Caroline De Schacht

Biographic Data

ID7733807
NAMECaroline De Schacht
GIVEN NAMESCaroline
FAMILY NAMEDe Schacht
SIGNATUREDE SCHACHT C
AFFILIATIONSFundação Ariel Glaser Contra o SIDA Pediátrico
ORCID0000-0001-5384-2410
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Storytelling sessions for PrEP/ART education and psychosocial support among expectant serodiscordant couples

    Caroline De Schacht, Hannah L Brooks et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2025

    Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is offered to pregnant HIV-uninfected women in serodiscordant relationships in Mozambique, yet uptake is still low. We conducted a randomized feasibility trial of PrEP education and psychosocial support to serodiscordant expectant couples via three storytelling sessions in two districts within Zambézia Province. Data were collected between December 2020 and December 2022. We recruited 64 couples (31 control and 33 …

  • Correlated depressive symptoms within seroconcordant, expectant partners living with HIV in Zambézia Province, Mozambique

    Daniel Sack, Ariano Matino et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2023

    Approximately 15% of people with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa have comorbid depression, which impacts treatment outcomes. We describe predictors of baseline depressive symptoms in 1079 female and 1079 male participants in a cluster-randomized trial in Zambézia Province, Mozambique from November 2017 to December 2020. We modeled each partners’ depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9]) using proportional odds models adjusted for enr…

  • Health care services for survivors of gender-based violence

    Caroline De Schacht, Paula Paulo et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2023

    Mozambique introduced guidelines for integrated gender-based violence (GBV) services in 2012. In 2017, we trained providers on empathetic and supportive services to GBV survivors and introduced home-based services for survivors who are loss-to-follow up. Rate ratios of clinic visits were compared before and after intervention initiation, using exact significance tests. Data of 1,806 GBV survivors were reviewed, with a total of 2005 events. The me…

  • Healthcare Providers’ Perspectives on a Novel Couple-Based HIV Treatment Intervention

    Open AccessErin Graves, Hannah L Brooks et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2023

  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis use among HIV serodiscordant couples

    Open AccessDaniel Sack, Caroline De Schacht et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2021

    BACKGROUND: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the potential to reduce HIV transmission and stem the HIV epidemic. Unfortunately, PrEP uptake in rural sub-Saharan Africa has been slow and medication adherence has been suboptimal. OBJECTIVE: To explore the perspectives, attitudes, and experiences of HIV serodiscordant partners taking PrEP and develop a messaging campaign to improve PrEP uptake in rural Mozambique to reduce HIV transmission among …

  • Interpersonal reactivity index adaptation among expectant seroconcordant couples with HIV in Zambézia Province, Mozambique

    Open AccessDaniel Sack, Michael B Frisby et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2020

    This study is within the context of the HoPS+ trial, registered at ClinicalTrials.gov as number NCT03149237 . Registered May 11, 2017

  • Intervention heroes of Mozambique from 1997 to 2015

    Open AccessI Macicame, Amílcar Magaço et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2018

  • Access to HIV prevention and care for HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children

    Open AccessCaroline De Schacht, Carlota Lucas et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    The results suggest that individual-level factors are critical drivers that influence the health-seeking behavior of caregivers of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children in Mozambique. Noted strategies are to provide more information and awareness on the benefits of early pediatric testing and treatment with positive messages that incorporate success stories, to reach more pregnant women and mother-child pairs postpartum, and to provide counseling…

  • Risk factors for incomplete vaccination and missed opportunity for immunization in rural Mozambique

    Open AccessJagrati V Jani, Caroline De Schacht et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2008

    Efforts to increase vaccination coverage should take into account factors that contribute to the incomplete vaccination status of children. Missed opportunities for vaccination and incorrect vaccination need to be avoided in order to increase the vaccine coverage for those clients that reach the health facility, specially in those countries where health services do not have 100% of coverage