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1. Using a Social Network Strategy to Distribute HIV Self-Test Kits to African American and Latino MSM.

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Lightfoot, Marguerita A, Campbell, Chadwick K, Moss, Nicholas, Treves-Kagan, Sarah, Agnew, Emily, Kang Dufour, Mi-Suk, Scott, Hyman, Saʼid, Aria M, and Lippman, Sheri A

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Humans, HIV Infections, Reagent Kits, Diagnostic, Self Care, Homosexuality, Male, Peer Group, Adult, Middle Aged, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Male, Young Adult, Social Networking, HIV self-testing, black MSM, Latino MSM, social networks, sexual networks, Virology, Clinical Sciences, Public Health and Health Services
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BACKGROUND:Men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to be disproportionately impacted globally by the HIV epidemic. Studies suggest that HIV self-testing (HIVST) is highly acceptable among MSM. Social network strategies to increase testing are effective in reaching MSM, particularly MSM of color, who may not otherwise test. We tested a social network-based strategy to distribute HIVST kits to African American MSM (AAMSM) and Latino MSM (LMSM). SETTING:This study was conducted in Alameda County, California, a large, urban/suburban county with an HIV epidemic mirroring the national HIV epidemic. METHODS:From January 2016 to March 2017, 30 AAMSM, LMSM, and transgender women were trained as peer recruiters and asked to distribute 5 self-test kits to MSM social network members and support those who test positive in linking to care. Testers completed an online survey after their test. We compared peer-distributed HIVST testing outcomes to outcomes from Alameda County's targeted, community-based HIV testing programs using χ tests. RESULTS:Peer-distributed HIVST to 143 social and sexual network members, of whom 110 completed the online survey. Compared with MSM who used the County's sponsored testing programs, individuals reached through the peer-based self-testing strategy were significantly more likely to have never tested for HIV (3.51% vs. 0.41%, P < 0.01) and to report a positive test result (6.14% vs. 1.49%, P < 0.01). CONCLUSION:Findings suggest that a network-based strategy for self-test distribution is a promising intervention to increase testing uptake and reduce undiagnosed infections among AAMSM and LMSM.

Published
2018

2. Strategies to Increase HIV Testing Among MSM: A Synthesis of the Literature

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Campbell, Chadwick K, Lippman, Sheri A, Moss, Nicholas, and Lightfoot, Marguerita

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Public Health, Health Sciences, Behavioral and Social Science, Infectious Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Prevention, Clinical Research, Pediatric, Pediatric AIDS, HIV/AIDS, Mental Health, Sexual and Gender Minorities (SGM/LGBT*), Infection, Good Health and Well Being, AIDS Serodiagnosis, Adult, Decision Support Techniques, HIV Infections, Health Behavior, Homosexuality, Male, Humans, Male, Patient Compliance, HIV, HIV testing, MSM, HIV self-testing, Partner referrals, Community-based testing, Public Health and Health Services, Social Work, Public health
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More than 30 years into the HIV epidemic, men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to be disproportionately impacted. It is estimated that worldwide nearly half of MSM infected with HIV are unaware of their status, making HIV testing along with early linkage to care crucial to HIV prevention efforts. However, there remain significant barriers to HIV testing among MSM, due largely to complex issues of layered stigma that deter MSM from accessing traditional, clinic-based testing. We conducted a review and synthesis of the literature on strategies to increase uptake of HIV testing among MSM. We found that social network-based strategies, community-based testing, HIV self-testing, and modifications to the traditional clinic-based model can effectively reach a subset of MSM, but success was often context-specific and there are significant gaps in evidence. We provide recommendations for increasing HIV testing rates and status awareness among MSM.

Published
2018

3. Using HIV Surveillance Registry Data to Re-Link Persons to Care: The RSVP Project in San Francisco

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Buchacz, Kate, Chen, Miao-Jung, Parisi, Maree Kay, Yoshida-Cervantes, Maya, Antunez, Erin, Delgado, Viva, Moss, Nicholas J, and Scheer, Susan

