Irving Hoffman

Dados Biográficos

ID	329929
NOME	Irving Hoffman
PRENOMES	Irving
SOBRENOME	Hoffman
ASSINATURA	HOFFMAN I
AFILIAÇÕES	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ORCID	0000-0003-0059-5991
VERIFICADO	Sim
TOTAL DE OBRAS	40
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES	2
TOTAL COMO AUTOR	40
TOTAL COMO EDITOR	0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO	2003
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO	2025
ÍNDICE H	1

Preferences for eHealth interventions to improve sexual health and prevent HIV for Vietnamese young men who have sex with men
Open AccessM X Nguyen, Ingrid Mast et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2025
There is a lack of effective electronic health (eHealth) interventions focusing on sexual health among adolescent and young men who have sex with men (AYMSM), especially those in low-resource settings. We conducted a qualitative study with AYMSM in Vietnam and explored their perceptions and preferences on eHealth interventions to improve their sexual health and prevent HIV. From December 2022 to March 2023, we invited AYMSM in Hanoi and Ho Chi Mi…
Testing a systematically braided alcohol reduction and HIV status neutral intervention among people receiving STI care in Malawi
Open AccessKathryn E Lancaster, Agatha Bula et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025
Background Heavy alcohol use is common in Malawi among people receiving sexually transmitted infections (STI) care and is a critical barrier to the success of HIV prevention and treatment efforts. Methods This protocol presents a pilot hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial evaluating the short-term effectiveness and implementation of a scalable evidence-based intervention (EBI) to reduce alcohol use and provide HIV prevention and treat…
Geospatial and phylogenetic clustering of acute and recent HIV infections in Lilongwe, Malawi
Open AccessGordon J Bell, Kimberly A Powers et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025
HIV transmission during early HIV infection impedes efforts to end HIV as a public health threat, as diagnosis typically occurs after this period of elevated transmission risk. To guide diagnosis and prevention strategies, we evaluated the geospatial and phylogenetic clustering of acute and recent HIV infection in Lilongwe, Malawi. We identified people with acute (pre-seroconversion) HIV infection (AHI) and a random sample of people with post-acu…
Poor Oral HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Persistence in an Integrated PrEP/STI Program in Malawi
Open AccessGrace E Mulholland, Mitch Matoga et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025
The integration of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) into STI services can improve PrEP uptake among a population at elevated risk of acquiring HIV. The effectiveness of PrEP relies on ongoing coverage during periods of HIV risk, however, and little is known about longitudinal PrEP use among people accessing PrEP through STI clinics in sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, we analyzed routine records data from people who newly initiated PrEP at an…
Evaluating the impact of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis on pregnancy, infant, and maternal health outcomes in Malawi
Open AccessFriday Saidi, Sanya Shah et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024
NCT06158126. The study was prospectively registered (5 December 2023) in ClinicalTrials.gov
Low HIV Testing and PrEP Uptake of Adolescent and Young Men who have Sex with Men in Vietnam
Open AccessM X Nguyen, Sarah E Rutstein et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2024
Depression, Alcohol Use, and Sexual Behaviors by HIV Infection Stage and Diagnosis Timing Among STI Clinic Patients in Lilongwe, Malawi
Open AccessNivedita L Bhushan, Jane S Chen et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2023
Facility-based care for moderately low birthweight infants in India, Malawi, and Tanzania
Open AccessKatherine E A Semrau, Rana R Mokhtar et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023
Globally, increasing rates of facility-based childbirth enable early intervention for small vulnerable newborns. We describe health system-level inputs, current feeding, and discharge practices for moderately low birthweight (MLBW) infants (1500- 10% less than their birthweight; 18.8% of infants were discharged with weights below facility-specific policy [1800g in India, 1500g in Malawi, and 2000g in Tanzania]. Based on descriptive analysis, we f…
Safe infant feeding in healthcare facilities
Open AccessBrooke A Caruso, Uriel Paniagua et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023
Infants need to receive care in environments that limit their exposure to pathogens. Inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) environments and suboptimal infection prevention and control practices in healthcare settings contribute to the burden of healthcare-associated infections, which are particularly high in low-income settings. Specific research is needed to understand infant feeding preparation in healthcare settings, a task involvin…
Changes in moderately low birthweight infant feeding, care, and health outcomes before compared to during the Covid-19 pandemic in Malawi
Open AccessFriday Saidi, Rana R Mokhtar et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2023
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the measures taken to minimise its spread have significantly impacted mother- and infant-related healthcare. We describe the changes in newborn feeding, lactation support, and growth outcomes before compared to during the COVID-19 pandemic among moderately low birthweight infants (LBW) (1.5 to <2.5kg) in Malawi. Methods: The data presented here are part of the Low Birthweight Infant Feeding …
Elevated trauma exposure and mental health burden among men who have sex with men in Vietnam
Open AccessKathy Trang, Tanja Jovanović et al.ARTICLETranscultural Psychiatric…2022Citada por: 1Referências: 74
The purpose of this study was to characterize trauma exposure and mental health burden among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Hanoi, Vietnam. Participants comprise 100 HIV-positive and 98 high-risk, HIV-negative MSM, ranging from 18 to 29 years of age. Data were collected using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, Traumatic Events Inventory, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, and PTSD Symptom Scale. A subset of parti…
