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Consent for mobile phone surveys of non-communicable disease risk factors in low-resource settings: an exploratory qualitative study in Uganda.

mHealth

Mwaka E, Nakigudde J, Ali J, Ochieng J, Hallez K, Tweheyo R, Labrique A, Gibson DG, Rutebemberwa E, Pariyo G.
PMID: 31559271
Mhealth. 2019 Aug 19;5:26. doi: 10.21037/mhealth.2019.07.05. eCollection 2019.

BACKGROUND: Lack of data for timely decision-making around the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) presents special challenges for policy makers, especially in resource-limited settings. New data collection methods, including pre-recorded Interactive Voice Response (IVR) phone surveys, are...

Corticosteroid Administration Is Associated With Improved Outcome in Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2-Related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Critical care explorations

Chopra A, Chieng HC, Austin A, Tiwari A, Mehta S, Nautiyal A, Al-Tarbsheh AH, Jain E, Feustel PJ, Shkolnik B, Jaitovich A.
PMID: 32696006
Crit Care Explor. 2020 Jun 15;2(6):e0143. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000143. eCollection 2020 Jun.

OBJECTIVES: To compare the clinical outcome of mechanically ventilated patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2-related acute respiratory distress syndrome, who received corticosteroid with those who did not.DESIGN: Retrospective analysis.SETTING: Intensive care setting.PATIENTS: All adult mechanically ventilated patients,...

Scaling, Similarity, and the Fourth Paradigm for Hydrology.

Hydrology and earth system sciences

Peters-Lidard CD, Clark M, Samaniego L, Verhoest NEC, van Emmerik T, Uijlenhoet R, Achieng K, Franz TE, Woods R.
PMID: 29882638
Hydrol Earth Syst Sci. 2017;21(7):3701-3713. doi: 10.5194/hess-2016-695. Epub 2017 Jul 20.

No abstract available.

Implication of calcium activated RasGRF2 in Annexin A6-mediated breast tumor cell growth and motility.

Oncotarget

Whalen DS, Widatalla SE, Korolkova OY, Nangami GS, Beasley HK, Williams SD, Virgous C, Lehmann BD, Ochieng J, Sakwe AM.
PMID: 30719209
Oncotarget. 2019 Jan 04;10(2):133-151. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.26512. eCollection 2019 Jan 04.

The role of AnxA6 in breast cancer and in particular, the mechanisms underlying its contribution to tumor cell growth and/or motility remain poorly understood. In this study, we established the tumor suppressor function of AnxA6 in triple negative breast...

Text Message Reminders and Unconditional Monetary Incentives to Improve Measles Vaccination in Western Kenya: Study Protocol for the Mobile and Scalable Innovations for Measles Immunization Randomized Controlled Trial.

JMIR research protocols

Gibson DG, Kagucia EW, Were J, Obor D, Hayford K, Ochieng B.
PMID: 31290405
JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Jul 09;8(7):e13221. doi: 10.2196/13221.

BACKGROUND: Globally, 21 million children do not receive the measles vaccine each year. With high levels of mobile phone access and ownership, opportunities exist to leverage mobile health technologies to generate demand for immunization.OBJECTIVE: The aim of the Mobile...

Fishermen as a Suitable Population for HIV Intervention Trials.

AIDS research and treatment

Kwena ZA, Cohen CR, Sang NM, Ng'ayo MO, Ochieng JH, Bukusi EA.
PMID: 21490906
AIDS Res Treat. 2010;2010:865903. doi: 10.1155/2010/865903. Epub 2010 Jul 18.

Background. Suitable populations to sustain continued evaluation of HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention interventions are required. We sought to determine whether fishermen are a suitable population for HIV intervention trials. Methods. In a cross-sectional descriptive survey, we...

Agreement between physicians and non-physician clinicians in starting antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda.