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Medical Microbiology, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Public Health, Health Sciences, HIV/AIDS, Infectious Diseases, Clinical Research, Infection, Good Health and Well Being, Adult, Female, HIV Infections, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Population Surveillance, Registries, San Francisco, General Science & Technology
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BackgroundPersons with unsuppressed HIV viral load (VL) who disengage from care may experience poor clinical outcomes and potentially transmit HIV. We assessed the feasibility and yield of using the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) enhanced HIV surveillance system (eHARS) to identify and re-engage such persons in care.MethodsUsing SFDPH eHARS data as of 4/20/2012 (index date), we selected HIV-infected adults who were alive, had no reported VL or CD4 cell count results in the past nine months (proxy for "out-of-care") and a VL >200 copies/mL drawn nine to 15 months earlier. We prioritized cases residing locally for investigation, and used information from eHARS and medical and public health databases to contact them for interview and referral to the SFDPH linkage services (LINCS). Twelve months later, we matched-back to eHARS data to assess how HIV laboratory reporting delays affected original eligibility, and if persons had any HIV laboratory results performed and reported within 12 months after index date ('new labs').ResultsAmong 434 eligible persons, 282 were prioritized for investigation, of whom 75 (27%) were interviewed, 79 (28%) could not be located, and 48 (17%) were located out of the area. Among the interviewed, 54 (72%) persons accepted referral to LINCS. Upon match-back to eHARS data, 324 (75%) in total were confirmed as eligible, including 221 (78%) of the investigated; most had new labs.ConclusionsAmong the investigated persons presumed out-of-care, we interviewed and offered LINCS referral to about one-quarter, demonstrating the feasibility but limited yield of our project. Matching to updated surveillance data revealed that a substantial minority did not disengage from care and that most re-engaged in HIV care. Verifying persons' HIV care status with medical providers and improving timeliness of transfer and cross-jurisdictional sharing of HIV laboratory data may aid future efforts.

Published
2015

4. Linkage to HIV Care in San Francisco

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Das, Moupali, Christopoulos, Katerina A, Geckeler, Dara, Huriaux, Emalie, Cohen, Stephanie E, Philip, Susan, Shade, Starley, Moss, Nicholas J, Morin, Stephen F, and Charlebois, Edwin D

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Clinical Research, Behavioral and Social Science, Prevention, HIV/AIDS, Health Services, Good Health and Well Being, Continuity of Patient Care, Female, HIV, HIV Infections, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Male, Office Visits, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Primary Health Care, Quality of Health Care, San Francisco, linkage to care, care continuum, testing, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Clinical Sciences, Public Health and Health Services, Virology
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In this article, we describe a process of the San Francisco collaboration to select optimal measures of linkage to care in response to the Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and to understand the implications of measure selection and the challenges of accessing data sources to measure outcomes along the HIV care continuum. Challenges identified are the variety of definitions of linkage to care and the nonintegrative nature of the multiple data systems necessary to measure linkage to care and other continuum outcomes. The choice of linkage measures, which at the extremes is a choice between higher-resolution measures based on clinical visit data in a subset of patients vs. a lower-resolution proxy measure based on surveillance data, has key implications. Choosing between the options needs to be informed by the primary use of the measure. For representing trends in the overall performance and response to interventions, more generalizable measures based on surveillance data are optimal. For identifying barriers to linkage to care for specific populations and potential intervention targets within the linkage process, higher-resolution measures of linkage that include clinical, laboratory, and social work visit information are optimal. Cataloging the different data systems along the continuum and observations of challenges of data sharing between the systems highlighted the promise of integrated data management systems that span HIV surveillance and care systems. Such integrated data management systems would have the ability to support detailed investigation and would provide simplified data to match newly developed, cross-agency Health and Human Service measures of HIV care continuum outcomes.

Published
2013

5. Predictors of incident herpes simplex virus type 2 infections in young women at risk for unintended pregnancy in San Francisco

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Moss, Nicholas J, Harper, Cynthia C, Ahrens, Katherine, Scott, Katherine, Kao, Susan, Padian, Nancy, Raine, Tina, and Klausner, Jeffrey D

