Laura K Beres

Datos Biográficos

ID7225540
NOMBRELaura K Beres
NOMBRESLaura K
APELLIDOBeres
FIRMABERES L K
AFILIACIONESJohns Hopkins University
ORCID0000-0002-4731-7828
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS17
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR17
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2011
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Barriers to Same-Day Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Implementation in Federally Funded HIV Clinics Within High-Burden Areas of the U.S

    Open AccessA Zamantakis, Wilson Gomez et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026

  • “ I feel like a guest on the other side ”

    Open AccessGladys Moraa Ontuga, Dorothy I Mangale et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026

    Adolescents and young adults living with HIV (AYAH) face significant challenges when transitioning from adolescent to adult HIV services. Up to 50% of AYAH do not remain engaged in care after transition, which may result in virological failure. We sought to understand challenges to clinic transitions and youth-identified solutions to optimize health outcomes. We conducted three focus group discussions (FGDs) (n = 33) and a 4-day participatory, hu…

  • Development and Validation of a Novel Risk Calculator to Predict Sub-optimal HIV Outcomes Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women with HIV in Kenya

    Open AccessKevin Owuor, Janet M Turan et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    No tool currently exists to predict the cumulative risk of suboptimal clinical outcomes among pregnant and postpartum women with HIV (PPWH). This study sought to develop and validate a parsimonious risk calculator capable of predicting disengagement from care and HIV treatment failure among PPWH. We created the risk calculator using data from 1,331 PPWH from Southwestern Kenya (Homabay, Migori, and Kisumu Counties) in the Mother Infant Visit Adhe…

  • Health system barriers to hypertension care in Peru

    Open AccessKendra N Williams, Janeth Tenorio-Mucha et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Traditional patient- and provider-level hypertension interventions have proven insufficient to halt hypertension as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Systems-level interventions are required to address factors challenging hypertension control across a social ecological framework, an under-studied topic particularly salient in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) such as Peru. To inform such interventions, we sought to ide…

  • Use of mobile phones to collect data on Covid-19

    Open AccessRobert Ssekubugu, Anthony Ndyanabo et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2024

    During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, we deployed a rapid, mobile phone-based survey to assess access and participation rates when using mobile phones to collect data on COVID-19 in Rakai, south-central Uganda. We sampled prior Rakai Community Cohort Study (RCCS) participants based on HIV status using mobile phone contacts. We administered a 30-minute phone-based interview to consenting participants to assess their knowledge about different aspe…

  • User-informed tailoring of electronic and in-person peer navigation strategies to improve retention in HIV care for adolescents and young adults

    Zachary Kwena, Zachary Arochi Kwena et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2024

    Poor adherence and retention in HIV care remain a major challenge among adolescents and young adults (AYA) living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Strategies are urgently required to support AYA to remain in care for better health outcomes. We explored AYA preferences regarding the format and delivery of electronic and in-person peer navigation to improve HIV care outcomes. This formative qualitative study was conducted among AYA enrolled in…

  • A youth-centred approach to improving engagement in HIV services

    Open AccessEliud Akama, Laura K Beres et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    Introduction Innovative interventions are needed to improve HIV outcomes among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) living with HIV. Engaging AYAs in intervention development could increase effectiveness and youth acceptance, yet research is limited. We applied human-centred design (HCD) to refine adherence-support interventions pretrial and assessed HCD workshop acceptability

  • HIV care experiences and health priorities during the first wave of Covid-19

    Open AccessNjekwa Mukamba, Anjali Sharma et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Clients' HIV care and health priorities during the first wave of COVID-19 in Lusaka province were varied with a combination of positive and negative experiences that occurred especially at health system and individual levels, while at household level, the experiences were all negative. More research is needed to understand how patients practice resiliency in the widespread context of socio-economic instability. Governments and patients must work …

  • Selfie consents, remote rapport, and Zoom debriefings

    Open AccessMark Donald C Reñosa, Clovis Mwamba et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    In-person interactions have traditionally been the gold standard for qualitative data collection. The COVID-19 pandemic required researchers to consider if remote data collection can meet research objectives, while retaining the same level of data quality and participant protections. We use four case studies from the Philippines, Zambia, India and Uganda to assess the challenges and opportunities of remote data collection during COVID-19. We pres…

  • Patient-level barriers and facilitators to completion of patient-reported outcomes measures

    Open AccessChao Long, Laura K Beres et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2021

  • Intimate partner violence polyvictimisation and HIV among coupled women in Zambia

    Open AccessLaura K Beres, Katherine G Merrill et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2020

    Women in sub-Saharan Africa are disproportionately at risk for the dual epidemics of intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV. Little is known about how specific violence profiles affect women's HIV risk, limiting effective intervention. We analysed couples' data from the Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2013-2014 to evaluate relationships among IPV, male partner HIV status and women's HIV status. We considered the individual and combined effe…

  • Patients’ Satisfaction with HIV Care Providers in Public Health Facilities in Lusaka

    Open AccessNjekwa Mukamba, Obvious Nchimunya Chilyabanyama et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2019

    Prognosis among those who are HIV infected has improved but long-term retention is challenging. Health systems may benefit from routinely measuring patient satisfaction which is a potential driver of engagement in HIV care, but it is not often measured in Africa, and Zambia in particular. This study aims to internally validate a patient satisfaction tool, assess satisfaction among patients previously lost-to-follow up (LTFU) from HIV care in Lusa…

  • Non-specialist psychosocial support interventions for women living with HIV

    Open AccessLaura K Beres, Manjulaa Narasimhan et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2017

  • Integration of Family Planning Services into HIV Care and Treatment Services

    Open AccessSabina A Haberlen, Manjulaa Narasimhan et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2017

    Evidence on the feasibility, effectiveness, and cost‐effectiveness of integrating family planning (FP) and HIV services has grown significantly since the 2004 Glion Call to Action. This systematic review adds to the knowledge base by characterizing the range of models used to integrate FP into HIV care and treatment, and synthesizing the evidence on integration outcomes among women living with HIV. Fourteen studies met our inclusion criteria, eig…

  • Findings from a comprehensive diarrhoea prevention and treatment programme in Lusaka, Zambia

    Open AccessSamuel Bosomprah, Lauren B Beach et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    Well-packaged diarrhoea preventive and treatment interventions delivered at the clinic and community-level could potentially reduce probability of death among children aged 1-59 months

  • Making sense of HIV testing

    Open AccessLaura K Beres, Kate Winskell et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2013

    HIV testing and counselling are a critical intervention to support treatment access and prevent new infections. Despite high rates of infection, few young Africans know their HIV status. With the aim of informing initiatives that encourage HIV testing and access to testing benefits, this study seeks to understand how young Africans make sense of HIV testing. We conducted thematic narrative-based analysis of a stratified random sample (n = 586, ≈ …

  • Making sense of abstinence

    Kate Winskell, Laura K Beres et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2011

    Despite the prominence of abstinence promotion in HIV prevention for young Africans, there is little documentation concerning its reception and interpretation. With the purpose of informing programmatic practice, we examined how young Africans from six countries with contrasting HIV prevalence rates make sense of abstinence. 'Scenarios from Africa' scriptwriting contests invite young people to contribute ideas for short films about HIV. Using the…