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Examining Evidence-based Intervention Sustainability and De-adoption in the Context of HIV Prevention

Creator:

McKay, Virginia R.

Abstract:

Evidence-based interventions (EBIs), which demonstrate efficacy in research settings, are rarely sustained when implemented in public health organizations. Rather, EBIs are often de-adopted - potentially undermining the positive benefits of the EBIs for the communities that access them. The lack of sustainability is particularly troubling among public health organizations that...

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Dissertation

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12.8% of people infected with HIV are unaware of their infection (CDC, 2015). While HIV incidence
Women initiated solutions for HIV prevention (WISH study): factors associated with intentions to use microbicides and Tenofovir

Creator:

Kandathil, Sonia M.

Abstract:

With women comprising nearly 50% of HIV/AIDS infections globally, the development of new woman-initiated HIV prevention methods has become a public health imperative. To date, the female condom and the diaphragm are the only woman-initiated prevention methods available on the consumer market. Recent research has focused on two HIV/AIDS prevention...

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Dissertation

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nearly 60% of all people infected by HIV are women (UNAIDS, 2009). HIV infection is 1.3 times more