Matthew Ponticiello

Biographic Data

ID7448485
NAMEMatthew Ponticiello
GIVEN NAMESMatthew
FAMILY NAMEPonticiello
SIGNATUREPONTICIELLO M
AFFILIATIONSYale University
ORCID0000-0002-8684-7047
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Probation as a targeted entry point for scaling up opioid agonist therapies in Moldova using a modified screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment strategy

    Open AccessMatthew Ponticiello, Daniel Bromberg et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    People with HIV and opioid use disorder (OUD) are concentrated in criminal legal settings. Consequently, decarceration efforts in Moldova have shifted many people in prisons to community supervision in probation. Probation differs from prisons as they have no mandate to screen and treat for medical conditions like OUD and link to evidence-based treatments like methadone or buprenorphine, otherwise known as medications for opioid use disorder (MOU…

  • Using human-centered design to explore telemedicine to improve healthcare engagement among individuals transitioning from prison to community in Malaysia

    Open AccessYilu Qin, David Oliveros et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2026

  • On being and having

    Open AccessMatthew Ponticiello, Matthew N Ponticiello et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2025

    Across the varied and nuanced perspectives uncovered, our work provides a framework of three domains central to the inner reality of lived bipolar experience. Thoughtful understanding of patients' experiences, perspectives, and desires within these three domains may aid clinicians and loved ones alike in more sensitively and effectively addressing the unique individual needs of those living with BD. It may also be informative for individuals livi…

  • A community health worker-led program to improve access to gestational diabetes screening in urban slums of Pune, India

    Open AccessPuja Chebrolu, Andrea Chalem et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    The World Health Organization recommends all pregnant women receive screening for gestational diabetes (GDM) with a fasting oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). However, very few women receive recommended screening in resource-limited countries like India. We implemented a community health worker (CHW)-delivered program to evaluate if home-based, CHW-delivered OGTT would increase GDM screening in a low-resource setting. We conducted a mixed method…

  • “If you have light, your heart will be at peace”

    Open AccessMatthew Ponticiello, Edwin Nuwagira et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2023

    Background: Expanding electrification and access to other clean and affordable energy, such as solar energy, is a critical component of the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where 70% of people are energy insecure. Intervention trials related to access or less polluting household energy alternatives have typically focused on air quality and biological outcomes rather than on how an intervention affects the end user…

  • Understanding traditional healer utilisation for hypertension care using the Andersen model

    Open AccessRadhika Sundararajan, Rinu Alakiu et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2023

    Hypertension disproportionately affects people living in African countries, where there are many challenges to appropriate diagnosis and treatment, and many people with hypertension utilise traditional healers as their primary source of healthcare. In this study, we sought to understand factors driving healer utilisation among people with hypertension. We conducted 52 semi-structured interviews with traditional healers, patients and healthcare pr…

  • Introducing methadone maintenance therapy into Ukrainian prisons

    Open AccessMatthew Ponticiello, Lyu Azbel et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2023

    It appears that the criminal subculture is variable and evolving in Ukrainian prisons and appears to be impacted differently by the invasion of Russia. As methadone scale-up in prisons expands, it will be important to distinguish the meaning of methadone perpetuated negatively by the prison subculture versus that in which it is intended as a medical treatment by the formal prison authorities. The current invasion of Ukraine by Russia provides a p…

  • Understanding the role of traditional healers in the HIV care cascade

    Open AccessDunstan J Matungwa, Richie Hong et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Tanzania is HIV-endemic, with 5% prevalence. However, less than half of Tanzanians are aware of their HIV status, and only 75% of adult Tanzanians living with HIV are on antiretroviral therapy (ART). Informal healthcare providers, such as traditional healers, frequently serve as the first line of healthcare in Tanzania. How traditional healers interact with people living with HIV (PLWH) remains unknown. This study sought to understand gaps in HIV…

  • A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Traditional Healer-Delivered Counseling and Rapid HIV Testing in Tanzania

    Open AccessDunstan J Matungwa, Kidola Jeremiah et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022

  • Use, cost-effectiveness, and end user perspectives of a home solar lighting intervention in rural Uganda

    Open AccessRadhika Sundararajan, Helen D’Couto et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2021

    Energy poverty is prevalent in resource-limited settings, leading households to use inefficient fuels and appliances that contribute to household air pollution. Randomized controlled trials of household energy interventions in low and middle income countries have largely focused on cooking services. Less is known about the adoption and impact of clean lighting interventions. We conducted an explanatory sequential mixed methods study as part of a …