Heidi W Reynolds
Biographic Data
| ID | 6330613 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heidi W Reynolds |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heidi W |
| FAMILY NAME | Reynolds |
| SIGNATURE | REYNOLDS H W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2077-6773 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Gavi's Zero-Dose Learning Hubs: Enhanced approach for evidence generation and use from local to global
Reaching and fully immunizing zero-dose (ZD) children and missed communities is at the core of the Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance 5.0/5.1 and Immunization Agenda 2030 strategies. This is critical to ensure equitable immunization coverage and access to other primary health care services and to prevent outbreaks. The diversity of settings where these children live and the complexity of vaccination barriers require a complementary set of activities embe…
Targeted assessment of prevalence of zero-dose and under-immunised children in Bangladesh
Introduction Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the Global Immunisation Agenda 2030 have intensified their emphasis on equity, with the intent of reaching zero-dose (ZD—missing the first dose of pentavalent) and under-immunised (UI—missing the third dose of pentavalent) children and their communities. In Bangladesh, inequities in immunisation coverage continue and a country learning hub is supporting the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) with …
The Immunization Agenda 2030 Strategy to reach zero-dose children in low-income and middle-income countries: A scoping review
INTRODUCTION: Intensified efforts are needed to achieve the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) target to halve the number of children not reached by routine vaccination ('zero-dose' (ZD) children) by 2030. This scoping review maps and synthesises the scientific literature on ZD children in low-income and middle-income countries since the IA2030 launch. METHODS: Our protocol, developed per the PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic re…
Reliability, validity and measurement invariance of the Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ) among HIV-positive women in Ethiopia: A quasi-experimental study
Our results show that the six-item SMAQ scale has adequate reliability and validity indices for this sample, in addition to being invariant across comparison groups. The findings of this study strengthen the evidence in support of the increasing use of SMAQ by interventionists and researchers to examine, pool and compare adherence scores across groups and time periods
What systems are essential to achieving the sustainable development goals and what will it take to marshal them
The sustainable development goal (SDG) for health is linked to 67 indicators, eight times more than their predecessor, the Millenium Development Goals. In many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the information infrastructure is not yet able to collect and use the data needed for the indicators. As they seek to be responsive to the SDG agenda, LMICs must not lose sight of their local data needs; they should be cautious about embracing unte…
Improving referrals and integrating family planning and HIV services through organizational network strengthening
BACKGROUND: The service needs of people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in low-income settings are wide-ranging. Service provision in a community is often disjointed among a variety of providers. We sought to reduce unmet patient needs by increasing referral coordination for HIV and family planning, measured as network density, with an organizational network approach. METHODS: We conducted organizational network analysis on two networks i…
The effect of women's property rights on HIV: A search for quantitative evidence
In recent years, efforts to reduce HIV transmission have begun to incorporate a structural interventions approach, whereby the social, political, and economic environment in which people live is considered an important determinant of individual behaviors. This approach to HIV prevention is reflected in the growing number of programs designed to address insecure or nonexistent property rights for women living in developing countries. Qualitative a…
Consistent condom use among men with non-marital partners in four sub-Saharan African countries
Data from the Demographic and Health Surveys for Namibia, Swaziland, and Zambia and the AIDS Indicator Survey from Tanzania were used to examine the influence of marital status and number of partners on consistent condom use among men with casual sexual partnerships in four generalized HIV epidemic settings. We restrict the sample to the 26% (Zambia), 29% (Tanzania), 35% (Swaziland), and 42% (Namibia) of men, who, in the last 12 months before the…
Service delivery characteristics associated with contraceptive use among youth clients in integrated voluntary counseling and HIV testing clinics in Kenya
Youth attending voluntary counseling and HIV testing (VCT) services often have unmet need for contraception. Integrated family planning (FP) and HIV services can address dual HIV and unintended pregnancy prevention needs. However, little is known about which VCT service characteristics, such as quality of care, strength of FP-HIV service integration, and youth-friendliness, affect contraceptive behavior. This study explores the facility- and prov…
The Measurement of Condom Use in Four Countries in East and Southern Africa
A survey of risk behaviors for unintended pregnancy and human immunodeficiency virus among youth attending voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) services in nine centers in urban Haiti and Tanzania
Little is known about the behavioral risks for both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and unintended pregnancy among sexually active youth attending voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) in developing countries, and whether youth engaging in risky sexual behaviors perceive themselves to be at risk for HIV. Data are from two cross-sectional studies with youth VCT clients in four facilities in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and five facilities in Port-a…
What systems are essential to achieving the sustainable development goals and what will it take to marshal them