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Reproductive Medicine, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Health Services, Adolescent Sexual Activity, Contraception/Reproduction, Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Teenage Pregnancy, Pediatric, Infectious Diseases, Clinical Research, Reproductive health and childbirth, Infection, Good Health and Well Being, Adolescent, Adult, Black or African American, Antibodies, Viral, Cohort Studies, Community Health Centers, Family Planning Services, Female, Herpes Simplex, Herpesvirus 2, Human, Humans, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious, Pregnancy, Unplanned, Regression Analysis, Risk Factors, San Francisco, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Sexual Behavior, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Microbiology, Clinical Sciences, Medical Microbiology, Clinical sciences, Medical microbiology, Public health
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BackgroundYoung women receiving family planning services are at risk for both unintended pregnancy and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection.MethodsWe performed a secondary analysis using data from a previously published randomized controlled trial evaluating access to emergency contraception on reproductive health outcomes. Women aged 15 to 24 years were recruited from two Planned Parenthood clinics and two community health clinics in San Francisco. Demographic information and sexual history were obtained by interview. HSV-2 seropositivity was determined by fingerstick blood test. New pregnancies were measured by self-report, urine testing and medical chart review. Subjects were evaluated for incident HSV-2 infection and pregnancy at a 6-month follow-up appointment. Women who were pregnant or intending to become pregnant at enrolment were excluded.ResultsAt enrolment 2,104 women were screened for HSV-2 and 170 (8.1%) were seropositive. Eighty-seven percent of initially seronegative women completed the study (n = 1,672) and 73 (4.4%) became HSV-2 seropositive. HSV-2 seroincidence was 7.8 cases per 100 person-years. One hundred and seventeen women (7%) became pregnant and 7 (6%) of these had a seroincident HSV-2 infection during the study. After adjustment for confounders, predictors of incident HSV-2 infection were African American race and having multiple partners in the last six months. Condom use at last sexual encounter was protective.ConclusionHSV-2 seroincidence and the unintended pregnancy rate in young women were high. Providers who counsel women on contraceptive services and sexually transmitted infection prevention could play an expanded role in counselling women about HSV-2 prevention given the potential sequelae in pregnancy. The potential benefit of targeted screening and future vaccination against HSV-2 needs to be assessed in this population.

Published
2007

6. Timing of Community Mitigation and Changes in Reported COVID-19 and Community Mobility ― Four U.S. Metropolitan Areas, February 26–April 1, 2020

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Lasry, Arielle, Kidder, Daniel, Hast, Marisa, Poovey, Jason, Sunshine, Gregory, Winglee, Kathryn, Zviedrite, Nicole, Ahmed, Faruque, Ethier, Kathleen A., Clodfelter, Catherine, Howard-Williams, Mara, Hulkower, Rachel, Jeong, Gi, Landsman, Lisa, McCord, Russell, Moreland, Amanda, Shelburne, Julia, Billioux, Alexander, Hand, Julie, Kanter, Joseph, Smith, Andrew, Sokol, Theresa, Duchin, Jeffrey S., Fagalde, Meaghan S., Pogosjans, Sargis, Brown, Robert, Huang, Sandra, Moss, Nicholas, Pan, Erica, Shemsu, Munira, Yette, Emily, Bock, Carly, Curtis-Robles, Rachel, Lockett, Cassius, Morrow, Scott, Sallenave, Catherine, Santora, Lisa, and Willis, Matthew

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Health (social science), Time Factors, Urban Population, Epidemiology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, media_common.quotation_subject, Community organization, Pneumonia, Viral, Psychological intervention, Public policy, Public Policy, 01 natural sciences, Proxy (climate), Etiquette, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Health Information Management, Pandemic, Medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Full Report, 0101 mathematics, Socioeconomics, Pandemics, media_common, business.industry, Social distance, 010102 general mathematics, COVID-19, General Medicine, Metropolitan area, United States, Communicable Disease Control, business, Coronavirus Infections
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Community mitigation activities (also referred to as nonpharmaceutical interventions) are actions that persons and communities can take to slow the spread of infectious diseases. Mitigation strategies include personal protective measures (e.g., handwashing, cough etiquette, and face coverings) that persons can use at home or while in community settings; social distancing (e.g., maintaining physical distance between persons in community settings and staying at home); and environmental surface cleaning at home and in community settings, such as schools or workplaces. Actions such as social distancing are especially critical when medical countermeasures such as vaccines or therapeutics are not available. Although voluntary adoption of social distancing by the public and community organizations is possible, public policy can enhance implementation. The CDC Community Mitigation Framework (1) recommends a phased approach to implementation at the community level, as evidence of community spread of disease increases or begins to decrease and according to severity. This report presents initial data from the metropolitan areas of San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; New Orleans, Louisiana; and New York City, New York* to describe the relationship between timing of public policy measures, community mobility (a proxy measure for social distancing), and temporal trends in reported coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. Community mobility in all four locations declined from February 26, 2020 to April 1, 2020, decreasing with each policy issued and as case counts increased. This report suggests that public policy measures are an important tool to support social distancing and provides some very early indications that these measures might help slow the spread of COVID-19.

