Nicola Desmond

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Publications

  1. ncbi A typology of groups at risk of HIV/STI in a gold mining town in north-western Tanzania
    Nicola Desmond
    National Institute for Medical Research, NIMR AMREF LSHTM Collaborative Projects, PO Box 11936, Mwanza, Tanzania
    Soc Sci Med 60:1739-49. 2005
  2. ncbi Comparison of sexual behavior data collected using a coital diary and a clinic-based interview during a microbicide pilot study in Mwanza, Tanzania
    Shelley Lees
    Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania
    Sex Transm Dis 37:497-501. 2010
  3. ncbi A model for community representation and participation in HIV prevention trials among women who engage in transactional sex in Africa
    Charles Shagi
    African Medical and Research Foundation, Lake Zone Programme, Mwanza, Tanzania
    AIDS Care 20:1039-49. 2008
  4. ncbi Sexual risk behaviour for women working in recreational venues in Mwanza, Tanzania: considerations for the acceptability and use of vaginal microbicide gels
    Shelley Lees
    National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania
    Cult Health Sex 11:581-95. 2009
  5. ncbi The benefits of participatory methodologies to develop effective community dialogue in the context of a microbicide trial feasibility study in Mwanza, Tanzania
    Andrew Vallely
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
    BMC Public Health 7:133. 2007
  6. ncbi Acceptability of azithromycin for the control of trachoma in Northern Tanzania
    Nicola Desmond
    MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RG, UK
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 99:656-63. 2005

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  1. ncbi A typology of groups at risk of HIV/STI in a gold mining town in north-western Tanzania
    Nicola Desmond
    National Institute for Medical Research, NIMR AMREF LSHTM Collaborative Projects, PO Box 11936, Mwanza, Tanzania
    Soc Sci Med 60:1739-49. 2005
    ..The methodology also enabled an approach to interventions sensitive to different circumstances associated with risk within the town while identifying structural factors affecting risk at the level of the town as a whole...
  2. ncbi Comparison of sexual behavior data collected using a coital diary and a clinic-based interview during a microbicide pilot study in Mwanza, Tanzania
    Shelley Lees
    Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania
    Sex Transm Dis 37:497-501. 2010
    ..The performance of coital diaries (CDs) and clinic-based interviews to measure sexual behavior was compared during a pilot study for a Phase III microbicide trial...
  3. ncbi A model for community representation and participation in HIV prevention trials among women who engage in transactional sex in Africa
    Charles Shagi
    African Medical and Research Foundation, Lake Zone Programme, Mwanza, Tanzania
    AIDS Care 20:1039-49. 2008
    ..The participatory model presented in this paper is likely to be generalisable to other vulnerable, stigmatised, at-risk study populations in resource-limited settings...
  4. ncbi Sexual risk behaviour for women working in recreational venues in Mwanza, Tanzania: considerations for the acceptability and use of vaginal microbicide gels
    Shelley Lees
    National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania
    Cult Health Sex 11:581-95. 2009
    ..However, sustained use will depend on how formulations overcome the difficulties women currently experience with condom negotiation and the specific environments and relationships in which they engage in sex...
  5. ncbi The benefits of participatory methodologies to develop effective community dialogue in the context of a microbicide trial feasibility study in Mwanza, Tanzania
    Andrew Vallely
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
    BMC Public Health 7:133. 2007
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  6. ncbi Acceptability of azithromycin for the control of trachoma in Northern Tanzania
    Nicola Desmond
    MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RG, UK
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 99:656-63. 2005
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