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Steve Kretschmer

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Articles 7
Citations 44
Followers 0
Related Specialties
General Medicine
Science
Biochemistry
Top 10 Co-Authors
Sema K Sgaier
Bushimbwa Tambatamba
Ram Prasad
Owen Mugurungi
Sehlulekile Gumede-Moyo
Alice Nanga
Maria Eletskaya
Patrick Odawo
Saransh Sharma
Sinokuthemba Xaba
Published In
PLoS One
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
Mol Aspects Med
Andrology
Elife
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Recent Articles
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Developing a framework for understanding policy decision-making behaviors in the transition of an HIV prevention program towards sustainability: a case study from Zambia's voluntary medical male circumcision program
Gantayat N, Baer J, Gangaramany A, Kretschmer S, Surana R, Samona A, et al.
Gates Open Res . 2024 Sep; 8:18. PMID: 39319309
Faced with declining donor funding for HIV, low- and middle-income countries must identify efficient and cost-effective ways to integrate HIV prevention programs into public health systems for long-term sustainability. In...
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Assessment of demand for male contraceptives: A multi-country study
Kaur J, Rohini D, Chang L, Gugliotti A, Kretschmer S
Andrology . 2024 Aug; 12(7):1512-1524. PMID: 39158308
Background: As of 2019, high unmet contraceptive needs in low- and middle-income countries result in nearly half of all pregnancies being unintended. Additional male contraceptive options could help, but gaps...
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The uniqueness of on-demand male contraception
Rivera Sanchez N, Ritagliati C, Kopf G, Kretschmer S, Buck J, Levin L
Mol Aspects Med . 2024 May; 97:101281. PMID: 38805792
Because nearly half of pregnancies worldwide are unintended, available contraceptive methods are inadequate. Moreover, due to the striking imbalance between contraceptive options available for men compared to the myriad of...
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Categorizing and assessing comprehensive drivers of provider behavior for optimizing quality of health care
Engl E, Kretschmer S, Jain M, Sharma S, Prasad R, Ramesh B, et al.
PLoS One . 2019 Apr; 14(4):e0214922. PMID: 30995274
Inadequate quality of care in healthcare facilities is one of the primary causes of patient mortality in low- and middle-income countries, and understanding the behavior of healthcare providers is key...
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A case study for a psychographic-behavioral segmentation approach for targeted demand generation in voluntary medical male circumcision
Sgaier S, Eletskaya M, Engl E, Mugurungi O, Tambatamba B, Ncube G, et al.
Elife . 2017 Sep; 6. PMID: 28901285
Public health programs are starting to recognize the need to move beyond a one-size-fits-all approach in demand generation, and instead tailor interventions to the heterogeneity underlying human decision making. Currently,...
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Attitudes and decision-making about early-infant versus early-adolescent male circumcision: Demand-side insights for sustainable HIV prevention strategies in Zambia and Zimbabwe
Sgaier S, Sharma S, Eletskaya M, Prasad R, Mugurungi O, Tambatamba B, et al.
PLoS One . 2017 Jul; 12(7):e0181411. PMID: 28749979
As countries approach their scale-up targets for the voluntary medical male circumcision program for HIV prevention, they are strategizing and planning for the sustainability phase to follow. Global guidance recommends...
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Employing Demand-Based Volumetric Forecasting to Identify Potential for and Roles of Devices in Scale-Up of Medical Male Circumcision in Zambia and Zimbabwe
Fram F, Church F, Sundaram M, Sgaier S, Ridzon R, Eletskaya M, et al.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr . 2016 Jun; 72 Suppl 1:S83-9. PMID: 27331597
Introduction: Devices for male circumcision (MC) are becoming available in 14 priority countries where MC is being implemented for HIV prevention. Understanding potential impact on demand for services is one...