Published
2020

7. Age and frailty are independently associated with increased covid-19 mortality and increased care needs in survivors: results of an international multi-centre study

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Alsahab, Mustafa, Beishon, Lucy, Brown, Bryony, Burn, Elinor, Burton, Jenni K, Cox, Natalie, Dani, Melanie, Elhadi, Muhammed, Freshwater, Sarah, Gaunt, Victoria, Gordon, Adam, Goujon, Marie, Hale, Matthew, Hughes, Terry, Jackson, Thomas A, Jelley, Benjamin, Khan, Asma, Khiroya, Heena, Lal, Rajni, Madden, Katy, Magill, Laura, Masoli, Jane, Masud, Tahir, McCluskey, Lauren, McNeela, Natalie, Mohammedseid-Nurhussien, Awolkhier, Moorey, Hannah, Lochlainn, Mary Ni, Nirantharakumar, Krishnarajah, Okoth, Kelvin, Osuafor, Christopher N, Patterson, Katherine, Pearson, Grace M E, Perry, Rita, Pettitt, Michala, Pigott, Jennifer, Pinkney, Thomas, Quinn, Terence, Reynolds, Abigail, Richardson, Sarah, Sanyal, Nik, Seed, Adam, Sleeman, Isobel, Soo, Chee, Steves, Claire, Strain, W David, Taylor, Joanne, Torsney, Kelli, Welch, Carly, Wilson, Daisy, Witham, Miles, Elazeem, Hossam Aldein S Abd, Abdelhafez, Mohammed H, Abdelmalak, Amir, Abdelwahab, Omar A, Abdulhadi, Osama M A S, Adewole, Olubayode, Ahmad, Mohammed, Ahmed, Eltayeb A, Ahmed, Hazem, Ahmed, Islam A, Akcay, Mertcan, Akdeniz, Yeşim, Akın, Emrah, Akladious, Carolyn, Alessandri, Francesco, Ali, Ali, Aljafari, Abdulmalek, Aljafari, Abdulmoiz, Al-Sadawi, Mohammed, Al-Sodani, Lobna, Altintoprak, Fatih, Amaratungaz, Gitanjali, Amer, Jocelyn, Amini, Sylvia, Amir, Taha, Anandarajah, Cheran, Anders, Rachael, Ansari, Muhammed H, Appiah, Kingsley, Atia, Jolene, Atkin, Catherine, Aujayeb, Avinash, Awad, Elsayed M, Azab, Mohammed A, Azam, Mohammad T, Aziz, Sally, Azzam, Ahmed Y, Babar, Laxmi, Babb, Laura, Badh, Manpreet, Baguneid, Clare, Bailey, Emily, Baili, Efstratia, Baldwin, Sarah, Baloyiannis, Ioannis, Bannerjee, Moulinath, Barnard, Anna, Barra, Fabio, Bashir, Hannah, Bawor, Monica, Bayhan, Zülfü, Belcher, James, Belgamwar, Ravindra, Bentley, Corrina, Birchenough, Amy, Bo, Yen Nee J, Boden, Hayley R, Bouhuwaish, Ahmad, Brachini, Gioia, Bremner, Laura, Bridgwater, Hannah, Bryant, Catherine, Budd, Gabrielle, Budd, Sharon, Budzikoski, 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Yee, Leadbetter, Aimee, Lee, Gabriel, Lee, Helena, Levinson, Gavriella, Lewis, Grace, Liakakos, Theodore, Lim, Stephen, Lis, Danielle, Livesey, Emma, López-Morales, Pedro, Lowes, Lily, Lunt, Eleanor, Lyon, Emily, Madan, Suvira, Majid, Zeinab, Malapati, Harsha, Man, Jade, Mandane, Baguiasri, Manning, Sarah H, Mantoglu, Baris, Martínez-Sanz, Nuria, Marx, William, Masood, Almontacer E B, Maughan, Tom, Mawhinney, Jamie, Maxfield, Dominic, Mayer, Jordan, Maynard, Henry, McDonald, Claire, McGovern, Aine, Mclachlan, Sophie, Medina-Manuel, Esther, Meneghini, Simona, Metcalf, Michelle, Millwood-Hargrave, John, Mingoli, Andrea, Miu, Kelvin, Mohamed, Fawsiya, Mohamed, Soha M, Hussein, Aliae A R Mohamed, Mohammad, Abdulkader, Mohammed, Aaliya, Momen, Ahmed A, Moomo, Farhana, Mora-Guzmán, Ismael, Moriarty, Lizzie, Morrin, Hamilton, Morris, Claire, Moss, Nicholas, Moustafa, Mohamed M, Mpoura, Maria, Mubin, Mohammed, Muhtaroglu, Ali, Muir, Georgina, Mulhern, Stephanie, Muller, Daniel, Murphy, Declan 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Ambreen, Sammarco, Giuseppe, Sampanis, Michail A, Sanghvi, Hazel, Sapienza, Paolo, Sayers, Ross, Scott, Luca, Sen, Michael, Shaban, Mosab A A, Shakespeare, Kathleen T, Shaw, Ellie, Shaw, Hannah, Sheldrake, Jonathan, Sim, Sing Yang, Simonelli, Luigi, Sipsas, Nikolaos V, Sivam, Jarita, Sivarajan, Sri, Smith, Jennifer, Speranza, Fabio, Spice, Claire, Stafford, Amanda, Stambollouian, Katharine, Stevens, Kent A, Stewart, Jack, Stratton, Emma, Street, Hannah, Surtees, Michael, Swinnerton, Emma, Taher, Ahmed S A, Tait, Caroline, Taylor, Amybel, Thake, Miriam, Thin, Katie, Thould, Hannah, Thyn, Thyn, To, Benjaman, Tobiss, Hannah, Toppley, Kathryn, Townsend, Liam, Tullo, Ellen, Tzovaras, George, Umeadi, Anthony, Vaidya, Hrisheekesh, Valero-Soriano, María, Varden, Rosanna, Vergani, Vittoria, Vervoort, Dominique, Vescio, Giuseppina, Vettasseri, Mark, Virk, Madiha, Vyas, Vaishali, Wagland, Joanne, Wallis, Stephanie, Warner, Chloe, Watkins, Eleanor, Watson, Hannah, Webb, Rachael, Welsh, Sarah H, West, Ruth, Whelan, Elisha, Whitney, Julie, Whitsey, Mark, Wilcock, Catherine, Wilkinson, Iain, Williams, David, Williamson, Megan, Willott, Ruth H, Wimalasundera, Mettha, Win, Yu Lelt, Winter, Laura, Worrall, Stephanie, Wright, Rebecca, Yeo, Natalie, Yeung, Eirene, Yigit, Merve, Yildiz, Yasin A, Yusuf, Humza, Zambon, Martina, Zaw, Hein, and Elabedeen, Omar Zein

