Browsing Duke Faculty Articles by Author "0071228"

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Analysis of traumatic injuries presenting to a referral hospital emergency department in Moshi, Tanzania

Casey, Erica; Thielman, Nathan Maclyn; Ossmann, Eric William; Hocker, Michael Brian; Gerardi, Charles (SpringerOpen, 2012-06)

Background Injuries represent a significant and growing public health concern in the developing world, yet their impact on patients and the emergency health-care system in the countries of East Africa has received limited ...
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 ...
Early versus Delayed Fixed Dose Combination Abacavir/Lamivudine/Zidovudine in Patients with HIV and Tuberculosis in Tanzania

Crump, John Andrew; Moon, Andrew; Woods, Christopher Wildrick; Bartlett, John Alexander; Thielman, Nathan Maclyn (Mary Ann Liebert, 2009-12)

Fixed dose combination abacavir/lamivudine/zidovudine (ABC/3TC/ZDV) among HIV-1 and tuberculosis (TB)-coinfected patients was evaluated and outcomes between early vs. delayed initiation were compared. In a randomized, pilot ...
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 ...
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 ...
Safety, Tolerability, and Mechanisms of Antiretroviral Activity of Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2a in HIV-1-Monoinfected Participants: A Phase II Clinical Trial

Thielman, Nathan (UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, 2010)

Background. To our knowledge, the antiviral activity of pegylated interferon alfa-2a has not been studied in participants with untreated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection but without chronic hepatitis ...
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 ...