Jeffrey V Lazarus
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1913005 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jeffrey V Lazarus |
| PRENOMES | Jeffrey V |
| SOBRENOME | Lazarus |
| ASSINATURA | LAZARUS J V |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Barcelona Institute for Global Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9618-2299 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 68 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 68 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Intensive longitudinal follow-up of cisgender and transgender women engaged in sex work during the three months following initiation of daily oral PrEP
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) usage among cisgender and transgender women sex workers in Europe is low. This mixed-methods study examined the daily experiences of woman sex workers using PrEP, with emphasis on understanding the dynamic process of initiating and sustaining PrEP adherence. We employed an intensive longitudinal design with daily assessments of self-reported use of daily oral PrEP, side-effects, condom use, and number of clients ov…
Provider, researcher, and community perspectives on comorbidities affecting the health-related quality of life of people living with HIV in Spain
Comorbidities, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, kidney disease, liver disease, and mental health issues, negatively impact the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of people living with HIV (PLHIV). Comorbidities can increase the symptom burden, reduce functional or cognitive capacity, increase psychological distress, and reduce adherence to treatment, which can lead to poor viral suppression and other complications. This study aimed t…
Monitoring and evaluation of community interventions for viral hepatitis among migrants and refugees
Background: Migrants and refugees in Europe carry a disproportionate burden of chronic hepatitis B and C and face barriers accessing health systems. Community-based interventions can improve screening, prevention, and care, yet no framework exists to track their performance. This study aimed to generate a consensus set of indicators for monitoring and evaluating such interventions. Methods: A scoping review of PubMed from January 2005 to June 202…
Estimated cost-savings from integrated care for HIV, diabetes and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa
Background In a cluster-randomised trial in Uganda and Tanzania, we showed that integrated management, compared with standard vertical care, could achieve a high standard of care for diabetes and hypertension without adversely affecting outcomes for HIV. However, evidence on the value for money of integrated care is needed to inform policy.Objective Our economic evaluation aimed to establish the value for money of integrated care compared with ve…
Appraisal of community-based interventions for hepatitis B in underserved populations using the quadruple aim of value-based medicine
The review reveals a significant gap in the comprehensive, value-based evaluation of existing community-based interventions, with no established framework existing. The VH-COMSAVAC project seeks to bridge this by developing a value-based assessment tool, leveraging the Quadruple Aim, to systematically assess its prevention and linkage-to-care interventions and guide evidence-based optimization
Peer-delivered mail-order self-collection and linkage to treatment for hepatitis C virus infection among users of a harm reduction service in Denmark
A peer-assisted, mail-based hepatitis C self-collection model is feasible and may improve testing and treatment uptake among people who inject drugs
The American Public’s Disengagement With Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)
The state of health in the European Union (EU-27) in 2019
There was a clear trend towards improvement in the overall health status of the EU but with differences between countries. EU health policymakers need to address the burden of diseases, paying specific attention to causes such as mental disorders. There are many opportunities for mutual learning among otherwise similar countries with different patterns of disease
Impact of the 2008 economic crisis on the burden of hepatitis B and C diseases in Southern European countries
Epidemiological metrics for HBV and HCV showed a slower pace of decline in the post-austerity period with better improvement for HBV, a stabilisation of mortality and a stagnant burden for liver cancer due to both hepatitis infections. The economic crisis of 2008 had a negative impact on the burden of hepatitis B and C. Elimination of HBV and HCV by 2030 will be a major challenge in the SWE countries
On-site testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers using molecular point-of-care testing integrated into harm reduction services in Madrid, Spain
Determinants of Intention to Use HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and Condom Use Among a Sample of Cisgender Female Sex Workers Working Mostly Outdoors in Madrid, Spain
There is scant knowledge regarding pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among female sex workers (FSWs) in Europe. Spain recognized FSWs as a population at high risk of acquiring HIV and granted them subsidized access to PrEP when the medication first became nationally available in 2019. Nevertheless, FSWs represented just 0.2% of PrEP users in 2022. A total of 102 HIV-negative FSWs reached through field activities of local NGOs located in Madrid …
A survey of Covid-19 vaccine acceptance across 23 countries in 2022
Chronic conditions and multimorbidity among West African migrants in greater Barcelona, Spain
