Telecommunications and health Care: an HIV/AIDS warmline for communication and consultation in Rakai, UgandaLarry William Chang
Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic) 7:130-2. 2008
..Most clinical staff felt that the warmline made their jobs easier and improved the health of patients. An HIV/AIDS warmline leveraged the skills of a limited workforce to provide increased access to HIV/AIDS care, advice, and education...
- A 41-year-old woman from Cameroon with infertility
Larry W Chang
Division of Infectious Diseases and 2Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Clin Infect Dis 47:141-3, 109. 2008
- Impact of a mHealth intervention for peer health workers on AIDS care in rural Uganda: a mixed methods evaluation of a cluster-randomized trial
Larry W Chang
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
AIDS Behav 15:1776-84. 2011
..Key challenges identified included variable patient phone access, privacy concerns, and phone maintenance...
- Effect of peer health workers on AIDS care in Rakai, Uganda: a cluster-randomized trial
Larry W Chang
Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
PLoS ONE 5:e10923. 2010
..We conducted a cluster randomized trial to assess the effect of community-based peer health workers (PHW) on AIDS care of adults in Rakai, Uganda...
- Peer health workers and AIDS care in Rakai, Uganda: a mixed methods operations research evaluation of a cluster-randomized trial
Hannah Arem
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 25:719-24. 2011
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Information and communication technology and community-based health sciences training in Uganda: perceptions and experiences of educators and studentsLarry W Chang
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Inform Health Soc Care 37:1-11. 2012
..ICT may offer a unique opportunity to improve the quality of teaching and learning for COBES participants...
- Two-year virologic outcomes of an alternative AIDS care model: evaluation of a peer health worker and nurse-staffed community-based program in Uganda
Larry W Chang
Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 50:276-82. 2009
..We evaluated an alternative model, community-based, comprehensive antiretroviral program staffed primarily by peer health workers and nurses...
- Combination implementation for HIV prevention: moving from clinical trial evidence to population-level effects
Larry W Chang
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Lancet Infect Dis 13:65-76. 2013
..Only through careful consideration of how to implement and operationalise HIV prevention interventions will the HIV community be able to move from clinical trial evidence to population-level effects...
- The organization and implementation of community-based education programs for health worker training institutions in Uganda
Dan Kaye
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, USA
BMC Int Health Hum Rights 11:S4. 2011
..This study was undertaken to assess the scope and nature of community-based education for various health worker cadres in Uganda...
Optimal monitoring strategies for guiding when to switch first-line antiretroviral therapy regimens for treatment failure in adults and adolescents living with HIV in low-resource settingsLarry W Chang
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1503 East Jefferson St, Room 116, Baltimore, MD, USA, 21287
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 4:CD008494. 2010
..g. after 2-3 years) would be informative. Finally, cost-analysis studies will lend further insights into the applicability of these findings to low-resource settings...
- Perceptions and valuation of a community-based education and service (COBES) program in Uganda
Larry W Chang
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Med Teach 33:e9-15. 2011
..Community-based education and service (COBES) has been promoted to improve the education of health professionals, particularly in low-resource settings. However, few evaluations have been performed to guide program development...
