Evaluation of programmatic changes to an antimicrobial stewardship program with house officer feedbackSteven Y Hong
Tufts University School of Medicine, Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Eval Clin Pract 19:388-92. 2013
..Programmatic adjustments based on feedback may be beneficial to the success of ASPs. The objective of this study is to assess the experience of house officers with the ASP and the effect of programmatic improvements...
Development of a nutrient-dense food supplement for HIV-infected women in rural Kenya using qualitative and quantitative research methodsSteven Y Hong
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, USA
Public Health Nutr 16:721-9. 2013
..Formative research to facilitate the development, packaging and delivery of a culturally acceptable nutrition intervention for HIV-infected women in rural Kenya for an intervention trial...
Antimicrobial prescribing in the USA for adult acute pharyngitis in relation to treatment guidelinesSteven Y Hong
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
J Eval Clin Pract 17:1176-83. 2011
..The objective of this study is to characterize antibiotic prescribing patterns in the USA for acute pharyngitis and evaluate concordance with the 2001 ACP pharyngitis treatment guidelines...
Population-based monitoring of HIV drug resistance in Namibia with early warning indicatorsSteven Y Hong
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 55:27-31. 2010
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The global status of HIV drug resistance: clinical and public-health approaches for detection, treatment and preventionSteven Y Hong
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, 150 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Infect Disord Drug Targets 11:124-33. 2011
..These HIVDR surveys are designed to be implemented in conjunction with annual monitoring of program and site factors known to create situations favorable to the developments of HIV DR...
Medication possession ratio associated with short-term virologic response in individuals initiating antiretroviral therapy in namibiaSteven Y Hong
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
PLoS ONE 8:e56307. 2013
..24, 12.21), pā=ā0.013. Adherence was high with all measures. Only MPR, was associated with short-term virologic response, suggesting its cross-culturally utility for early identification of patients at high risk for virologic failure...
Effects of physical tracing on estimates of loss to follow-up, mortality and retention in low and middle income country antiretroviral therapy programs: a systematic reviewJames H McMahon
Infectious Diseases Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
PLoS ONE 8:e56047. 2013
..The objective of this systematic review is to compare estimates of LTFU, mortality and retention in LMIC in cohorts of patients with and without physical tracing...
Pharmacy adherence measures to assess adherence to antiretroviral therapy: review of the literature and implications for treatment monitoringJames H McMahon
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston MA, USA
Clin Infect Dis 52:493-506. 2011
..PAMs which incorporate the number of days for which ART was prescribed without the counting of remnant pills, are reasonable minimum-resource methods to assess adherence to ART...