M Kate Grabowski

Datos Biográficos

ID2119461
NOMBREM Kate Grabowski
NOMBRESM Kate
APELLIDOGrabowski
FIRMAGRABOWSKI M K
AFILIACIONESJohns Hopkins University
ORCID0000-0002-4451-3436
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS14
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR14
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2020
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Men’s understanding of three different measures of transactional sex

    Open AccessHolly Nishimura, Neema Nakyanjo et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2026

    Lack of valid and reliable measures and inconsistent transactional sex measurement has resulted in poor understanding of the practice, particularly among men. To improve transactional sex measurement and facilitate comparison across studies, we examined how men comprehend and respond to three common transactional sex measures. Cognitive interviews were conducted with 25 sexually active adult men in Rakai, Uganda and data were thematically analyse…

  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness, use, and discontinuation among Lake Victoria fisherfolk in Uganda

    Open AccessKauthrah Ntabadde, Joseph Kagaayi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    There is limited population-level data on the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care continuum in eastern Africa. Here, we assessed the PrEP care continuum following PrEP rollout in a Ugandan community with ~40% HIV seroprevalence. We used cross-sectional population-based data collected between September 3 and December 19, 2018 from a Lake Victoria fishing community in southern Uganda to measure levels of self-reported PrEP awareness, ever-use, and…

  • Population-level coverage and correlates of enrollment in community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) refill models following differentiated service delivery scale-up in Africa

    Lipin Lukose, Robert Kairania et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2025

    Community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) distribution is a promising strategy to increase HIV treatment accessibility in Africa, yet population-level coverage and correlates of enrollment are understudied. We pooled data from seven Population-based HIV Impact Assessment surveys (2020–2023) and used survey-weighted multivariable logistic regression with jackknife variance estimation to identify socio-demographic and clinical correlates of enro…

  • Infectious disease surveillance needs for the United States

    Open AccessMarc Lipsitch, Mary T Bassett et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to upgrade systems for infectious disease surveillance and forecasting and modeling of the spread of infection, both of which inform evidence-based public health guidance and policies. Here, we discuss requirements for an effective surveillance system to support decision making during a pandemic, drawing on the lessons of COVID-19 in the U.S., while looking to jurisdictions in the U.S. and beyond to …

  • HIV epidemiologic trends among occupational groups in Rakai, Uganda

    Open AccessVictor O Popoola, Joseph Kagaayi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Certain occupations have been associated with heightened risk of HIV acquisition and spread in sub-Saharan Africa, including female bar and restaurant work and male transportation work. However, data on changes in population prevalence of HIV infection and HIV incidence within occupations following mass scale-up of African HIV treatment and prevention programs is very limited. We evaluated prospective data collected between 1999 and 2016 from the…

  • 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…

  • Dissolution of transactional sex relationships during Covid-19

    Holly Nishimura, Holly M Nishimura et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2024

    The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent mitigation measures led to social disruption and negative economic shocks for a large proportion of Uganda's population. The social and economic consequences of COVID-19 on Ugandan men's sexual behaviours, including transactional sex relationships, are unclear. We conducted in-depth interviews between November 2021-February 2022 with 26 men in a high HIV prevalence region of Uganda. Data were analysed thematic…

  • Nearly half of adults with symptoms of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) did not seek clinical care

    Open AccessYasmin P Ogale, Caitlin E Kennedy et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Understanding treatment-seeking behavior is critical to the treatment and control of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), yet current data on STI treatment seeking in low-resource settings is rare. This population-based study aimed to describe STI treatment-seeking behavior and identify factors associated with seeking treatment at a clinic among adults with STI-related symptoms in rural Uganda. The STI prevalence study (STIPS) conducted a surv…

  • Understanding the drivers of preferential migration of people living with HIV to fishing communities of Lake Victoria in Uganda

    Open AccessSarah Nakamanya, Neema Nakyanjo et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2023

    Fishing communities around Lake Victoria have among the highest burdens of HIV globally. Growing evidence suggests that high HIV prevalence is partially due to selective migration of people living with HIV to fishing communities. However, the reasons for this preferential migration are unclear. We recruited 60 men and women for qualitative in-depth interviews (30% living with HIV; 70% recent migrants of unknown HIV status) from seven Ugandan fish…

  • Identifying longitudinal patterns of HIV treatment (dis)engagement and re-engagement from oral histories of virologically unsuppressed persons in Uganda

    Open AccessJoseph G Rosen, Neema Nakyanjo et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2023Referencias: 68

  • Overweight and obesity in south central Uganda

    Open AccessAdeoluwa Ayoola, Robert Ssekubugu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Obesity is a rapidly growing global health challenge, but there are few population-level studies from non-urban settings in sub-Saharan Africa. We evaluated the prevalence of overweight (body mass index (BMI)>25 kg/m 2 ), obesity (BMI>30 kg/m 2 ), and associated factors using data from May 2018 to November 2020 from the Rakai Community Cohort Study, a population-based cohort of residents aged 15 to 49 living in forty-one fishing, trading, and agr…

  • Qualitative Assessment of Barriers and Facilitators of PrEP Use Before and After Rollout of a PrEP Program for Priority Populations in South-central Uganda

    Open AccessWilliam G Ddaaki, Susanne Strömdahl et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

  • Antiretroviral treatment sharing among highly mobile Ugandan fisherfolk living with HIV

    Joseph G Rosen, Neema Nakyanjo et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2020

    Antiretroviral treatment (ART) diversion from prescribed to non-prescribed users (i.e., sharing or selling) is an understudied dimension of HIV treatment adherence. We sought to explore ART diversion patterns in high-prevalence fishing communities on Lake Victoria, Uganda. We implemented a qualitative study in two fishing communities on Lake Victoria in south-central Uganda to identify facilitators of and pathways to ART diversion. We conducted 2…

  • Transactional Sex, Alcohol Use and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the Rakai Region of Uganda

    Open AccessAmanda P Miller, Eileen V Pitpitan et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2020