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| James HargreavesSummaryAffiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Country: UK Publications
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Explaining continued high HIV prevalence in South Africa: socioeconomic factors, HIV incidence and sexual behaviour change among a rural cohort, 2001-2004James R Hargreaves
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
AIDS 21:S39-48. 2007..To estimate HIV incidence and explore evidence for changing sexual behaviour over time among men and women belonging to different socioeconomic groups in rural South Africa...- Making new vaccines affordable: a comparison of financing processes used to develop and deploy new meningococcal and pneumococcal conjugate vaccinesJames R Hargreaves
Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, UK
Lancet 378:1885-93. 2011..Progress towards GAVI's strategic aims is needed and funding is crucial. Approaches that decrease the financial pressure on GAVI and greatly increase political and financial engagement by low-income countries should also be considered... - The social determinants of tuberculosis: from evidence to actionJames R Hargreaves
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Am J Public Health 101:654-62. 2011..Interventions from outside the health sector-specifically, in social protection and urban planning-have the potential to strengthen tuberculosis control... - Process evaluation of the Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE) in rural South AfricaJames Hargreaves
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Health Educ Res 25:27-40. 2010..A linked model involving a MFI and a non-academic partner agency may be more sustainable and is being tried. Feasible models for delivering microfinance and health promotion require further investigation... - Childhood mortality among former Mozambican refugees and their hosts in rural South AfricaJames R Hargreaves
Rural AIDS and Development Action Research Programme, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Int J Epidemiol 33:1271-8. 2004..We investigated differentials in mortality between children from former Mozambican refugee and host South African households in a rural sub-district in the north-east of South Africa... - Systematic review exploring time trends in the association between educational attainment and risk of HIV infection in sub-Saharan AfricaJames R Hargreaves
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK
AIDS 22:403-14. 2008..To assess the evidence that the association between educational attainment and risk of HIV infection is changing over time in sub-Saharan Africa... - The association between school attendance, HIV infection and sexual behaviour among young people in rural South AfricaJ R Hargreaves
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
J Epidemiol Community Health 62:113-9. 2008..To investigate whether the prevalence of HIV infection among young people, and sexual behaviours associated with increased HIV risk, are differentially distributed between students and those not attending school or college... - School effects on young people's drug use: a systematic review of intervention and observational studiesAdam Fletcher
The Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
J Adolesc Health 42:209-20. 2008..We aimed to (1) identify the effect of school-level changes on drug use and (2) explore the possible mechanisms by which school-level influences on individual drug use might occur... - The association between household socioeconomic position and prevalent tuberculosis in Zambia: a case-control studyDelia Boccia
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 6:e20824. 2011..explore the causal mechanism underlying this association; and 3. estimate how many cases of TB could be prevented by improving household socioeconomic position (SEP)... - Should structural interventions be evaluated using RCTs? The case of HIV preventionChristopher Bonell
Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Soc Sci Med 63:1135-42. 2006..In such cases, alternative evaluative designs must be assessed for their ability to provide evidence of intervention effectiveness... - Tuberculosis infection in Zambia: the association with relative wealthDelia Boccia
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Am J Trop Med Hyg 80:1004-11. 2009..Although further studies are needed, these results suggest emerging new patterns of TB transmission and a role of socioeconomic position on the risk of TB infection opposite to that expected... - Introduction of voluntary counselling and rapid testing for HIV in rural South Africa: from theory to practiceP M Pronyk
Rural AIDS and Development Action Research Programme, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, South Africa
AIDS Care 14:859-65. 2002..This work demonstrates one effective model for improving access to VCT through existing primary health care services in a rural South African context... - Undiagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis deaths in rural South AfricaP M Pronyk
Rural AIDS and Development Action Research Programme, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Acornhoek, South Africa
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 8:796-9. 2004..As most undiagnosed cases present to the health service at some point during their illness, intervention strategies to support early diagnosis at this level can only be re-emphasised by this work... - Active case finding: understanding the burden of tuberculosis in rural South AfricaP M Pronyk
Department of Community Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 5:611-8. 2001..The Agincourt demographic and health surveillance site in South Africa's rural Northern Province... - Educational attainment and HIV-1 infection in developing countries: a systematic reviewJames R Hargreaves
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Trop Med Int Health 7:489-98. 2002..However, the pattern of new HIV infections may be changing towards a greater burden among less educated groups. In Thailand those with more schooling remain at lower risk of HIV infection... - Socioeconomic status and risk of HIV infection in an urban population in KenyaJames R Hargreaves
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Trop Med Int Health 7:793-802. 2002..To examine the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES), risk factors for HIV infection and HIV status in an urban population with high prevalence of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa... - A combined microfinance and training intervention can reduce HIV risk behaviour in young female participantsPaul M Pronyk
Rural AIDS and Development Action Research Program, School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
AIDS 22:1659-65. 2008..To assess effects of a combined microfinance and training intervention on HIV risk behavior among young female participants in rural South Africa... - Is social capital associated with HIV risk in rural South Africa?Paul M Pronyk
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Soc Sci Med 66:1999-2010. 2008..We suggest that not all social capital is protective or health promotive, and that getting the balance right is critical to informing HIV prevention efforts... - Effect of a structural intervention for the prevention of intimate-partner violence and HIV in rural South Africa: a cluster randomised trialPaul M Pronyk
Rural AIDS and Development Action Research Programme, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Acornhoek, South Africa
Lancet 368:1973-83. 2006..The aim of the Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE) study was to assess a structural intervention that combined a microfinance programme with a gender and HIV training curriculum... - Microfinance programs and better health: prospects for sub-Saharan AfricaPaul M Pronyk
Rural AIDS and Development Action Research Programme, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
JAMA 298:1925-7. 2007 - Understanding the impact of a microfinance-based intervention on women's empowerment and the reduction of intimate partner violence in South AfricaJulia C Kim
Rural AIDS and Development Action Research Programme, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Acornhoek, South Africa
Am J Public Health 97:1794-802. 2007....