Tonya Arscott‐Mills

Datos Biográficos

ID6087306
NOMBRETonya Arscott‐Mills
NOMBRESTonya
APELLIDOArscott‐Mills
FIRMAMILLS T A
AFILIACIONESChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia
ORCID0000-0002-7873-9871
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAS10
TOTAL COMO AUTOR5
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2020
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2024
ÍNDICE H3

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

    Open AccessSiqi Linsey Zhang, Carolyn McGann et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    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 AccessJeffrey M Pernica, Tonya Arscott-Mills et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    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.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2021Citada por: 3Referencias: 33

    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 AccessMisra, Haitisha Mehta et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2021Citada por: 3Referencias: 55

    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 …

  • Botswana's HIV response

    Open AccessDoreen Ramogola‐Masire, Ohemaa Poku et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology2020Citada por: 4

    This brief report describes key periods in the history of the national public health response to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in Botswana. It reveals the context leading to the development of HIV policies presently in place and current challenges that remain. The report concludes with opportunities for future directions, initiatives, and policy changes to reduce the high rates of HIV