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A new tool for malaria prevention?: Results of a trial of permethrin-impregnated bedsheets (shukas) in an area of unstable transmissionKate MacIntyre
Tulane University SPHTM, New Orleans, USA
Int J Epidemiol 32:157-60. 2003..Netting is expensive and impractical for many communities. Here we present the findings of a community-based trial of impregnated bedsheets (shukas) in Kenya...- Rolling out insecticide treated nets in Eritrea: examining the determinants of possession and use in malarious zones during the rainy seasonKate MacIntyre
Department of International Health and Development, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Trop Med Int Health 11:824-33. 2006..We explore the differences between use of an ITN as a proportion of all households in the survey (the roll back malaria indicator), and use of an ITN as a proportion of those households who already own an ITN... - "It's not what you know, but who you knew": examining the relationship between behavior change and AIDS mortality in AfricaK MacIntyre
Department of International Health and Development, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 13:160-74. 2001..A second implication is that higher levels of disclosure, or lower levels of denial of AIDS as a cause of death, may help individuals change their behavior... - Understanding perceptions of HIV risk among adolescents in KwaZulu-NatalKate MacIntyre
Department of International Health and Development, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
AIDS Behav 8:237-50. 2004.... - Examining the determinants of mosquito-avoidance practices in two Kenyan citiesKate MacIntyre
Department of International Health and Development, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, Suite 2200, 1440 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Malar J 1:14. 2002..This study assesses the behavioural and socio-economic factors associated with avoiding mosquitoes and preventing malaria in urban environments in Kenya... - Understanding referral from primary care clinics in rural Kenya: using health information systems to prioritize health servicesKate MacIntyre
1440 Canal St Suite 2200, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Int J Health Plann Manage 18:23-39. 2003.... - Interpreting household survey data intended to measure insecticide-treated bednet coverage: results from two surveys in EritreaThomas P Eisele
Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70115, USA
Malar J 5:36. 2006..This paper examines methodological issues to using household surveys to measure core Roll Back Malaria coverage indicators of ITN possession and use... - Assessment of insecticide-treated bednet use among children and pregnant women across 15 countries using standardized national surveysThomas P Eisele
Department of International Health and Development, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 80:209-14. 2009..The gaps in ITN use and possession will likely persist in the absence of achieving a ratio of no more than two people per ITN... - The impact of life skills education on adolescent sexual risk behaviors in KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaRobert Magnani
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 1440 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
J Adolesc Health 36:289-304. 2005..However, the South African national program has yet to be fully implemented, and whether this initiative will result in sustained behavior modification among youth on a sufficient scale to affect the HIV/AIDS epidemic is uncertain... - A geographic sampling strategy for studying relationships between human activity and malaria vectors in urban AfricaJoseph Keating
Department of International Heath and Development, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 2699, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 68:357-65. 2003.... - A description of malaria-related knowledge, perceptions, and practices in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti: implications for malaria controlJoseph Keating
Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 78:262-9. 2008..Results suggest malaria control in Haiti should focus on enhanced surveillance and case management, with expanded information campaigns about malaria prevention and treatment options... - Rapid surveys for program evaluation: design and implementation of an experiment in EcuadorK MacIntyre
Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of International Health and Development, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Rev Panam Salud Publica 6:192-201. 1999..The common belief that computers would disturb respondents was not found to be the case. Even with no computer experience, the interviewers rapidly mastered the new technology... - Rapid assessment and sample surveys: trade-offs in precision and costK MacIntyre
Department of International Health and Development, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
Health Policy Plan 14:363-73. 1999..This result has implications for the credibility of rapid surveys, and suggests that their use needs to be tailored for particular programmes and policies, and overseen with, at least, a modicum of statistical caution... - Referral revisited: community financing schemes and emergency transport in rural AfricaK MacIntyre
Department of International Health and Development, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
Soc Sci Med 49:1473-87. 1999.... - Interventions to reduce HIV/AIDS stigma: what have we learned?Lisanne Brown
Department of International Health and Development, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 15:49-69. 2003.... - Self-reported malaria and mosquito avoidance in relation to household risk factors in a Kenyan coastal cityJoseph Keating
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL, USA
J Biosoc Sci 37:761-71. 2005.... - Pregnant or positive: adolescent childbearing and HIV risk in KwaZulu Natal, South AfricaNaomi Rutenberg
Population Council, Washington, DC, USA
Reprod Health Matters 11:122-33. 2003..The analysis suggests that for some adolescents, in addition to effects on educational and employment opportunities, the danger of HIV infection is becoming part of the calculus of the desirability of a pregnancy... - A national survey of the prevalence, incidence, primary care burden and treatment of atrial fibrillation in ScotlandNiamh F Murphy
Department of Cardiology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
Heart 93:606-12. 2007..To examine the epidemiology, primary care burden and treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF)... - Malaria transmission in urban sub-Saharan AfricaVincent Robert
Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, France
Am J Trop Med Hyg 68:169-76. 2003..Malaria control in urban environments may be simpler as a result of urbanization; however, much of what we know about malaria transmission in rural environments might not hold in the urban context... - Mapping capacity in the health sector: a conceptual frameworkAnne K LaFond
John Snow International, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
Int J Health Plann Manage 17:3-22. 2002..Capacity mapping is useful to planners because it makes explicit the assumptions underlying the relationship between capacity and health system performance and provides a framework for testing those assumptions... - Seasonal variation in morbidity and mortality related to atrial fibrillationNiamh F Murphy
Department of Cardiology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT, Scotland, United Kingdom
Int J Cardiol 97:283-8. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: There is substantial seasonal variation in AF hospitalisations and deaths, particularly in the elderly...