Objectives: This study aimed to report the prevalence and identify potential risk factors of chronic conditions among West African migrants living in the greater Barcelona area, Spain, and explore the relationship between years of residence in Spain and chronic disease burden. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 436 adult African migrants who participated in a community-based hepatitis B virus (HBV) screening and vaccination program (HBV…
Patient satisfaction with HIV care service in Spain
Understanding patient satisfaction with healthcare services can help identify patients' unmet needs and increase treatment adherence. This study aimed to evaluate the satisfaction of people living with HIV with overall HIV care service in Navarra, Spain, using a cross-sectional survey. The survey included a patient-reported experience measure (PREMs) consisting of five statements, and participants were also asked to rate the overall care they rec…
The Cantabria Cohort, a protocol for a population-based cohort in northern Spain
Cantabria Cohort stems from a research and action initiative lead by researchers from Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL), Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital and University of Cantabria, supported by the regional Goverment. Its aim is to identify and follow up a cohort that would provide information to improve the understanding of the etiology and prognosis of different acute and chronic diseases. The Cantabria Cohort will recruit betwe…
Drug use and access to drug dependency services for vulnerable migrants who use drugs in the European Union
Policy action and increased collaboration are required by the EU as a whole and by individual EU member states, in addition to collaboration among healthcare providers and social welfare services, to increase access to healthcare services for migrants who use drugs
Peer-delivered point-of-care testing and linkage to treatment for hepatitis C virus infection among marginalized populations through a mobile clinic in Copenhagen, Denmark
This study found that a peer-led point-of-care service is a model of care that can engage marginalized groups in HCV testing and linkage to treatment
Revisiting Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy around the world using data from 23 countries in 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact daily life, including health system operations, despite the availability of vaccines that are effective in greatly reducing the risks of death and severe disease. Misperceptions of COVID-19 vaccine safety, efficacy, risks, and mistrust in institutions responsible for vaccination campaigns have been reported as factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy. This study investigated COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy gl…
The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the Covid-19 pandemic
A call for citizen science in pandemic preparedness and response
The COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the need to partner with the community in pandemic preparedness and response in order to enable trust-building among stakeholders, which is key in pandemic management. Citizen science, defined here as a practice of public participation and collaboration in all aspects of scientific research to increase knowledge and build trust with governments and researchers, is a crucial approach to promoting community enga…
Covid-19 vaccine wastage in the midst of vaccine inequity
The mental health crisis during the Covid-19 pandemic in older adults and the role of physical distancing interventions and social protection measures in 26 European countries
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic and associated policy responses, such as physical distancing interventions, pose risks to mental health that could be mitigated by social support systems. We examine associations between changes in mental health in the population aged 50 years and older in Europe and stringency of pandemic responses and social protection. METHODS: We analysed data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe: n = 50…
Effectiveness of an HIV care model integrated into addiction care based on medication-assisted treatment for HIV-positive people who use drugs
Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of initiated or reinitiated antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV-positive active drug users receiving integrated HIV and addiction care in a harm reduction setting. We performed a study of HIV-positive persons who use drugs (PWUD) in a harm reduction unit in Madrid, Spain. Participants received HIV care integrated into addiction care and received at least one dose of observed ART based on medication-…
Integrating Care for Diabetes and Hypertension with HIV Care in Sub-Saharan Africa
INTRODUCTION: Although HIV continues to have a high prevalence among adults in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCD) such as diabetes and hypertension is increasing rapidly. There is an urgent need to expand the capacity of healthcare systems in SSA to provide NCD services and scale up existing chronic care management pathways. A scoping review mapped extant policy and evidence based literature on the feasibility …
A global survey of potential acceptance of a Covid-19 vaccine
Pandemic publishing poses a new Covid-19 challenge
Key barriers to the use of modern contraceptives among women in Albania
In spite of a number of communication campaigns since 1999 promoting modern contraceptives in Albania, their use remains low. In this paper we identify and analyse key barriers to the use of modern contraception among women in Albania. Semi-structured interviews with 11 stakeholders from organisations involved in promoting modern contraception, and four focus group discussions with 40 women from Tirana and a rural village in the periphery of Tira…
