C Kendall
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 2101 |
|---|---|
| NOME | C Kendall |
| PRENOMES | C |
| SOBRENOME | Kendall |
| ASSINATURA | KENDALL C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Tulane University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0794-4333 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 86 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 256 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 86 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1978 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Increase in syphilis among men who have sex with men in Brazil
This article aims to report the prevalence of syphilis and its associated factors among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Brazil. Respondent-driven sampling was conducted in 12 cities in Brazil between June and December 2016. The target sample size was 350 MSM in each city. Five to six seeds were selected to initiate recruitment and coupons and interviews were conducted online. MSM were considered syphilis-positive if the RST+ and Venereal Disea…
Network meta-analytical evaluations of the performance of HIV combination prevention strategies for transsexual populations
Combination HIV prevention approaches, integrating behavioral, biomedical, and social components, have shown promise but remain under-evaluated in trans-specific contexts. This work aimed to compare the effectiveness of different HIV prevention strategies among transgender populations through a network meta-analysis. A systematic search was conducted through PRISMA-NMA 2020 across PubMed, SciELO, LILACS, and Science Direct (2000-2025) using descr…
Prevalência e fatores associados a sífilis entre adolescentes homens que fazem sexo com homens em duas capitais brasileiras
Objetivou-se estimar a prevalência e identificar fatores associados à sífilis entre adolescentes homens que fazem sexo com homens (AHSH). Estudo transversal, multicêntrico que recrutou 199 AHSH entre 15 e 19 anos por meio do método respondent-driven sampling (RDS) entre dezembro de 2020 e agosto de 2022, com aplicação de questionário e utilização de testes rápidos em Fortaleza e São Paulo. As estimativas foram calculadas por meio do software STAT…
Kinetics of IgG-specific antibodies against chikungunya virus in a female cohort study in Brazil, 2018-2019
The kinetics of IgG-specific antibody responses against chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is poorly understood. A total of 559 paired serum samples were collected at baseline and at first follow-up in a cohort of women aged 15-39 years from endemic areas of Fortaleza, Ceará State, following the major 2017 outbreak from February 2018 to August 2019. To estimate longitudinal seroprevalence, combining antibody markers (anti-CHIKV IgM and IgG) were screened …
Quality Assessment Indicators for Well-Child Care in Primary Health Care
Background/Objectives: Well-child care plays a critical role in promoting child health and monitoring growth and development within Primary Health Care (PHC), in line with international frameworks such as the WHO Global Strategy and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the absence of standardized quality indicators limits comparability across studies and hinders continuous improvement worldwide. This study aimed to map and analyz…
Covid-19 among health care workers in Brazil
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and disparities of COVID-19 among health care workers in Brazil. METHODS: A survey was conducted among health care workers in five Brazilian cities. Disparities in the prevalence of COVID-19 were analyzed by professional category and region (North/Northeast versus South/Southeast). RESULTS: The sample was composed of 2,499 health care workers: 601 (24.1%) nursing technicians, 1,095 (43.8%) registered nurses,…
Prevalence and Characteristics of Children and Adolescents Engaged in Commercial Sex in the Recife Metropolitan Area, Pernambuco, Brazil
Perceived Risk of HIV Infection and Acceptability of PrEP among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Brazil
HIV testing inside Brazilian female prisons
This study aimed to identify the prevalence of women in prisons who have already had an HIV test inside prison and the factors associated with this test. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 1327 women in 15 prisons in 9 states in Brazil. Almost 60% (95% CI: 57.8-63.7) of women have already been tested for HIV in prison. The factors associated with this HIV test were age ≥41 years (OR = 1.9; 95% CI = 1.2-2.9), highest level of education (…
Hipertensão em mulheres presas no Brasil
Objetivou-se estimar a prevalência de hipertensão arterial (HA) e os fatores de risco associados em mulheres presas. Utilizou-se dados do Inquérito Nacional de Saúde na População Penitenciária Feminina e em Servidoras Prisionais, investigando-se características sociodemográficas, fatores das prisões, comportamentos e condições de saúde. As informações foram coletadas por meio de questionário autoaplicado, sendo a magnitude da associação estimada …
