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What's God got to do with it? Engaging African-American faith-based institutions in HIV preventionAmy Nunn
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Glob Public Health 8:258-69. 2013..African-American faith-based institutions have a critical role to play in raising awareness about the HIV/AIDS epidemic and reducing racial disparities in HIV infection...
The impacts of AIDS movements on the policy responses to HIV/AIDS in Brazil and South Africa: a comparative analysisAmy Nunn
Division of Infectious Diseases, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
Glob Public Health 7:1031-44. 2012....
Concurrent sexual partnerships among African American women in Philadelphia: results from a qualitative studyAmy Nunn
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Division of Infectious Diseases, Providence, RI, USA
Sex Health 9:288-96. 2012..Little is known about attitudes and practices related to concurrency among African American women, or the social, structural and behavioural factors influencing concurrency...
Keeping the faith: African American faith leaders' perspectives and recommendations for reducing racial disparities in HIV/AIDS infectionAmy Nunn
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Division of Infectious Diseases, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e36172. 2012..Many African American faith-based leaders are poised to address racial disparities in HIV infection. HIV prevention campaigns should integrate leaders' recommendations for tailoring HIV prevention for a faith-based audience...
African American patient experiences with a rapid HIV testing program in an urban public clinicAmy Nunn
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Division of Infectious Diseases, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 104:5-13. 2012..Philadelphia recently introduced a citywide rapid HIV testing program in public clinics...
Social, structural and behavioral drivers of concurrent partnerships among African American men in PhiladelphiaAmy Nunn
Division of Infectious Diseases, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, USA
AIDS Care 23:1392-9. 2011..Future research and interventions related to sexual concurrency should address social and structural factors in addition to conventional HIV risk-taking behaviors...
Linking HIV-positive jail inmates to treatment, care, and social services after release: results from a qualitative assessment of the COMPASS ProgramAmy Nunn
Division of Infectious Diseases, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
J Urban Health 87:954-68. 2010..Expanding intensive case management programs, public housing, and mental health services for recently released HIV-positive detainees should be public health priorities...
Methadone and buprenorphine prescribing and referral practices in US prison systems: results from a nationwide surveyAmy Nunn
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Division of Infectious Diseases, 164 Summit Avenue, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 105:83-8. 2009..Provision of ORT is nevertheless a frequently neglected intervention in the correctional setting...
AIDS treatment in Brazil: impacts and challengesAmy Stewart Nunn
Division of Infectious Diseases, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:1103-13. 2009..Finally, we explore the relevance of Brazil's treatment program for other countries and its broad implications for global AIDS and health policy...
Changing global essential medicines norms to improve access to AIDS treatment: lessons from BrazilA Nunn
Division of Infectious Diseases, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Glob Public Health 4:131-49. 2009..This paper analyses Brazil's contributions to global essential medicines policy and explains the relevance of Brazil's contributions to global health policy today...
Overcoming obstacles to implementing methadone maintenance therapy for prisoners: implications for policy and practiceMichelle McKenzie
The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Opioid Manag 5:219-27. 2009..The authors discuss strategies to address these barriers and conclude that providing methadone prior to inmate release is a feasible intervention with the potential to mitigate drug-related health and social harms...
