Réjean Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3603838 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Réjean Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Réjean |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9112-3561 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
How to make an app-based program work and show how it works
For digital health interventions, the “gold standard” of evaluating effectiveness is the randomized control trial (RCT). Yet, RCT methodology presents issues such as precluding changes to the technology during the study period as well as the use of study settings that do not reflect “real world” contexts. In this paper, we draw on empirical material from our ethnographic research on an app-based program called HIVSmart!, which is a digital strate…
A prospective multi-site study to evaluate the performance and usability of an oral fluid-based HIV self-test in Canada
Overall, 951 participants were recruited and consented with 911 available for all analyses. With respect to sociodemographics: 84% of participants were between 18-45 years of age, 73% had at least a college education, 48% were Cis-male, 45% were employed; and 26% identified as White, 23% as African, Caribbean or Black, 5% as Indigenous [First Nations, Métis or Inuit], 33% as Asian, and 6% as LatinX. Primary efficacy analysis on the 911 who comple…
Tobacco smoking and HIV-related immunologic and virologic response among individuals of the Canadian HIV Observational Cohort (Canoc)
We assessed the relationship between tobacco smoking and immunologic and virologic response among people living with HIV (PLWH) initiating combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in the Canadian HIV Observational Cohort (CANOC). Positive immunologic and virologic response, respectively, were defined as ≥50 cells/mm3 CD4 count increase (CD4+) and viral suppression ≤50 copies/mL (VL+) within 6 months of cART initiation. Using multinomial regressi…
A longitudinal view of successful aging with HIV
Moments of Uncertainty
Feasibility and acceptability research for HIV self-testing (HIVST) often emphasises the importance of good test conduct and correct test interpretation for knowing one's HIV result while overlooking the ways in which different uncertainties and meanings emerge around testing. Using empirical examples from a quantitative study assessing an app-based strategy in Cape Town, South Africa, this research article explores the practice of HIVST and how …
You're only there on the phone'? A qualitative exploration of community, affect and agential capacity in HIV self-testing using a smartphone app
Mobile health (mHealth) technologies for HIV care are developed to provide diagnostic support, health education, risk assessment and self-monitoring. They aim to either improve or replace part of the therapeutic relationship. Part of the therapeutic relationship is affective, with the emergence of feelings and emotion, yet little research on mHealth for HIV care focuses on affect and HIV testing practices. Furthermore, most of the literature expl…
Relationships between cognition, function, and quality of life among HIV+ Canadian men
Explaining the appeal for immigrant men who have sex with men of a community-based rapid HIV-testing site in Montreal (Actuel sur Rue)
Immigrant men who have sex with men (MSM) are vulnerable to HIV. In the last decade, several rapid HIV-testing facilities targeting MSM have been established around the world and seem popular among immigrants. This study analyzes factors contributing to immigrant MSM's use of Actuel sur Rue (AsR), a community-based rapid HIV-testing site in Montreal's gay village, where 31% of clients are immigrants. From October 2013 to January 2014, AsR staff c…
You're only there on the phone'? A qualitative exploration of community, affect and agential capacity in HIV self-testing using a smartphone app
Mobile health (mHealth) technologies for HIV care are developed to provide diagnostic support, health education, risk assessment and self-monitoring. They aim to either improve or replace part of the therapeutic relationship. Part of the therapeutic relationship is affective, with the emergence of feelings and emotion, yet little research on mHealth for HIV care focuses on affect and HIV testing practices. Furthermore, most of the literature expl…
Explaining the appeal for immigrant men who have sex with men of a community-based rapid HIV-testing site in Montreal (Actuel sur Rue)
Immigrant men who have sex with men (MSM) are vulnerable to HIV. In the last decade, several rapid HIV-testing facilities targeting MSM have been established around the world and seem popular among immigrants. This study analyzes factors contributing to immigrant MSM's use of Actuel sur Rue (AsR), a community-based rapid HIV-testing site in Montreal's gay village, where 31% of clients are immigrants. From October 2013 to January 2014, AsR staff c…
Relationships between cognition, function, and quality of life among HIV+ Canadian men
A longitudinal view of successful aging with HIV
Moments of Uncertainty
Feasibility and acceptability research for HIV self-testing (HIVST) often emphasises the importance of good test conduct and correct test interpretation for knowing one's HIV result while overlooking the ways in which different uncertainties and meanings emerge around testing. Using empirical examples from a quantitative study assessing an app-based strategy in Cape Town, South Africa, this research article explores the practice of HIVST and how …
You're only there on the phone'? A qualitative exploration of community, affect and agential capacity in HIV self-testing using a smartphone app
Mobile health (mHealth) technologies for HIV care are developed to provide diagnostic support, health education, risk assessment and self-monitoring. They aim to either improve or replace part of the therapeutic relationship. Part of the therapeutic relationship is affective, with the emergence of feelings and emotion, yet little research on mHealth for HIV care focuses on affect and HIV testing practices. Furthermore, most of the literature expl…
Tobacco smoking and HIV-related immunologic and virologic response among individuals of the Canadian HIV Observational Cohort (Canoc)
We assessed the relationship between tobacco smoking and immunologic and virologic response among people living with HIV (PLWH) initiating combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in the Canadian HIV Observational Cohort (CANOC). Positive immunologic and virologic response, respectively, were defined as ≥50 cells/mm3 CD4 count increase (CD4+) and viral suppression ≤50 copies/mL (VL+) within 6 months of cART initiation. Using multinomial regressi…
How to make an app-based program work and show how it works
For digital health interventions, the “gold standard” of evaluating effectiveness is the randomized control trial (RCT). Yet, RCT methodology presents issues such as precluding changes to the technology during the study period as well as the use of study settings that do not reflect “real world” contexts. In this paper, we draw on empirical material from our ethnographic research on an app-based program called HIVSmart!, which is a digital strate…
A prospective multi-site study to evaluate the performance and usability of an oral fluid-based HIV self-test in Canada
Overall, 951 participants were recruited and consented with 911 available for all analyses. With respect to sociodemographics: 84% of participants were between 18-45 years of age, 73% had at least a college education, 48% were Cis-male, 45% were employed; and 26% identified as White, 23% as African, Caribbean or Black, 5% as Indigenous [First Nations, Métis or Inuit], 33% as Asian, and 6% as LatinX. Primary efficacy analysis on the 911 who comple…
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · HIV Research and Treatment (4 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (3 works) · Public health (3 works)