Prevalence, Characteristics, and Factors Associated With Sexual Violence in Adulthood Among Brazilian MSM
Most studies of sexual violence are with women, and although men who have sex with men (MSM) is the group of the men that has been most investigated for sexual violence, there are still several questions to be answered about sexual violence and sexual revictimization among MSM. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of sexual violence in different stages of life and identify factors associated with sexual violence in adulthood among Brazilia…
Health of female prisoners in Brazil
The majority of the women in prisons comes from the poorest strata of society with limited access to education, income and health services. This contributes to the fact that female prisoners have a higher burden of adverse health events than both male prisoners and women in general population We objectived to estimate the prevalence of different morbidities and risk factors among female prisoners in Brazil. A total of 1,327 women were recruited i…
Leprosy among female prisoners in Brazil
To estimate the prevalence of leprosy among Brazilian female prisoners and identify factors associated with the disease. Cross-sectional study conducted between 2014 and 2015 in 15 Brazilian female prisons. The data of 1,327 women were collected using Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing and dermatological and neurological examination to identify suspicious lesions of leprosy. The average age was 33.4 years. Suspicion of leprosy was identifi…
Spatial distribution pattern of new leprosy cases under 15 years of age and their contacts in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil
This study’s objective was to analyze the spatial distribution pattern of new leprosy cases under 15 years and their contacts. A cross-sectional descriptive study covering sociodemographic characteristics and spatial analysis was carried out. The participants were from the city of Sobral, Ceará and the study was conducted between August 2014 and September 2015. Contacts were identified by the persons responsible for the children. Seropositivity w…
Hypertension among women experiencing incarceration
To compare the prevalence and characteristics of hypertension in women experiencing incarceration (WEI) to the general population in Brazil: (1) a prison survey conducted from January 2014 to December 2015 in 15 states, with 1,327 WEI; and (2) a household survey in the 26 states and the Federal District of Brazil administered to women in the general population (WGP). Data analysis used SPSS® version 20.0. The point estimates and the prevalence ra…
Perception of discrimination due to sexual orientation and associated factors among men who have sex with men in 12 Brazilian cities
Discrimination due to sexual orientation (DDSO) has an important association with health outcomes among men who have sex with men (MSM). This study aimed to analyze factors associated with DDSO among MSM in 12 Brazilian cities. This is a cross-sectional study with 4,176 MSM participants recruited in 2016 which used a respondent-driven sampling method in 12 Brazilian cities. DDSO levels were previously identified by a latent class analysis based o…
Covid-19 no nordeste do Brasil
Mesmo no período em que a pandemia de Covid-19 encontrava-se em crescimento no Nordeste do Brasil, iniciou-se a adoção de medidas de flexibilização do distanciamento social. O objetivo do estudo é o de avaliar a pertinência das propostas de flexibilização, tomando-se em conta a situação da pandemia em cada local e o momento em que foram adotadas. Tendo como referência as diretrizes da OMS, foram construídos e analisados indicadores operacionais p…
Covid-19 no Nordeste do Brasil
OBJETIVO Analisar a epidemia da covid-19 na região Nordeste do Brasil, uma das mais atingidas por essa virose. MÉTODOS Os dados oficiais para covid-19 dos estados do Nordeste são referentes ao período de março de 2020 a março de 2021. A análise para capitais e estados da série do acumulado semanal de casos e de óbitos confirmados foi feita com emprego do aplicativo JoinPoint Trend Analysis. RESULTADOS Em um ano, o Nordeste acumulou 22,9% dos caso…
Daily activity spaces and drug use among female sex workers living with HIV in the Dominican Republic
Envolvimento em organizações não governamentais e a participação em ações de prevenção ao HIV/aids por homens que fazem sexo com homens no Brasil
A epidemia do HIV no Brasil é concentrada em populações-chave. Organizações não governamentais (ONGs) que atuam em defesa dos direitos da população LGBT e de pessoas vivendo com HIV/aids podem contribuir para o desenvolvimento de políticas de prevenção. O objetivo deste estudo é avaliar o envolvimento em ONGs e analisar sua associação com a participação individual em ações de educação em saúde, testagem e prevenção às infecções sexualmente transm…
