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sharon s weir

University of North Carolina
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Integrating demographic and epidemiological approaches to research on HIV/AIDS: the proximate-determinants framework

JT Boerma, SS Weir - The Journal of infectious diseases, 2005 - academic.oup.com
This article presents a conceptual framework for the study of the distribution and
determinants of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in populations, by combining …

Monitoring sexual behaviour in general populations: a synthesis of lessons of the past decade

J Cleland, JT Boerma, M Caraël, SS Weir - Sexually Transmitted …, 2004 - sti.bmj.com
This supplement contains selected papers from a workshop on the measurement of sexual
behaviour in the era of HIV/AIDS held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical …

[HTML][HTML] A controlled trial of nonoxynol 9 film to reduce male-to-female transmission of sexually transmitted diseases

RE Roddy, L Zekeng, KA Ryan… - … England Journal of …, 1998 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Nonoxynol 9 is a proved spermicide, but whether it is also a microbicide is
uncertain. A truly effective vaginal microbicide would reduce the susceptibility of women to …

From people to places: focusing AIDS prevention efforts where it matters most

SS Weir, C Pailman, X Mahlalela, N Coetzee… - Aids, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To develop and implement a method to identify and characterize places where
people meet new sexual partners and to assess HIV prevention program coverage in those …

Counting hard-to-count populations: the network scale-up method for public health

HR Bernard, T Hallett, A Iovita, EC Johnsen… - Sexually transmitted …, 2010 - sti.bmj.com
Estimating sizes of hidden or hard-to-reach populations is an important problem in public
health. For example, estimates of the sizes of populations at highest risk for HIV and AIDS …

Depression, sexually transmitted infection, and sexual risk behavior among young adults in the United States

MR Khan, JS Kaufman, BW Pence… - … of pediatrics & …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To measure associations among depression, sexual risk behaviors, and sexually
transmitted infection (STI) among white and black youth in the United States. Design …

Achieving the first 90 for key populations in sub‐Saharan Africa through venue‐based outreach: challenges and opportunities for HIV prevention based on PLACE …

ME Herce, WM Miller, A Bula… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Providing outreach HIV prevention services at venues (ie “hotspots”) where
people meet new sex partners can decrease barriers to HIV testing services (HTS) for key …

Incarceration and risky sexual partnerships in a southern US city

MR Khan, DA Wohl, SS Weir, AA Adimora… - Journal of Urban …, 2008 - Springer
Incarceration is strongly associated with HIV infection and may contribute to viral
transmission by disrupting stable partnerships and promoting high-risk partnerships. We …

Dissolution of primary intimate relationships during incarceration and implications for post-release HIV transmission

MR Khan, L Behrend, AA Adimora, SS Weir… - Journal of Urban …, 2011 - Springer
Incarceration is associated with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Incarceration may contribute to STI/HIV by disrupting primary …

[HTML][HTML] Sampling key populations for HIV surveillance: results from eight cross-sectional studies using respondent-driven sampling and venue-based snowball …

A Rao, S Stahlman, J Hargreaves… - JMIR public health …, 2017 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background: In using regularly collected or existing surveillance data to characterize
engagement in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services among marginalized …