- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Sex work and related issues
- Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
- HIV Research and Treatment
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Hepatitis C virus research
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Social Media in Health Education
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Open Source Software Innovations
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2016-2025
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
2016-2025
Guangzhou University
2016-2025
Southern Medical University
2017-2024
Saint Louis University
2024
Ekiti State University
2024
Obafemi Awolowo University
2024
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research
2020-2024
University of London
2015-2024
University of North Carolina Health Care
2012-2024
The GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach has been developed by the GRADE (Grading Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) Working Group. to support use findings qualitative evidence syntheses decision making, including guideline development policy formulation. CERQual includes four components for assessing how much confidence place reviews research (also referred as syntheses): (1) methodological limitations, (2) coherence, (3)...
Background.Public confidence in vaccination is vital to the success of immunisation programmes worldwide.Understanding dynamics vaccine therefore great importance for global public health.Few published studies permit comparisons sentiments and behaviours against a common metric.This article presents findings multi-country survey vaccines Georgia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, United Kingdom (UK) -these being first results larger project map globally.Methods.Data were collected from sample...
The GRADE-CERQual (Confidence in Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research) approach has been developed by the GRADE (Grading Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) Working Group. to support use findings qualitative evidence syntheses decision-making, including guideline development policy formulation. CERQual includes four components for assessing how much confidence place reviews research (also referred as syntheses): (1) methodological limitations, (2) coherence, (3)...
Your inbox probably has more invitations to join online health research surveys than before the COVID-19 pandemic. Online have become an important tool for when conventional survey methods are not feasible. Yet response also underlined urgent need high-quality behavioural data. Is trend towards indication of practices come or a stark reminder perils convenient sampling methods? This Comment examines unique opportunities associated with surveys, challenges in implementing and interpreting...
Objective To better understand the origins, manifestations and current policy responses to patient–physician mistrust in China. Design Qualitative study using in-depth interviews focused on personal experiences of trust. Setting Guangdong Province, Participants One hundred sixty patients, patient family members, physicians, nurses hospital administrators at seven hospitals varying type, geography stages achieving goals health reform. These included purposive selection individuals who had...
Syphilis was nearly eliminated from China 50 years ago but is now the most commonly reported communicable disease in Shanghai. Dr. Joseph Tucker and colleagues write that Chinese syphilis epidemic holds important lessons about social environmental influences on sexual health.
HIV testing rates are suboptimal among at-risk men. Crowdsourcing may be a useful tool for designing innovative, community-based strategies to increase testing. The purpose of this study was use stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluate the effect crowdsourced intervention on uptake men who have sex with (MSM) in eight Chinese cities.An developed through national image contest, regional strategy designathon, and local message contests. final included multimedia...
Crowdsourcing shifts medical research from a closed environment to an open collaboration between the public and researchers. We define crowdsourcing as approach problem solving which involves organization having large group attempt solve or part of problem, then sharing solutions. allows groups individuals participate in through innovation challenges, hackathons, related activities. The purpose this literature review is examine definition, concepts, applications medicine. This...
Background. Crowdsourcing, the process of shifting individual tasks to a large group, may enhance human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing interventions. We conducted noninferiority, randomized controlled trial compare first-time HIV rates among men who have sex with (MSM) and transgender individuals received crowdsourced or health marketing test promotion video. Methods. Seven hundred twenty-one MSM participants (≥16 years old, never before tested for HIV) were recruited through 3 Chinese...