Maria Ekstrand
Biographic Data
| ID | 6753257 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Ekstrand |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Ekstrand |
| SIGNATURE | EKSTRAND M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, San Francisco |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4735-6162 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Feasibility of training primary healthcare workers to identify antenatal depression
Identifying women with depressive symptoms is the first step to reducing the risk of the short-term and long-term consequences of antenatal depression. Task shifting by training primary healthcare workers may help to reduce the burden in low-resource settings. Twenty health workers in a primary healthcare center in urban Bengaluru were trained to screen and identify antenatal depression. The training had two components: knowledge-based, using the…
Partnerships in mental healthcare service delivery in low-resource settings
BACKGROUND: Mental illnesses are the largest contributors to the global burden of non-communicable diseases. However, there is extremely limited access to high quality, culturally-sensitive, and contextually-appropriate mental healthcare services. This situation persists despite the availability of interventions with proven efficacy to improve patient outcomes. A partnerships network is necessary for successful program adaptation and implementati…
Relationships Among Adherence and Physical and Mental Health Among Women Living with HIV in Rural India
Asha-Life Intervention Perspectives Voiced by Rural Indian Women Living With Aids
In this focus group study, we explored the experiences of 16 rural women living with AIDS (WLA) who participated in the Asha-Life (AL) intervention to gain an understanding of the environmental, psychosocial, and cultural impact of the AL on their lives. Four themes emerged among AL participants: (a) the importance of tangible support, (b) need for social support, (c) ongoing challenges to accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART), and (d) perspecti…
Reasons for and correlates of antiretroviral treatment interruptions in a cohort of patients from public and private clinics in southern India
Understanding the prevalence and correlates of treatment interruptions (TIs) in resource-limited settings is important for improving adherence. HIV-infected adults on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in Bangalore, India, were enrolled into a prospective cohort study assessing HAART adherence. Participants underwent a structured interview assessing adherence, including occurrence of TI > 48 hours since HAART initiation, length of TI, a…
Correlates of Stigma among Rural Indian Women Living with HIV/Aids
Challenges Experienced by Rural Women in India Living With Aids and Implications for the Delivery of HIV/Aids Care
Researchers explored the barriers to AIDS care for rural women living with AIDS, and they investigated alternative delivery models to increase the women's adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Community-based participatory research focus groups were conducted by the researchers with a convenience sample of 39 women living with AIDS from a primary health center (PHC) near Chennai, India, and with nurses, physicians, and Accredited Social Heal…
Stigma and HIV risk among Metis in Nepal
Similar to other parts of Asia, the HIV epidemic in Nepal is concentrated among a small number of groups, including transgender people, or Metis. This study was conducted to explore the social context of stigma among Metis in Nepal to better understand their risk for HIV. Fourteen in-depth interviews were conducted with Metis in Kathmandu, Nepal. We found that stigma from families leading to rural-urban migration exposed Metis to discrimination f…
Existential Experiences and Strategies in Relation to Induced Abortion
Induced abortion is as common in religious as secular cultures, but interpretations and ways to handle abortion differ. This study focuses on existential aspects of abortion, in relation to a secularized context, through in-depth interviews with 24 Swedish women. Existential questions belonging to four areas were found: Life and Death, Meaning of Life, Morality, and Self-Image. Furthermore, four different existential strategies were found: (1) De…
An Illusion of Power
Swedish teenagers' basic right to decide whether to have an abortion may be limited by societal norms and disapproval of teenage childbearing. Given the perception that women are responsible for contraception, programs need to emphasize that pregnancy prevention is a shared responsibility; greater efforts to include males in prevention practices are needed
Sexual Behavior Among Men Who have Sex with Women, Men, and Hijras in Mumbai, India—Multiple Sexual Risks
Prevalence and Correlates of HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents at Public Schools in Brasilia
High HIV Seropositivity at an Anonymous Testing Site in Chennai, India
Mode effects in surveys of gay men
In an evaluation of a community‐level AIDS prevention program, a random sample of gay bar patrons was sent questionnaires by mail, and a random household sample was interviewed by phone. Over 3 baseline years, 581 members of the bar cohort switched response modes for various reasons, including reassignment by the investigators. Regardless of mode sequence, these same men were roughly twice as likely to report unprotected anal intercourse with a n…
The quantitative/qualitative debate over ‘relapse’ behaviour
Mode effects in surveys of gay men
In an evaluation of a community‐level AIDS prevention program, a random sample of gay bar patrons was sent questionnaires by mail, and a random household sample was interviewed by phone. Over 3 baseline years, 581 members of the bar cohort switched response modes for various reasons, including reassignment by the investigators. Regardless of mode sequence, these same men were roughly twice as likely to report unprotected anal intercourse with a n…
