Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Author "Odeny, TA"
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Integration of HIV Care with Primary Health Care Services: Effect on Patient Satisfaction and Stigma in Rural Kenya
Odeny, TA; Penner, J; Lewis-Kulzer, J; Leslie, HH; Shade, SB; Adero, W; Kioko, J; Cohen, CR; Bukusi, EA (Family AIDS Care and Education Services, Kisumu, KenyaKenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, US, 2013)HIV departments within Kenyan health facilities are usually better staffed and equipped than departments offering non-HIV services. Integration of HIV services into primary care may address this issue of skewed resource ... -
Text messaging for maternal and infant retention in prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission services: A pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial in Kenya.
Odeny, TA; Hughes, JP; Bukusi, EA; Akama, E; Geng, EH; Holmes, KK; McClelland, RS (University of Nairobi, 2019)BACKGROUND: Timely diagnosis of infant HIV infection is essential for antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. In a randomized controlled trial, we found the Texting Improves Testing (TextIT) intervention (a theory-based ... -
Text messaging to improve attendance at post-operative clinic visits after adult male circumcision for HIV prevention: a randomized controlled trial
Odeny, TA; Bailey, RC; Bukusi, EA; Simoni, JM; Tapia, KA; Yuhas, K; Holmes, KK; McClelland, RS (2012)Following male circumcision for HIV prevention, a high proportion of men fail to return for their scheduled seven-day post-operative visit. We evaluated the effect of short message service (SMS) text messages on attendance ... -
Texting improves testing: a randomized trial of two-way SMS to increase postpartum prevention of mother-to-child transmission retention and infant HIV testing.
Odeny, TA; Bukusi, EA; Cohen, CR; Yuhas, K; Camlin, CS; McClelland, RS (University of Nairobi, 2014)OBJECTIVE: Many sub-Saharan African countries report high postpartum loss to follow-up of mother-baby pairs. We aimed to determine whether interactive text messages improved rates of clinic attendance and early infant ...