A conceptual and analytical approach to comparative analysis of country case studies
Attempts to comparatively analyse large-scale communicable disease control programmes have, for the most part, neglected the wider health system contexts within which the programmes lie. In addition, many evaluations of the integration of vertical disease control programmes into health systems have focused on single case studies or on a limited number of cases, or, when large numbers of cases were drawn upon, have been presented as a compendium o…
Health Systems Global, the new international society for health systems research
A few underlying facts drove the decision to create a new society for health systems research (HSR). More research is needed to address the reasons for health system weaknesses and the ways and means of improving performance. Further, an increasing number of researchers are focusing their work on health systems research and while there is now substantial research ongoing in this area, there is no regular forum to share findings, methodologies and…
HIV/hepatitis coinfection in eastern Europe and new pan-European approaches to hepatitis prevention and management
Access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (Haart) for injecting drug users in the WHO European Region 2002–2004
Young Cypriots on sex education
Introduction: In the absence of standardised sex education and because schools usually limit their teaching to the ‘health’ aspects of sexuality, young people in Cyprus rely on their peers and the media for information on sexuality. This study examines the sources and adequacy of the information received by young people from various sources on matters related to sexuality and sexual health. Method: Twelve in‐depth interviews were conducted in Cyp…
Sexuality education in Europe
Comprehensive sexuality education is one of the most important tools to ensure that young people have the information they need to make healthy and informed choices. The aim of this article is, firstly, to outline general issues about sexuality education pertaining to curriculum content, the didactic methods used, agencies involved, political support, coverage and adequacy of provision and barriers to effective sexuality education in Europe. Seco…
Access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (Haart) for women and children in the WHO European Region 2002–2006
Objective. To assess the level of access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for women and children in the WHO European Region. Methods. Analysis of data from three national surveys of 53 WHO European Member States. The comparative level of access to HAART for women and children was assessed by comparing the percentage of reported HIV cases with the percentage of HAART recipients in women at the end of 2002 and 2006 and in children at…
A conceptual and analytical approach to comparative analysis of country case studies
Attempts to comparatively analyse large-scale communicable disease control programmes have, for the most part, neglected the wider health system contexts within which the programmes lie. In addition, many evaluations of the integration of vertical disease control programmes into health systems have focused on single case studies or on a limited number of cases, or, when large numbers of cases were drawn upon, have been presented as a compendium o…
Interactions between critical health system functions and HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria programmes
Public health in low- and middle-income countries
Jacob argues that public health in low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs) is dominated by the “medical fraternity”, and he concludes by calling for a “people’s movement”, one advocating health as a basic human rights issue. Jacob further suggests that public health should be regarded as a social and political field and not a medical one, and that public health goals be integrated into diverse disciplinary frameworks.1 In fact, public health is…
Global Fund investments in harm reduction from 2002 to 2009
This study represents the most comprehensive assessment of Global Fund investments in harm reduction. This funding, while substantial, falls short of the estimated needs. Investments in harm reduction must increase if HIV transmission among people who inject drugs is to be halved by 2015
Health Systems Global, the new international society for health systems research
A few underlying facts drove the decision to create a new society for health systems research (HSR). More research is needed to address the reasons for health system weaknesses and the ways and means of improving performance. Further, an increasing number of researchers are focusing their work on health systems research and while there is now substantial research ongoing in this area, there is no regular forum to share findings, methodologies and…
Key barriers to the use of modern contraceptives among women in Albania
In spite of a number of communication campaigns since 1999 promoting modern contraceptives in Albania, their use remains low. In this paper we identify and analyse key barriers to the use of modern contraception among women in Albania. Semi-structured interviews with 11 stakeholders from organisations involved in promoting modern contraception, and four focus group discussions with 40 women from Tirana and a rural village in the periphery of Tira…
Primary healthcare providers’ views on improving sexual and reproductive healthcare for adolescents in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua
OBJECTIVES: To elicit the views of primary healthcare providers from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua on how adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) care in their communities can be improved. METHODS: Overall, 126 healthcare providers (46 from Bolivia, 39 from Ecuador, and 41 from Nicaragua) took part in this qualitative study. During a series of moderated discussions, they provided written opinions about the accessibility and appropriate…