The sustainable development goal (SDG) for health is linked to 67 indicators, eight times more than their predecessor, the Millenium Development Goals. In many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the information infrastructure is not yet able to collect and use the data needed for the indicators. As they seek to be responsive to the SDG agenda, LMICs must not lose sight of their local data needs; they should be cautious about embracing unte…
A survey of risk behaviors for unintended pregnancy and human immunodeficiency virus among youth attending voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) services in nine centers in urban Haiti and Tanzania
Little is known about the behavioral risks for both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and unintended pregnancy among sexually active youth attending voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) in developing countries, and whether youth engaging in risky sexual behaviors perceive themselves to be at risk for HIV. Data are from two cross-sectional studies with youth VCT clients in four facilities in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and five facilities in Port-a…
Service delivery characteristics associated with contraceptive use among youth clients in integrated voluntary counseling and HIV testing clinics in Kenya
Youth attending voluntary counseling and HIV testing (VCT) services often have unmet need for contraception. Integrated family planning (FP) and HIV services can address dual HIV and unintended pregnancy prevention needs. However, little is known about which VCT service characteristics, such as quality of care, strength of FP-HIV service integration, and youth-friendliness, affect contraceptive behavior. This study explores the facility- and prov…
The Measurement of Condom Use in Four Countries in East and Southern Africa
Consistent condom use among men with non-marital partners in four sub-Saharan African countries
Data from the Demographic and Health Surveys for Namibia, Swaziland, and Zambia and the AIDS Indicator Survey from Tanzania were used to examine the influence of marital status and number of partners on consistent condom use among men with casual sexual partnerships in four generalized HIV epidemic settings. We restrict the sample to the 26% (Zambia), 29% (Tanzania), 35% (Swaziland), and 42% (Namibia) of men, who, in the last 12 months before the…
The effect of women's property rights on HIV: A search for quantitative evidence
In recent years, efforts to reduce HIV transmission have begun to incorporate a structural interventions approach, whereby the social, political, and economic environment in which people live is considered an important determinant of individual behaviors. This approach to HIV prevention is reflected in the growing number of programs designed to address insecure or nonexistent property rights for women living in developing countries. Qualitative a…
What systems are essential to achieving the sustainable development goals and what will it take to marshal them
The sustainable development goal (SDG) for health is linked to 67 indicators, eight times more than their predecessor, the Millenium Development Goals. In many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the information infrastructure is not yet able to collect and use the data needed for the indicators. As they seek to be responsive to the SDG agenda, LMICs must not lose sight of their local data needs; they should be cautious about embracing unte…
Improving referrals and integrating family planning and HIV services through organizational network strengthening
BACKGROUND: The service needs of people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in low-income settings are wide-ranging. Service provision in a community is often disjointed among a variety of providers. We sought to reduce unmet patient needs by increasing referral coordination for HIV and family planning, measured as network density, with an organizational network approach. METHODS: We conducted organizational network analysis on two networks i…
Reliability, validity and measurement invariance of the Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ) among HIV-positive women in Ethiopia: A quasi-experimental study
Our results show that the six-item SMAQ scale has adequate reliability and validity indices for this sample, in addition to being invariant across comparison groups. The findings of this study strengthen the evidence in support of the increasing use of SMAQ by interventionists and researchers to examine, pool and compare adherence scores across groups and time periods
Targeted assessment of prevalence of zero-dose and under-immunised children in Bangladesh
Introduction Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the Global Immunisation Agenda 2030 have intensified their emphasis on equity, with the intent of reaching zero-dose (ZD—missing the first dose of pentavalent) and under-immunised (UI—missing the third dose of pentavalent) children and their communities. In Bangladesh, inequities in immunisation coverage continue and a country learning hub is supporting the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) with …
The Immunization Agenda 2030 Strategy to reach zero-dose children in low-income and middle-income countries: A scoping review
INTRODUCTION: Intensified efforts are needed to achieve the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) target to halve the number of children not reached by routine vaccination ('zero-dose' (ZD) children) by 2030. This scoping review maps and synthesises the scientific literature on ZD children in low-income and middle-income countries since the IA2030 launch. METHODS: Our protocol, developed per the PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic re…
Gavi's Zero-Dose Learning Hubs: Enhanced approach for evidence generation and use from local to global
Reaching and fully immunizing zero-dose (ZD) children and missed communities is at the core of the Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance 5.0/5.1 and Immunization Agenda 2030 strategies. This is critical to ensure equitable immunization coverage and access to other primary health care services and to prevent outbreaks. The diversity of settings where these children live and the complexity of vaccination barriers require a complementary set of activities embe…
Developing country (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Family medicine (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (4 works) · Business (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works)