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Male, Aging, medicine.medical_specialty, Frail Elderly, COVID-19, delirium, frailty, mortality, transitions of care, Cohort Studies, AcademicSubjects/MED00280, Interquartile range, Internal medicine, medicine, Dementia, Humans, Survivors, Aged, Proportional hazards model, business.industry, SARS-CoV-2, Hazard ratio, Odds ratio, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, frailty,COVID-19, Ageing, Delirium, Female, medicine.symptom, Geriatrics and Gerontology, business, Cohort study, Research Paper
Abstract

Introduction Increased mortality has been demonstrated in older adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but the effect of frailty has been unclear. Methods This multi-centre cohort study involved patients aged 18 years and older hospitalised with COVID-19, using routinely collected data. We used Cox regression analysis to assess the impact of age, frailty and delirium on the risk of inpatient mortality, adjusting for sex, illness severity, inflammation and co-morbidities. We used ordinal logistic regression analysis to assess the impact of age, Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) and delirium on risk of increased care requirements on discharge, adjusting for the same variables. Results Data from 5,711 patients from 55 hospitals in 12 countries were included (median age 74, interquartile range [IQR] 54–83; 55.2% male). The risk of death increased independently with increasing age (>80 versus 18–49: hazard ratio [HR] 3.57, confidence interval [CI] 2.54–5.02), frailty (CFS 8 versus 1–3: HR 3.03, CI 2.29–4.00) inflammation, renal disease, cardiovascular disease and cancer, but not delirium. Age, frailty (CFS 7 versus 1–3: odds ratio 7.00, CI 5.27–9.32), delirium, dementia and mental health diagnoses were all associated with increased risk of higher care needs on discharge. The likelihood of adverse outcomes increased across all grades of CFS from 4 to 9. Conclusion Age and frailty are independently associated with adverse outcomes in COVID-19. Risk of increased care needs was also increased in survivors of COVID-19 with frailty or older age.

Published
2021

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