Linda Kamtsendero
Biographic Data
| ID | 5993190 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Kamtsendero |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda |
| FAMILY NAME | Kamtsendero |
| SIGNATURE | KAMTSENDERO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNC Project‐Malawi Lilongwe Malawi |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-4031-2837 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Implementation strategies to increase Malawian health care workers’ knowledge about and self-efficacy to recommend HPV vaccination
Health workers’ recommendation of HPV vaccination is a highly effective evidence-based intervention for increasing the uptake of this important cancer prevention tool. In Malawi, as in many countries, HPV vaccine uptake is low. In preparation for an implementation science study using an intervention optimization design, we pilot tested two implementation strategies aimed at increasing Malawian health workers’knowledge and self-efficacy to counsel…
Comparing youth-friendly clinics to the standard of care for adolescent girls and young women in Malawi
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face difficulties accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. Youth-friendly service delivery models may prove an alternative to increase SRH service uptake. This analysis utilises evidence from the Girl Power-Malawi study, a study designed to compare the impact of different models of service delivery on SRH service uptake for AGYW. Three intervention clinics trained…
Re-engagement and retention in HIV care after preventive default tracking in a cohort of HIV-infected patients in rural Malawi
Loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) in the era of test-and-treat remains a universal challenge, especially in rural areas. To mitigate LTFU, the HIV program in Neno District, Malawi, utilizes a preventive default tracking strategy named Tracking for Retention and Client Enrollment (TRACE). We utilized a mixed-methods descriptive study of the TRACE program on patient’s re-engagement and retention in care (RiC). In the quantitative arm, we utilized secondary …
Contraceptive Conversations among Adolescent Girls and Young Women and Their Partners, Peers, and Older Female Family Members in Lilongwe, Malawi
In sub‐Saharan Africa, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) have high levels of unmet need for contraception, particularly those who are unmarried or nulliparous. Conversations with partners, peers, and family members influence AGYW contraceptive decision‐making yet little is known about conversation content and impact or how they vary by relationship status and parity. This paper draws on qualitative data from 60 AGYW (aged 15–24) participati…
“ Most of what they do, we cannot do !” How lay health workers respond to barriers to uptake and retention in HIV care among pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in Malawi
BACKGROUND: In the era of Option B+ and 'treat all' policies for HIV, challenges to retention in care are well documented. In Malawi, several large community-facility linkage (CFL) models have emerged to address these challenges, training lay health workers (LHW) to support the national prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme. This qualitative study sought to examine how PMTCT LHW deployed by Malawi's three most prevalent CFL…
Contraceptive Conversations among Adolescent Girls and Young Women and Their Partners, Peers, and Older Female Family Members in Lilongwe, Malawi
In sub‐Saharan Africa, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) have high levels of unmet need for contraception, particularly those who are unmarried or nulliparous. Conversations with partners, peers, and family members influence AGYW contraceptive decision‐making yet little is known about conversation content and impact or how they vary by relationship status and parity. This paper draws on qualitative data from 60 AGYW (aged 15–24) participati…
“ Most of what they do, we cannot do !” How lay health workers respond to barriers to uptake and retention in HIV care among pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in Malawi
BACKGROUND: In the era of Option B+ and 'treat all' policies for HIV, challenges to retention in care are well documented. In Malawi, several large community-facility linkage (CFL) models have emerged to address these challenges, training lay health workers (LHW) to support the national prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme. This qualitative study sought to examine how PMTCT LHW deployed by Malawi's three most prevalent CFL…
Contraceptive Conversations among Adolescent Girls and Young Women and Their Partners, Peers, and Older Female Family Members in Lilongwe, Malawi
In sub‐Saharan Africa, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) have high levels of unmet need for contraception, particularly those who are unmarried or nulliparous. Conversations with partners, peers, and family members influence AGYW contraceptive decision‐making yet little is known about conversation content and impact or how they vary by relationship status and parity. This paper draws on qualitative data from 60 AGYW (aged 15–24) participati…
Re-engagement and retention in HIV care after preventive default tracking in a cohort of HIV-infected patients in rural Malawi
Loss-to-follow-up (LTFU) in the era of test-and-treat remains a universal challenge, especially in rural areas. To mitigate LTFU, the HIV program in Neno District, Malawi, utilizes a preventive default tracking strategy named Tracking for Retention and Client Enrollment (TRACE). We utilized a mixed-methods descriptive study of the TRACE program on patient’s re-engagement and retention in care (RiC). In the quantitative arm, we utilized secondary …
Comparing youth-friendly clinics to the standard of care for adolescent girls and young women in Malawi
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face difficulties accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. Youth-friendly service delivery models may prove an alternative to increase SRH service uptake. This analysis utilises evidence from the Girl Power-Malawi study, a study designed to compare the impact of different models of service delivery on SRH service uptake for AGYW. Three intervention clinics trained…
Implementation strategies to increase Malawian health care workers’ knowledge about and self-efficacy to recommend HPV vaccination
Health workers’ recommendation of HPV vaccination is a highly effective evidence-based intervention for increasing the uptake of this important cancer prevention tool. In Malawi, as in many countries, HPV vaccine uptake is low. In preparation for an implementation science study using an intervention optimization design, we pilot tested two implementation strategies aimed at increasing Malawian health workers’knowledge and self-efficacy to counsel…
Medicine (4 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (3 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 works) · Pediatrics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (1 work)