Tonya Arscott-Mills

• Maternal and neonatal IgG against Klebsiella pneumoniae are associated with lower risk of neonatal sepsis

  Open Access•Siqi Linsey Zhang, Carolyn McGann et al.•ARTICLE•PLOS Global Public Health•2024

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  Sepsis is the leading postnatal cause of neonatal mortality worldwide. Globally Klebsiella pneumoniae is the leading cause of sepsis in hospitalized neonates. This study reports the development and evaluation of an ELISA for anti- Klebsiella IgG using dried blood spot (DBS) samples and evaluates the association of anti- Klebsiella IgG (anti-Kleb IgG) antibodies in maternal and neonatal samples with the risk of neonatal sepsis. Neonates and their …

• Optimising the management of childhood acute diarrhoeal disease using a rapid test-and- treat strategy and/or Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938

  Open Access•Jeffrey M Pernica, Tonya Arscott-Mills et al.•ARTICLE•BMJ Global Health•2022

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  Introduction The study aim was to determine if rapid enteric diagnostics followed by the provision of targeted antibiotic therapy (‘test-and-treat’) and/or Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 would improve outcomes in children hospitalised in Botswana with acute gastroenteritis. Methods This was a multicentre, randomised, factorial, controlled, trial. Children aged 2–60 months admitted for acute non-bloody diarrhoea to four hospitals in southern Bots…

• Stigma, Structural Vulnerability, and “What Matters Most” Among Women Living With HIV in Botswana, 2017

  Lawrence Hsin Yang, Ohemaa B Poku et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Public Health•2021•Citada por: 3•Referencias: 33

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  Objectives. To explore whether beneficial health care policies, when implemented in the context of gender inequality, yield unintended structural consequences that stigmatize and ostracize women with HIV from “what matters most” in local culture. Methods. We conducted 46 in-depth interviews and 5 focus groups (38 individuals) with men and women living with and without HIV in Gaborone, Botswana, in 2017. Results. Cultural imperatives to bear child…

• Identifying "What Matters Most" to Men in Botswana to Promote Resistance to HIV-Related Stigma

  Open Access•Misra, Haitisha Mehta et al.•ARTICLE•Qualitative Health Research•2021•Citada por: 3•Referencias: 55

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  Despite a comprehensive national program of free HIV services, men living with HIV in Botswana participate at lower rates and have worse outcomes than women. Directed content analysis of five focus groups ( n = 38) and 50 in-depth interviews with men and women with known and unknown HIV status in Gaborone, Botswana in 2017 used the "what matters most" (WMM) and "structural vulnerability" frameworks to examine how the most valued cultural aspects …

• Stigma, Structural Vulnerability, and “What Matters Most” Among Women Living With HIV in Botswana, 2017

  Lawrence Hsin Yang, Ohemaa B Poku et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Public Health•2021•Citada por: 3•Referencias: 33

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  Objectives. To explore whether beneficial health care policies, when implemented in the context of gender inequality, yield unintended structural consequences that stigmatize and ostracize women with HIV from “what matters most” in local culture. Methods. We conducted 46 in-depth interviews and 5 focus groups (38 individuals) with men and women living with and without HIV in Gaborone, Botswana, in 2017. Results. Cultural imperatives to bear child…

• Identifying "What Matters Most" to Men in Botswana to Promote Resistance to HIV-Related Stigma

  Open Access•Misra, Haitisha Mehta et al.•ARTICLE•Qualitative Health Research•2021•Citada por: 3•Referencias: 55

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  Despite a comprehensive national program of free HIV services, men living with HIV in Botswana participate at lower rates and have worse outcomes than women. Directed content analysis of five focus groups ( n = 38) and 50 in-depth interviews with men and women with known and unknown HIV status in Gaborone, Botswana in 2017 used the "what matters most" (WMM) and "structural vulnerability" frameworks to examine how the most valued cultural aspects …

• Stigma, Structural Vulnerability, and “What Matters Most” Among Women Living With HIV in Botswana, 2017

  Lawrence Hsin Yang, Ohemaa B Poku et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Public Health•2021•Citada por: 3•Referencias: 33

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  Objectives. To explore whether beneficial health care policies, when implemented in the context of gender inequality, yield unintended structural consequences that stigmatize and ostracize women with HIV from “what matters most” in local culture. Methods. We conducted 46 in-depth interviews and 5 focus groups (38 individuals) with men and women living with and without HIV in Gaborone, Botswana, in 2017. Results. Cultural imperatives to bear child…

• Identifying "What Matters Most" to Men in Botswana to Promote Resistance to HIV-Related Stigma

  Open Access•Misra, Haitisha Mehta et al.•ARTICLE•Qualitative Health Research•2021•Citada por: 3•Referencias: 55

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  Despite a comprehensive national program of free HIV services, men living with HIV in Botswana participate at lower rates and have worse outcomes than women. Directed content analysis of five focus groups ( n = 38) and 50 in-depth interviews with men and women with known and unknown HIV status in Gaborone, Botswana in 2017 used the "what matters most" (WMM) and "structural vulnerability" frameworks to examine how the most valued cultural aspects …

• Optimising the management of childhood acute diarrhoeal disease using a rapid test-and- treat strategy and/or Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938

  Open Access•Jeffrey M Pernica, Tonya Arscott-Mills et al.•ARTICLE•BMJ Global Health•2022

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  Introduction The study aim was to determine if rapid enteric diagnostics followed by the provision of targeted antibiotic therapy (‘test-and-treat’) and/or Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 would improve outcomes in children hospitalised in Botswana with acute gastroenteritis. Methods This was a multicentre, randomised, factorial, controlled, trial. Children aged 2–60 months admitted for acute non-bloody diarrhoea to four hospitals in southern Bots…

• Maternal and neonatal IgG against Klebsiella pneumoniae are associated with lower risk of neonatal sepsis

  Open Access•Siqi Linsey Zhang, Carolyn McGann et al.•ARTICLE•PLOS Global Public Health•2024

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  Sepsis is the leading postnatal cause of neonatal mortality worldwide. Globally Klebsiella pneumoniae is the leading cause of sepsis in hospitalized neonates. This study reports the development and evaluation of an ELISA for anti- Klebsiella IgG using dried blood spot (DBS) samples and evaluates the association of anti- Klebsiella IgG (anti-Kleb IgG) antibodies in maternal and neonatal samples with the risk of neonatal sepsis. Neonates and their …

Medicine (4 obras) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 obras) · Biology (2 obras) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 obras) · Pediatrics (2 obras) · Psychiatry (2 obras) · Psychology (2 obras) · Social Psychology (2 obras) · Sociology (2 obras) · Antibiotics (1 obras)