenyonu N, Kekibiina A, Adong J, et al.
EClinicalMedicine . 2025 Jan; 80:103045. PMID: 39867970
Background: In a recent randomized trial, six months of financial incentives contingent for recent alcohol abstinence led to lower levels of hazardous drinking, while incentives for recent isoniazid (INH) ingestion...
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Psychometric assessment of the Runyankole-translated Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale among persons with HIV in Uganda
Espinosa da Silva C, Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Muyindike W, Adong J, Rao S, et al.
BMC Public Health . 2024 Jun; 24(1):1628. PMID: 38898463
Background: Social desirability can negatively affect the validity of self-reported measures, including underreporting of stigmatized behaviors like alcohol consumption. The Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (SDS) is widely implemented and comprised...
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Alcohol Consumption Among Persons Living with HIV: Perceptions, Messages and Interventions-A Qualitative Study at an HIV Treatment Clinic in South Western Uganda
Asiimwe S, Kekibiina A, Woolf-King S, Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Hahn J
AIDS Behav . 2024 Jun; 28(8):2559-2576. PMID: 38839725
In Sub-Saharan Africa, efficacy trials of brief interventions to reduce unhealthy drinking among persons living with HIV (PLWH) have yielded mixed results. A better understanding of the perceptions of drinking,...
4.
Participant perspectives on incentives for TB preventative therapy adherence and reduced alcohol use: A qualitative study
Appa A, Miller A, Fatch R, Kekibiina A, Beesiga B, Adong J, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2024 Apr; 4(4):e0002472. PMID: 38656992
Economic incentives to promote health behavior change are highly efficacious for substance use disorders as well as increased medication adherence. Knowledge about participants' experiences with and perceptions of incentives is...
5.
Association between smoking and lack of HIV virological suppression in a cross-sectional study of persons with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in Uganda
Tumwegamire A, Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Lodi S, Muyindike W, Kekibiina A, et al.
PLoS One . 2024 Mar; 19(3):e0300508. PMID: 38507431
Background: Smoking and alcohol use frequently co-occur and are the leading causes of preventable death in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and are common among people living with HIV (PLWH). While alcohol...
6.
A Qualitative Exploration of Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV/TB Coinfected Persons With Problematic Alcohol Use Participating in an Incentive-Based Alcohol/Medication Adherence Intervention in Uganda During COVID-19
Miller A, Appa A, Muyindike W, Fatch R, Kekibiina A, Beesiga B, et al.
Violence Against Women . 2024 Jan; 31(5):1082-1103. PMID: 38196278
In Uganda, four in ten women report experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) in the past year. Salient drivers of IPV in sub-Saharan Africa include stress related to household finances, alcohol...
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The Relationship between Age at Initiation of Regular Drinking of Alcohol and Viral Suppression Status, and Depression Symptoms Among People Living with HIV in South-Western Uganda
Odokonyero R, Fatch R, Emenyonu N, Cheng D, Ngabirano C, Adong J, et al.
AIDS Behav . 2023 Dec; 28(4):1415-1422. PMID: 38060110
Alcohol use is an important factor in achieving and maintaining viral suppression and optimal mental health among persons with HIV (PWH), however, the effect of age at first regular drinking...
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Financial incentives for reduced alcohol use and increased isoniazid adherence during tuberculosis preventive therapy among people with HIV in Uganda: an open-label, factorial randomised controlled trial
Chamie G, Hahn J, Kekibiina A, Emenyonu N, Beesiga B, Marson K, et al.
Lancet Glob Health . 2023 Nov; 11(12):e1899-e1910. PMID: 37973340
Background: Alcohol use is common among people with HIV and is a risk factor for tuberculosis disease and non-adherence to isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT). Few interventions exist to reduce alcohol...
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Phosphatidylethanol vs Transdermal Alcohol Monitoring for Detecting Alcohol Consumption Among Adults
Hahn J, Fatch R, Barnett N, Marcus G
JAMA Netw Open . 2023 Sep; 6(9):e2333182. PMID: 37698861
Importance: Alcohol biomarkers can improve detection of heavy alcohol use in clinical care, yet cutoffs for phosphatidylethanol (PEth), a blood biomarker, have not been established. Objective: To determine the optimal...
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Understanding Patients' Experiences with a Brief Alcohol Reduction Intervention among People Living with HIV in Uganda: A Qualitative Study
Gichane M, Camlin C, Getahun M, Emenyonu N, Woolf-King S, Sanyu N, et al.
Subst Use Misuse . 2023 Aug; 58(13):1714-1721. PMID: 37551890
Brief alcohol reduction interventions for people living with HIV (PLWH) have resulted in mixed findings with some studies showing null or limited treatment effects. To better understand factors that may...