Human resources for health

Vasan A, Kenya-Mugisha N, Seung KJ, Achieng M, Banura P, Lule F, Beems M, Todd J, Madraa E.
PMID: 19695083
Hum Resour Health. 2009 Aug 20;7:75. doi: 10.1186/1478-4491-7-75.

BACKGROUND: The scarcity of physicians in sub-Saharan Africa - particularly in rural clinics staffed only by non-physician health workers - is constraining access to HIV treatment, as only they are legally allowed to start antiretroviral therapy in the HIV-positive...

Intrinsic Base-Pair Rearrangement in the Hairpin Ribozyme Directs RNA Conformational Sampling and Tertiary Interface Formation.

The journal of physical chemistry. B

Ochieng PO, White NA, Feig M, Hoogstraten CG.
PMID: 27701852
J Phys Chem B. 2016 Oct 27;120(42):10885-10898. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b05606. Epub 2016 Oct 14.

Dynamic fluctuations in RNA structure enable conformational changes that are required for catalysis and recognition. In the hairpin ribozyme, the catalytically active structure is formed as an intricate tertiary interface between two RNA internal loops. Substantial alterations in the...

Predicting healthcare-seeking behavior based on stated readiness to act: development and validation of a prediction model.

Translational behavioral medicine

Green EP, Pradheep S, Heinzelman J, Nyanchoka A, Achieng D, Goyal S, Cusson L, Kurz AS, Bellows B.
PMID: 34283889
Transl Behav Med. 2022 Jan 18;12(1). doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibab096.

A starting point of many digital health interventions informed by the Stages of Change Model of behavior change is assessing a person's readiness to change. In this paper, we use the concept of readiness to develop and validate a...

Pathogens Associated With Linear Growth Faltering in Children With Diarrhea and Impact of Antibiotic Treatment: The Global Enteric Multicenter Study.

The Journal of infectious diseases

Nasrin D, Blackwelder WC, Sommerfelt H, Wu Y, Farag TH, Panchalingam S, Biswas K, Saha D, Jahangir Hossain M, Sow SO, Reiman RFB, Sur D, Faruque ASG, Zaidi AKM, Sanogo D, Tamboura B, Onwuchekwa U, Manna B, Ramamurthy T, Kanungo S, Omore R, Ochieng JB, Oundo JO, Das SK, Ahmed S, Qureshi S, Quadri F, Adegbola RA, Antonio M, Mandomando I, Nhampossa T, Bassat Q, Roose A, O'Reilly CE, Mintz ED, Ramakrishnan U, Powell H, Liang Y, Nataro JP, Levine MM, Kotloff KL.
PMID: 34528677
J Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 20;224:S848-S855. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab434.

BACKGROUND: The association between childhood diarrheal disease and linear growth faltering in developing countries is well described. However, the impact attributed to specific pathogens has not been elucidated, nor has the impact of recommended antibiotic treatment.METHODS: The Global Enteric...

Building Global Capacity to Conduct Pathology-Based Postmortem Examination: Establishing a New Training Hub for Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Paganelli CR, Parlberg L, Goco NJ, Ritter JM, Martines RB, Zaki SR, Walong E, Ochieng W, Inyangala D, Barake W, Wachiury C, Rakislova N, Marimon L, Ferrando M, Ordi J, McClure E.
PMID: 34910179
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 15;73:S390-S395. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab765.

BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS), an alternative to complete diagnostic autopsy, is a pathology-based postmortem examination that has been validated in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and can provide accurate cause of death information when used with other...

Capacity of community advisory boards for effective engagement in clinical research: a mixed methods study.

BMC medical ethics

Mugenyi L, Mijumbi A, Nanfuka M, Agaba C, Kaliba F, Semakula IS, Nazziwa WB, Ochieng J.
PMID: 34911524
BMC Med Ethics. 2021 Dec 15;22(1):165. doi: 10.1186/s12910-021-00733-0.

BACKGROUND: Community engagement is a key component in health research. One of the ways health researchers ensure community engagement is through Community Advisory Boards (CABs). The capacity of CABs to properly perform their role in clinical research has not...

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