Mortality from Aids and tuberculosis-HIV coinfection in the Chilean Aids Cohort of 2000-2017
This article aims to assess the sociodemographic and epidemiological factors associated with AIDS and tuberculosis-HIV coinfection mortality in the Chilean adult population between 2000 and 2017. This is a retrospective observational study, evaluating the incidence density of TB-HIV coinfection mortality in the population over 14 years of age. We used data from the Chilean AIDS Cohort database, 17,512 people enrolled in highly active antiretrovir…
Behind bars
BACKGROUND: Brazil has the third largest prison population in the world. In 2016, the female prison population totaled 42,000, an increase of 656% over the population recorded in the early 2000s. The objective of this study was to describe the socialeconomic and reproductive health of women in Brazilian prisons, and the specific assistance received within the prison system. METHODS: This is a first of its kind national survey conducted in 15 fema…
Covid-19 no Nordeste brasileiro
No Brasil, a pandemia da COVID-19 tem sido severa nos estados das regiões mais pobres, como o Nordeste. A falta de políticas nacionais para controle da pandemia levou as autoridades estaduais e municipais a implementarem medidas de saúde pública. O objetivo deste estudo é mostrar o efeito dessas medidas na epidemia. A maior incidência da COVID-19 entre os nove estados do Nordeste foi registrada em Sergipe, Paraíba e Ceará. O Piauí, a Paraíba e Ce…
Physical violence inside female prisons in Brazil
The present study aims to identify the prevalence of physical violence against female prisoners in Brazil, as well as related factors. This is a cross-sectional national survey conducted in 15 female prisons in five regions of Brazil selected in multiple stages. The following types of analysis were performed: univariate analysis; stratified analysis relating the outcome (suffer physical violence inside prison) to predictor variables, using the Pe…
Todo se trata de a quién conoces”
Understanding pregnancy in a population of inner-city women in New Orleans-results of qualitative research
Ethnomedicine and oral rehydration therapy
The household production of health
Heritage of Conquest
Urbanization, Dengue, and the Health Transition
A host of resurgent diseases, many in newly created urban environments, challenges the assumptions underlying anthropological contributions to international public health programs. Past programs validated local knowledge about acute and well-known disease conditions and encouraged self-help and participatory approaches to respond to these problems. This article discusses the changing picture of health conditions in urban settings by examining loc…
Beyond Child Survival
Effectiveness of community participation in vector-borne disease control
Vector-borne diseases continue to represent a major public health threat in Latin America. Although vertical programmes that relied on large teams of workers were successful in stopping or significantly reducing transmission of malaria, yellow fever and Chagas' disease in many countries earlier in this century, they have recently been less effective due to a variety of reasons, including the high cost of labour and insecticides. Although particip…
Measuring Factors Underlying Intendedness Of Women's First and Later Pregnancies
Future surveys on pregnancy intendedness could reduce the number of questions used to capture pregnancy desirability. This should help standardize surveillance systems and permit better assessment of trends in pregnancy desirability over time
Social network influences on reproductive health behaviors in urban northern Thailand
Recognizing childhood illnesses and their traditional explanations
Objectives Interventions that promote appropriate care-seeking for severely ill children have the potential to substantially reduce child mortality in developing countries, but little is known about the best approach to address the issue. This paper explores the relative importance of illness recognition as a barrier to care-seeking and the feasibility and potential impact of improving recognition. Methods The study combined qualitative and quant…
Influenza, Anthropology, and Global Uncertainties
An Exploration of the Dimensions of Pregnancy Intentions Among Women Choosing to Terminate Pregnancy or to Initiate Prenatal Care in New Orleans, Louisiana
Objectives. We examined pregnancy decisionmaking among women seeking abortion or prenatal care. Methods. Conventional measures of pregnancy intentions were compared with newer measures in 1017 women seeking abortion. A reduced sample of abortion patients (142 African American women from New Orleans) was compared with 464 similar women entering prenatal care. Results. Virtually all abortion patients reported the pregnancy as unintended; two thirds…
Implementation of condom social marketing in Louisiana, 1993 to 1996
