M Diener-West
Biographic Data
| ID | 6170775 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Diener-West |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Diener-West |
| SIGNATURE | DIENER-WEST M |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Department of Epidemiology , Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health , Baltimore , US |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The role of men in women's acceptance of an intravaginal gel in a randomized clinical trial in Blantyre, Malawi
Survey questionnaires and focus group discussions were used to investigate the association between a female participant's acceptance and her perception of her male partner's acceptance of an intravaginal gel as a prototype microbicide. Women who perceived their male partners would accept using the gel were more likely to highly accept the gel as compared to women who perceived their male partners would not accept using the gel (OR=24.57; 95%CI: 1…
Measuring validity of self-reported symptoms among people with HIV
Symptoms are important indicators of health and treatment for people with HIV. Symptoms are measured by patient self-report, but there has been little attention to what is the best method of elicitation. We compared three methods (presence, frequency, and bother) commonly used to measure HIV self-reported symptoms. CD4+ T lymphocyte count and health-related quality of life (HRQL) scales were used to test validity in 160 people with HIV. The avera…
Risk factors for childhood burns
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To study risk factors for childhood burns in order to identify possible preventive strategies. DESIGN--Case-control design with pair matching of controls to cases in relation to age, sex, and area of residence. The cases and controls were identified by a community based, multisite survey. The effects of host and socioenvironmental variables reported by mothers were investigated in a multivariate analysis using conditional logisti…
Risk factors for childhood burns
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To study risk factors for childhood burns in order to identify possible preventive strategies. DESIGN--Case-control design with pair matching of controls to cases in relation to age, sex, and area of residence. The cases and controls were identified by a community based, multisite survey. The effects of host and socioenvironmental variables reported by mothers were investigated in a multivariate analysis using conditional logisti…
Risk factors for childhood burns
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To study risk factors for childhood burns in order to identify possible preventive strategies. DESIGN--Case-control design with pair matching of controls to cases in relation to age, sex, and area of residence. The cases and controls were identified by a community based, multisite survey. The effects of host and socioenvironmental variables reported by mothers were investigated in a multivariate analysis using conditional logisti…
Measuring validity of self-reported symptoms among people with HIV
Symptoms are important indicators of health and treatment for people with HIV. Symptoms are measured by patient self-report, but there has been little attention to what is the best method of elicitation. We compared three methods (presence, frequency, and bother) commonly used to measure HIV self-reported symptoms. CD4+ T lymphocyte count and health-related quality of life (HRQL) scales were used to test validity in 160 people with HIV. The avera…
The role of men in women's acceptance of an intravaginal gel in a randomized clinical trial in Blantyre, Malawi
Survey questionnaires and focus group discussions were used to investigate the association between a female participant's acceptance and her perception of her male partner's acceptance of an intravaginal gel as a prototype microbicide. Women who perceived their male partners would accept using the gel were more likely to highly accept the gel as compared to women who perceived their male partners would not accept using the gel (OR=24.57; 95%CI: 1…
Medicine (3 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 work) · Burn Injury Management and Outcomes (1 work) · Clinical Psychology (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Environmental health (1 work) · Family medicine (1 work) · Gynecology (1 work)