Factorial validation of the Attitudes toward Women Scale for Adolescents (Awsa) in assessing sexual behaviour patterns in Bolivian and Ecuadorian adolescents
BACKGROUND: Adolescents' health is greatly influenced by social determinants, including gender norms. Although research has shown that there is an association between gender attitudes and adolescents' sexual behaviour, few studies have assessed this relationship carefully. The Attitudes toward Women Scale for Adolescents (AWSA) is widely used to assess gender attitudes among adolescents; however, to our knowledge it has not been applied in Latin …
Beyond viral suppression of HIV – the new quality of life frontier
BACKGROUND: In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a new Global Health Sector Strategy on HIV for 2016-2021. It establishes 15 ambitious targets, including the '90-90-90' target calling on health systems to reduce under-diagnosis of HIV, treat a greater number of those diagnosed, and ensure that those being treated achieve viral suppression. DISCUSSION: The WHO strategy calls for person-centered chronic care for people living with H…
The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002–2014)
This study represents an updated, comprehensive assessment of Global Fund investments in harm reduction from its founding (2002) until the start of the new funding model (2014). It also highlights the overall shortfall of harm reduction funding, with the estimated global need being US$ 2.3 billion for harm reduction in 2015 alone. Using this baseline, the Global Fund must carefully monitor its new funding model and ensure that investments in harm…
People-centred health services at HIV clinics across Europe
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
People-centred health services at HIV clinics across Europe
Introduction: An important dimension of people-centred health systems is the organisation of services around patients’ heterogeneous medical and psychosocial needs rather than around biomedical disease categorisations. This approach may potentially contribute to better treatment outcomes in the field of HIV, since many factors not directly related to HIV, such as the availability of opioid substitution therapy, may determine the extent to which p…
Associations between national viral hepatitis policies/programmes and country-level socioeconomic factors
Countries with differing socioeconomic status indicators did not appear to differ greatly regarding the existence of key national policies and programmes. A more nuanced understanding of the multifaceted interactions of socioeconomic factors, health policy, service delivery and health outcomes is needed to support country-level efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis
Restrictions on access to direct-acting antivirals for people who inject drugs
Research priorities to achieve universal access to hepatitis C prevention, management and direct-acting antiviral treatment among people who inject drugs
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017
BACKGROUND: Assessments of age-specific mortality and life expectancy have been done by the UN Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNPOP), the United States Census Bureau, WHO, and as part of previous iterations of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD). Previous iterations of the GBD used population estimates from UNPOP, which were not derived in a way that was internally consistent wit…
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017
BACKGROUND: Global development goals increasingly rely on country-specific estimates for benchmarking a nation's progress. To meet this need, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 estimated global, regional, national, and, for selected locations, subnational cause-specific mortality beginning in the year 1980. Here we report an update to that study, making use of newly available data and improved methods. GBD …
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017
BackgroundThe Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2017 comparative risk assessment (CRA) is a comprehensive approach to risk factor quantification that offers a useful tool for synthesising evidence on risks and risk–outcome associations. With each annual GBD study, we update the GBD CRA to incorporate improved methods, new risks and risk–outcome pairs, and new data on risk exposure levels and risk–outcome associatio…
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (Dalys) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (Hale) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017
BACKGROUND: How long one lives, how many years of life are spent in good and poor health, and how the population's state of health and leading causes of disability change over time all have implications for policy, planning, and provision of services. We comparatively assessed the patterns and trends of healthy life expectancy (HALE), which quantifies the number of years of life expected to be lived in good health, and the complementary measure o…
Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories
BACKGROUND: Efforts to establish the 2015 baseline and monitor early implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight both great potential for and threats to improving health by 2030. To fully deliver on the SDG aim of "leaving no one behind", it is increasingly important to examine the health-related SDGs beyond national-level estimates. As part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017 (GBD 2…
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