OBJECTIVES: This article describes the implementation and impact of the first statewide condom social marketing intervention in the United States. METHODS: A statewide social marketing program made condoms freely available in 93 public health clinics, 39 community mental health centers, 29 substance abuse treatment sites, and more than 1000 businesses in neighborhoods with high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV. Surveys about …
The implementation of a diarrheal disease control program in Honduras
Fluids and powders
This study involved collecting qualitative and quantitative data to investigate infant feeding practices in an urban low-income population of Central America, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Ethnographic information, the subject of the article, was collected over a 9-month period in 1981-1982 in a longitudinal study of 75 families with infants. A subsequent census of more than 5000 households strengthened the results of the ethnographic study. Taxonomy of…
Transfer of sampling methods for studies on most-at-risk populations (Marps) in Brazil
The objective of this paper was to describe the process of transferring two methods for sampling most-at-risk populations: respondent-driven sampling (RDS) and time-space sampling (TSS). The article describes steps in the process, the methods used in the 10 pilot studies, and lessons learned. The process was conducted in six steps, from a state-of-the-art seminar to a workshop on writing articles with the results of the pilot studies. The princip…
Prevention of HIV infection among migrant population groups in Northeast Brazil
HIV infection is spreading among the poor, women, and migrant communities in the interior of Northeast Brazil. The research focused on different configurations, beliefs, representations, and forms of social organization of behavior thought to be associated with the population's capacity to efficiently follow AIDS prevention measures. Participants located in neighborhoods known for having large migrant populations were identified by Family Health …
Indigenous Theories of Contagious Disease
Indigenous Theories of Contagious Disease. Edward C. Green. Walnut Creek, CA: Sage, 1999.31 lpp
Risky sexual practices among men who have sex with men in Northeast Brazil
This paper focuses on recent trends in risky sexual practices for HIV/AIDS among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil. Four cross-sectional surveys were conducted (1995, 1998, 2002, and 2005) among MSM 14 years or older who reported oral or anal sex in the previous 12 months. Sexual practices were considered risky whenever the respondent reported unprotected receptive or insertive anal intercourse in the six months pr…
Infections and Inequalities
Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues. Paul Farmer. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. xiv. 375 pp
The Yoruba farm market as a communication channel in guinea worm disease surveillance
Envolvimento em organizações não governamentais e a participação em ações de prevenção ao HIV/aids por homens que fazem sexo com homens no Brasil
A epidemia do HIV no Brasil é concentrada em populações-chave. Organizações não governamentais (ONGs) que atuam em defesa dos direitos da população LGBT e de pessoas vivendo com HIV/aids podem contribuir para o desenvolvimento de políticas de prevenção. O objetivo deste estudo é avaliar o envolvimento em ONGs e analisar sua associação com a participação individual em ações de educação em saúde, testagem e prevenção às infecções sexualmente transm…
Incentives and barriers to HIV testing in men who have sex with men in a metropolitan area in Brazil
This study aimed to identify incentives and barriers to HIV testing in men who have sex with men (MSM). This was a cross-sectional study of MSM who had lived at least three months in greater metropolitan Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil, 2010. The study recruited 391 men ≥ 18 years of age who reported sexual relations with men in the previous six months, using Respondent Driven Sampling. Personal network and socio-demographic data were collected an…
Loose Structure of Family in Honduras
This paper places the rural Ladino family in; Honduras in ethnographic perspective. It discusses Gudeman's analysis of rural Panamenian life (1969) and applies the arguments presented there to materials collected in rural Honduras. Although Gudeman rejects the preeminent role of kinship in his study this paper demonstrates that kinship, defined as a system of consanguineal ties, is the major morphological component of rural domestic organization.…
Female-Headed Households and Domestic Organization in San Isidro, Guatemala
Rich Man's Medicine Poor Man's Medicine . 1979. Produced by Gordian Troeller and Marie Claude Deffarge
Anthropology, Communications, and Health
Ethnomedicine and oral rehydration therapy
Heritage of Conquest
Fluids and powders
