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| Vivian Fei ling GoSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Country: USA Publications
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Barriers to reproductive tract infection (RTI) care among Vietnamese women: implications for RTI control programsVivian F Go
Department of Epidemiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room E7133, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Sex Transm Dis 29:201-6. 2002..Vietnamese women may be especially vulnerable to reproductive tract infections (RTIs) and their biological and social sequelae. Few data are available on the prevalence of and health-seeking behavior for RTIs among women in Vietnam...
HIV rates and risk behaviors are low in the general population of men in Southern India but high in alcohol venues: results from 2 probability surveysVivian F Go
Infectious Diseases Program, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 46:491-7. 2007..As the HIV epidemic continues to expand in India, empiric data are needed to determine the course of the epidemic for high-risk populations and the general population...- Factors associated with the perpetration of sexual violence among wine-shop patrons in Chennai, IndiaVivian F Go
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Soc Sci Med 71:1277-84. 2010..HIV interventions that facilitate formal groups that foster positive social support and address a range of HIV risk behaviors including sexually and physically abusive behaviors are recommended to reduce sexual violence... - Prevalence and risk factors for reproductive tract infections among women in rural VietnamVivian F Go
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 37:185-9. 2006..Given the low prevalence STD in this area of Vietnam, clinical case management of women presenting with RTI symptoms should focus on treatment of the more common endogenous infections, candida and BV... - High HIV sexual risk behaviors and sexually transmitted disease prevalence among injection drug users in Northern Vietnam: implications for a generalized HIV epidemicVivian F Go
Infectious Diseases Program, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 42:108-15. 2006..HIV prevalence in Vietnam is currently concentrated among injection drug users (IDUs). The extent to which this core risk group represents a potential for broader HIV transmission to the general population is currently unknown... - Intra-couple communication dynamics of HIV risk behavior among injecting drug users and their sexual partners in Northern VietnamVivian F Go
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 84:69-76. 2006..Couple-based interventions to facilitate risk communication combined with programs to promote condom use among male IDUs, may help to reduce HIV transmission from IDUs to their primary partners... - Characteristics of high-risk HIV-positive IDUs in Vietnam: implications for future interventionsVivian F Go
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Subst Use Misuse 46:381-9. 2011..Structural interventions that increase syringe accessibility may be effective in reducing HIV risk behavior among HIV-positive IDUs. Study limitations are noted in the article... - High HIV prevalence and risk behaviors in men who have sex with men in Chennai, IndiaVivian F Go
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 35:314-9. 2004..To estimate HIV and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence and behavioral risk characteristics of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Chennai, India... - When HIV-prevention messages and gender norms clash: the impact of domestic violence on women's HIV risk in slums of Chennai, IndiaVivian F Go
Department of Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases Program, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Suite E 6007, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
AIDS Behav 7:263-72. 2003..HIV-prevention messages targeting men may effectively reduce women's exposure to HIV/AIDS... - Gender gaps, gender traps: sexual identity and vulnerability to sexually transmitted diseases among women in VietnamVivian Fei ling Go
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Soc Sci Med 55:467-81. 2002..Community level interventions that work towards disassociating STDs from traditional social norms may enable Vietnamese women to report possible STD symptoms and promote diagnosis and care for STDs... 
High prevalence of forced sex among non-brothel based, wine shop centered sex workers in Chennai, IndiaVivian F Go
Department of Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases Program, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Suite E 6610, Baltimore, MD, USA
AIDS Behav 15:163-71. 2011..HIV interventions for FSWs and their clients aimed at reducing alcohol consumption and encouraging condom use could be enhanced by violence prevention interventions to facilitate discourse about sexual violence...- Social injecting and other correlates of high-risk sexual activity among injecting drug users in northern VietnamChristina M Schumacher
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Int J Drug Policy 20:352-6. 2009..We sought to determine characteristics of sexually active IDUs and correlates of high-risk sexual practices among IDUs in Bac Ninh province in northern Vietnam... - Mortality and HIV transmission among male Vietnamese injection drug usersVu Minh Quan
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Epidemiology, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Addiction 106:583-9. 2011..To estimate all-cause mortality rate and to assess predictors of all-cause mortality among injection drug users (IDUs) in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam between 2005 and 2007... - Risks for HIV, HBV, and HCV infections among male injection drug users in northern Vietnam: a case-control studyVu Minh Quan
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
AIDS Care 21:7-16. 2009..This finding may have important implications for bloodborne viral prevention for IDUs in Vietnam... - Exploring "wine shops" as a venue for HIV prevention interventions in urban IndiaSudha Sivaram
Infectious Diseases Program, Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Urban Health 84:563-76. 2007..The data suggest that wine shops may be an appropriate location to target men for HIV prevention interventions. We discuss how these findings helped design such an intervention in Chennai... - Sexual health promotion in Chennai, India: key role of communication among social networksSudha Sivaram
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Suite E 6610, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Promot Int 20:327-33. 2005..Interventions identifying communication networks and influencing the natural communication patterns in these networks may be a viable HIV prevention strategy in the study area... - Development of an opinion leader-led HIV prevention intervention among alcohol users in Chennai, IndiaSudha Sivaram
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 16:137-49. 2004..We outline specific lessons we learned in intervention development in this population... - Influence of Perceived Secondary Stigma and Family on the Response to HIV Infection Among Injection Drug Users in VietnamMegan L Salter
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 22:558-70. 2010..Data illustrated the strong value given to family in Vietnam and underscored the importance of secondary stigma in the coping process including gaining social support and engaging in risk reduction...
Research Grants
- HIV/STD Network Prevention Trial in Northern VietnamVivian Go; Fiscal Year: 2005....
- Prevention for Positives: A Randomized Controlled Trial Among Vietnamese HIV-PosiVivian Go; Fiscal Year: 2007..We hypothesize that the 2-level intervention will reduce injecting and sexual risk behaviors of HIV-positive IDUs and provide a potential model for reducing HIV-transmission in Vietnam. ..
- Prevention for Positives: A Randomized Controlled Trial Among Vietnamese HIV-PosiVivian Go; Fiscal Year: 2009..We hypothesize that the 2-level intervention will reduce injecting and sexual risk behaviors of HIV-positive IDUs and provide a potential model for reducing HIV-transmission in Vietnam. ..
- Prevention for Positives: A Randomized Controlled Trial Among Vietnamese HIV-PosiVivian F Go; Fiscal Year: 2010..We hypothesize that the 2-level intervention will reduce injecting and sexual risk behaviors of HIV-positive IDUs and provide a potential model for reducing HIV-transmission in Vietnam. ..