Browsing Duke Faculty Scholarship by Author "0199583"

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Are Alcohol Excise Taxes Good For Us? Short and Long-Term Effects on Mortality Rates

Cook, Philip; Ostermann, Jan; Sloan, Frank (SSRN eLibrary, 2005)

results from a 30-year panel of the state-level data indicate that changes in alcohol-excise taxes cause a reduction in drinking and lower all-cause mortality in the short run. But those results do not fully capture the ...
Child work and labour among orphaned and abandoned children in five low and middle income countries

Pence, Brian Wells; Whetten, Rachel; Messer, Lynne Corinne; Ostermann, Jan; Whetten, Kathryn; Buckner, Megan; Thielman, Nathan Maclyn; O'Donnell, Karen Jones (BioMed Central, 2011)

Background The care and protection of the estimated 143,000,000 orphaned and abandoned children (OAC) worldwide is of great importance to global policy makers and child service providers in low and middle income countries ...
A Comparison of the Wellbeing of Orphans and Abandoned Children Ages 6-12 in Institutional and Community-Based Care Settings in 5 Less Wealthy Nations

Whetten, Kathryn; Ostermann, Jan; Whetten, Rachel; Pence, Brian; O'Donnell, Karen; Messer, Lynne; Thielman, Nathan (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2009)

Background: Leaders are struggling to care for the estimated 143,000,000 orphans and millions more abandoned children worldwide. Global policy makers are advocating that institution-living orphans and abandoned children ...
A Comparison of the Wellbeing of Orphans and Abandoned Children Ages 6–12 in Institutional and Community-Based Care Settings in 5 Less Wealthy Nations

Whetten, Kathryn; Ostermann, Jan; Whetten, Rachel; Pence, Brian Wells; O'Donnell, Karen Jones; Messer, Lynne Corinne; Thielman, Nathan Maclyn (Public Library of Science, 2009-12)

Background Leaders are struggling to care for the estimated 143,000,000 orphans and millions more abandoned children worldwide. Global policy makers are advocating that institution-living orphans and abandoned children ...
Correlates of Poor Health among Orphans and Abandoned Children in Less Wealthy Countries: The Importance of Caregiver Health

Ostermann, Jan; Whetten, Kathryn; Whetten, Rachel; O'Donnell, Karen Jones (Public Library of Science, 2012-06)

Background More than 153 million children worldwide have been orphaned by the loss of one or both parents, and millions more have been abandoned. We investigated relationships between the health of orphaned and abandoned ...
Gender Differences in the Risk of HIV Infection among Persons Reporting Abstinence, Monogamy, and Multiple Sexual Partners in Northern Tanzania

Landman, Keren Z.; Ostermann, Jan; Crump, John; Mayhood, Meghan K.; Tribble, Alison C.; Ndosi, Evaline M.; Chu, Helen Y.; Bartlett, John; Thielman, Nathan (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2008)

Background: Monogamy, together with abstinence, partner reduction, and condom use, is widely advocated as a key behavioral strategy to prevent HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa. We examined the association between the ...
Perceived acceptability of home-based couples voluntary HIV counseling and testing in Northern Tanzania

Njau, B.; Watt, Melissa; Ostermann, Jan; Manongi, R.; Sikkema, Kathleen J. (Taylor and Francis (Routledge), 2011)

It is estimated that 5.6% of the Tanzanian population ages 15–49 are infected with HIV, but only 30% of adults have ever had an HIV test. Couples' testing has proven to increase testing coverage and introduce HIV prevention, ...
Prevalence and predictors of giving birth in health facilities in Bugesera District, Rwanda

Ostermann, Jan; Thielman, Nathan Maclyn (BioMed Central, 2012-12)

Background The proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel is one of two indicators used to measure progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5, which aims for a 75% reduction in global maternal mortality ...
Prevalence and predictors of HIV-related stigma among institutional- and community-based caregivers of orphans and vulnerable children living in five less-wealthy countries

Messer, Lynne Corinne; Pence, Brian Wells; Whetten, Kathryn; Whetten, Rachel; Thielman, Nathan Maclyn; O'Donnell, Karen Jones; Ostermann, Jan (BioMed Central, 2010)

Background In the face of the HIV/AIDS epidemic that has contributed to the dramatic increase in orphans and abandoned children (OAC) worldwide, caregiver attitudes about HIV, and HIV-related stigma, are two attributes ...
WHO guidelines for antimicrobial treatment in children admitted to hospital in an area of intense Plasmodium falciparum transmission: prospective study

Ostermann, Jan; Crump, John Andrew (BMJ Publishing Group, 2010-03)

Objectives To assess the performance of WHO’s “Guidelines for care at the first-referral level in developing countries” in an area of intense malaria transmission and identify bacterial infections in children with and ...
Who Tests, Who Doesn't, and Why? Uptake of Mobile HIV Counseling and Testing in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania

Ostermann, Jan; Reddy, Elizabeth Alexandra; Shorter, Meghan; Muiruri, Charles; Bartlett, John Alexander; Crump, John Andrew; Thielman, Nathan Maclyn (Public Library of Science, 2011-01)

Background Optimally, expanded HIV testing programs should reduce barriers to testing while attracting new and high-risk testers. We assessed barriers to testing and HIV risk among clients participating in mobile ...