This study involved collecting qualitative and quantitative data to investigate infant feeding practices in an urban low-income population of Central America, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Ethnographic information, the subject of the article, was collected over a 9-month period in 1981-1982 in a longitudinal study of 75 families with infants. A subsequent census of more than 5000 households strengthened the results of the ethnographic study. Taxonomy of…
The implementation of a diarrheal disease control program in Honduras
Exploratory Ethnoentomology
Urbanization, Dengue, and the Health Transition
A host of resurgent diseases, many in newly created urban environments, challenges the assumptions underlying anthropological contributions to international public health programs. Past programs validated local knowledge about acute and well-known disease conditions and encouraged self-help and participatory approaches to respond to these problems. This article discusses the changing picture of health conditions in urban settings by examining loc…
Beyond Child Survival
Effectiveness of community participation in vector-borne disease control
Vector-borne diseases continue to represent a major public health threat in Latin America. Although vertical programmes that relied on large teams of workers were successful in stopping or significantly reducing transmission of malaria, yellow fever and Chagas' disease in many countries earlier in this century, they have recently been less effective due to a variety of reasons, including the high cost of labour and insecticides. Although particip…
The Eradication of Smallpox
The household production of health
The Yoruba farm market as a communication channel in guinea worm disease surveillance
The Role of Formal Qualitative Research in Negotiating Community Acceptance
Anthropology is unique among the social sciences for its simultaneous concern for the epistemology and ontology of knowledge and for empirical research. Understanding local knowledge and the way it interacts with health interventions has become the realm of medical anthropologists. Components of this process include dialogue commitment action and expertise. The Integrated Aedes Aegypti Control Project in El Progreso Honduras used formal ethnograp…
Feces, flies, and fetor
Sanitary disposal of feces is vital to combat childhood diarrhea, and its promotion is key to improving health in developing countries. Knowledge of prevailing feces disposal practices is a prerequisite to formulation of effective intervention strategies. Two studies were conducted in a shantytown area of Lima, Peru. First, information was gathered through in-depth interviews with mothers and structured observations (4 hours) of young children an…
Implementation of condom social marketing in Louisiana, 1993 to 1996
OBJECTIVES: This article describes the implementation and impact of the first statewide condom social marketing intervention in the United States. METHODS: A statewide social marketing program made condoms freely available in 93 public health clinics, 39 community mental health centers, 29 substance abuse treatment sites, and more than 1000 businesses in neighborhoods with high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV. Surveys about …
Social network influences on reproductive health behaviors in urban northern Thailand
The Globalization of Health and Disease
Indigenous Theories of Contagious Disease
Indigenous Theories of Contagious Disease. Edward C. Green. Walnut Creek, CA: Sage, 1999.31 lpp
Infections and Inequalities
Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues. Paul Farmer. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. xiv. 375 pp
Recognizing childhood illnesses and their traditional explanations
Objectives Interventions that promote appropriate care-seeking for severely ill children have the potential to substantially reduce child mortality in developing countries, but little is known about the best approach to address the issue. This paper explores the relative importance of illness recognition as a barrier to care-seeking and the feasibility and potential impact of improving recognition. Methods The study combined qualitative and quant…
Measuring Factors Underlying Intendedness Of Women's First and Later Pregnancies
Future surveys on pregnancy intendedness could reduce the number of questions used to capture pregnancy desirability. This should help standardize surveillance systems and permit better assessment of trends in pregnancy desirability over time
Measuring Factors Underlying Intendedness Of Women's First and Later Pregnancies
CONTEXT: Unintended pregnancy is associated with poor health outcomes for mothers and infants, and is indicative of gaps in family planning services. Conventional measures of pregnancy intendedness do not reflect the multiple factors affecting a woman's pregnancy-related intentions and attitudes METHODS: Data collected between March 2002 and February 2003 from 701 women in a public family planning clinic and 671 women in a public prenatal clinic …
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