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The Effect of Motivational Interviewing-Based Counseling During Outpatient Provider Initiated HIV Testing on High-Risk Sexual Behavior in Rural Uganda
Wanyenze RK, Bateganya MH, Lule H, Kiene SM
2016
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-016-1377-y

Provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling (PITC) has rapidly expanded in many countries including Uganda. However, because it provides HIV prevention information without individualized risk assessment and risk reduction counseling it …

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Depression, alcohol use, and intimate partner violence among outpatients in rural Uganda: vulnerabilities for HIV, STIs and high risk sexual behavior
Wanyenze RK, Lule H, Kiene SM, Sileo KM, Silmi KP
2017
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-2162-2

Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV), alcohol use, and depression are key vulnerabilities for HIV in Uganda, and taken together may have a synergistic effect on risk. Our objective was to …

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Efficacy of an enhanced linkage to HIV care intervention at improving linkage to HIV care and achieving viral suppression following home-based HIV testing in rural Uganda: study protocol for the Ekkubo/PATH cluster randomized controlled trial
Wanyenze RK, Kalichman SC, Naigino R, Bateganya MH, Menzies NA, Lin CD, Lule H, Kiene SM, Sileo KM
2017
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2537-z

Background: Though home-based human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) counseling and testing (HBHCT) is implemented in many sub-Saharan African countries as part of their HIV programs, linkage to HIV care remains a …

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How Do We Get Partners to Test for HIV?: Predictors of Uptake of Partner HIV Testing Following Individual Outpatient Provider Initiated HIV Testing in Rural Uganda
Lule H, Kiene S M, Gbenro O, Sileo K M, Wanyenze R K
2017
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-017-1817-3

In a sample of outpatients (152 females, 152 males) receiving individual provider-initiated HIVtesting and counselling (PITC) we aimed to identify factors associated with subsequent uptake ofpartner HIV testing. Purposively sampled …

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Depressive Symptoms, Disclosure, HIV-Related Stigma, and Coping Following HIV Testing Among Outpatients in Uganda: A Daily Process Analysis
Kiene S M, Wanyenze R K, Dove M
2018
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-017-1953-9

As efforts to end the HIV epidemic accelerate there is emphasis on reaching those living with undiagnosed HIV infection. Newly diagnosed individuals face a number of psychosocial challenges, yet we …

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Exploring the Potential of Savings-Led Economic Strengthening HIV Interventions Among High-Risk Economically Vulnerable Fishing Communities in Uganda: Associations Between Use of Commitment Savings, Sexual Risk Behavior, and Problematic Alcohol Use
Tumwesigye NM, Kiene SM, Ediau M, Schmarje KA, Kintu M
2019
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-019-02475-y

Fishing communities are a most-at-risk population for HIV in Uganda. Alcohol use and abuse and economic vulnerability fuel risky sexual practices and lead to increased risk of HIV infection in …

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Hazardous alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems are associated with unknown and HIV-positive status in fishing communities in Uganda
Kiene SM, Sileo KM, Dove M, Kintu M
2019
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1497135

In Uganda, alcohol consumption is associated with higher HIV prevalence. However, research is needed to better understand how different patterns of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems may drive this association. …

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Treating Anonymous Patients: The Effectiveness, Costs, and Strategies of Promoting the Use of Expedited Partner Therapy
Kiesel André S.
2022

Despite decades of concerted efforts to prevent their spread, chlamydia and gonorrhea remain two of the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections in the United States (U.S.) â exacting a high …

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