An Illusion of Power
Swedish teenagers' basic right to decide whether to have an abortion may be limited by societal norms and disapproval of teenage childbearing. Given the perception that women are responsible for contraception, programs need to emphasize that pregnancy prevention is a shared responsibility; greater efforts to include males in prevention practices are needed
The quantitative/qualitative debate over ‘relapse’ behaviour
Mode effects in surveys of gay men
In an evaluation of a community‐level AIDS prevention program, a random sample of gay bar patrons was sent questionnaires by mail, and a random household sample was interviewed by phone. Over 3 baseline years, 581 members of the bar cohort switched response modes for various reasons, including reassignment by the investigators. Regardless of mode sequence, these same men were roughly twice as likely to report unprotected anal intercourse with a n…
High HIV Seropositivity at an Anonymous Testing Site in Chennai, India
Prevalence and Correlates of HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents at Public Schools in Brasilia
Sexual Behavior Among Men Who have Sex with Women, Men, and Hijras in Mumbai, India—Multiple Sexual Risks
An Illusion of Power
Swedish teenagers' basic right to decide whether to have an abortion may be limited by societal norms and disapproval of teenage childbearing. Given the perception that women are responsible for contraception, programs need to emphasize that pregnancy prevention is a shared responsibility; greater efforts to include males in prevention practices are needed
Correlates of Stigma among Rural Indian Women Living with HIV/Aids
Challenges Experienced by Rural Women in India Living With Aids and Implications for the Delivery of HIV/Aids Care
Researchers explored the barriers to AIDS care for rural women living with AIDS, and they investigated alternative delivery models to increase the women's adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Community-based participatory research focus groups were conducted by the researchers with a convenience sample of 39 women living with AIDS from a primary health center (PHC) near Chennai, India, and with nurses, physicians, and Accredited Social Heal…
Stigma and HIV risk among Metis in Nepal
Similar to other parts of Asia, the HIV epidemic in Nepal is concentrated among a small number of groups, including transgender people, or Metis. This study was conducted to explore the social context of stigma among Metis in Nepal to better understand their risk for HIV. Fourteen in-depth interviews were conducted with Metis in Kathmandu, Nepal. We found that stigma from families leading to rural-urban migration exposed Metis to discrimination f…
Existential Experiences and Strategies in Relation to Induced Abortion
Induced abortion is as common in religious as secular cultures, but interpretations and ways to handle abortion differ. This study focuses on existential aspects of abortion, in relation to a secularized context, through in-depth interviews with 24 Swedish women. Existential questions belonging to four areas were found: Life and Death, Meaning of Life, Morality, and Self-Image. Furthermore, four different existential strategies were found: (1) De…
Reasons for and correlates of antiretroviral treatment interruptions in a cohort of patients from public and private clinics in southern India
Understanding the prevalence and correlates of treatment interruptions (TIs) in resource-limited settings is important for improving adherence. HIV-infected adults on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in Bangalore, India, were enrolled into a prospective cohort study assessing HAART adherence. Participants underwent a structured interview assessing adherence, including occurrence of TI > 48 hours since HAART initiation, length of TI, a…
Asha-Life Intervention Perspectives Voiced by Rural Indian Women Living With Aids
In this focus group study, we explored the experiences of 16 rural women living with AIDS (WLA) who participated in the Asha-Life (AL) intervention to gain an understanding of the environmental, psychosocial, and cultural impact of the AL on their lives. Four themes emerged among AL participants: (a) the importance of tangible support, (b) need for social support, (c) ongoing challenges to accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART), and (d) perspecti…
Relationships Among Adherence and Physical and Mental Health Among Women Living with HIV in Rural India
Partnerships in mental healthcare service delivery in low-resource settings
BACKGROUND: Mental illnesses are the largest contributors to the global burden of non-communicable diseases. However, there is extremely limited access to high quality, culturally-sensitive, and contextually-appropriate mental healthcare services. This situation persists despite the availability of interventions with proven efficacy to improve patient outcomes. A partnerships network is necessary for successful program adaptation and implementati…
Feasibility of training primary healthcare workers to identify antenatal depression
Identifying women with depressive symptoms is the first step to reducing the risk of the short-term and long-term consequences of antenatal depression. Task shifting by training primary healthcare workers may help to reduce the burden in low-resource settings. Twenty health workers in a primary healthcare center in urban Bengaluru were trained to screen and identify antenatal depression. The training had two components: knowledge-based, using the…
Medicine (13 works) · Family medicine (11 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (10 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (7 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (7 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Public health (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Psychiatry (6 works)