Effectiveness of a national mass distribution campaign of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying on clinical malaria in Malawi, 2018–2020
Open AccessHillary Mariko Topazian, Austin Gumbo et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021
INTRODUCTION: Malawi's malaria burden is primarily assessed via cross-sectional national household surveys. However, malaria is spatially and temporally heterogenous and no analyses have been performed at a subdistrict level throughout the course of a year. The WHO recommends mass distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets (LLINs) every 3 years, but a national longitudinal evaluation has never been conducted in Malawi to determine …
Female adherence self-efficacy before and after couple HIV testing and counseling within Malawi’s Option B+ program
Austin Wesevich, Mina C Hosseinipour et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2020
Adherence self-efficacy, belief in one’s ability to adhere to daily medication, is strongly associated with antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence and preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission. Couple-based interventions could enhance self-efficacy and adherence. We assessed the relationship between couple HIV testing and counseling (cHTC) and adherence self-efficacy using a 100-point culturally-adapted adherence self-efficacy scale (ASES). Sec…
Environmental modifiers of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine efficacy in Lilongwe, Malawi
Open AccessGordon J Bell, Matthew Shane Loop et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020
Efficacy of GSK Biologicals' Candidate Malaria Vaccine (257049) Against Malaria Disease Caused by P. falciparum Infection in Infants and Children in Africa. NCT00866619 prospectively registered 20 March 2009
Energy access in Malawian healthcare facilities
Open AccessFrances Reuland, Nikki Behnke et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2020Referências: 13
Many healthcare facilities (HCFs) in low-income countries experience unreliable connectivity to energy sources, which adversely impacts the quality of health service delivery and provision of adequate environmental health services. This assessment explores the status and consequences of energy access through interviews and surveys with administrators and healthcare workers from 44 HCFs (central hospitals, district hospitals, health centres and he…
The impact of HIV couple testing and counseling on social support among pregnant women and their partners in Lilongwe, Malawi
Nivedita L Bhushan, Carol E Golin et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2019
Couples HIV testing and counseling (couple counseling) promotes safer sexual behaviors, increases communication between couples, and decreases HIV transmission. However, the impact of couple counseling on social support, critical for persons living with HIV, has not been examined. Ninety couples with a recently tested HIV-positive pregnant woman (female-positive couples) and 47 couples with a recently tested HIV-negative pregnant woman (female-ne…
Use of Antiretroviral Drug Testing to Assess the Accuracy of Self-reported Data from HIV-Infected People Who Inject Drugs
Open AccessJessica M Fogel, Yinfeng Zhang et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2019
Client and Provider Perspectives on Antiretroviral Treatment Uptake and Adherence Among People Who Inject Drugs in Indonesia, Ukraine and Vietnam
Open AccessVivian F Go, R B Hershow et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018
Women’s Views About a Paternal Consent Requirement for Biomedical Research in Pregnancy
Open AccessKristen Sullivan, Maggie Little et al.ARTICLEJournal of Empirical Research on…2018Citada por: 1
Clinical research to inform the evidence base to guide nonobstetrical care during pregnancy is critically important for the well-being of women and their future offspring. Conversations about regulations for such research, including whether paternal consent should ever be required, should be informed by the perspectives of those most affected, namely, pregnant women. We conducted in-depth interviews with 140 pregnant women living with or at risk …
Role of male partner involvement in ART retention and adherence in Malawi’s Option B+ program
Isabel Jerez-Martínez, Austin Wesevich et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2017
Malawi's Option B+ program provides all HIV-infected pregnant women free lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART), but challenges remain regarding retention and ART adherence, potentially due to male partner barriers. We explored relationships between male partner involvement and Option B+ retention and adherence. In 2014, a randomized controlled trial in Malawi compared male recruitment strategies for couple HIV testing and counseling (cHTC) at an …
The association between substance use and sub-optimal HIV treatment engagement among HIV-infected female sex workers in Lilongwe, Malawi
Kathryn E Lancaster, Thandie Lungu et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2017
Female sex workers (FSW) have a high prevalence of substance use and HIV, but the impact of substance use on HIV treatment engagement is not well established. We evaluated the association between alcohol and marijuana use and sub-optimal HIV treatment engagement outcomes among HIV-infected FSW in Lilongwe, Malawi. We enroled FSW using venue-based recruitment into a cross-sectional evaluation assessing substance use and HIV treatment engagement. S…
HIV‐positive Malawian women with young children prefer overweight body sizes and link underweight body size with inability to exclusively breastfeed
Open AccessSamantha Croffut, Gloria Hamela et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2017
Before the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program was widely implemented in Malawi, HIV-positive women associated exclusive breastfeeding with accelerated disease progression and felt that an HIV-positive woman could more successfully breastfeed if she had a larger body size. The relationship between breastfeeding practices and body image perceptions has not been explored in the context of the Option B+ PMTCT program, which of…
We have heard it together”
Nora E Rosenberg, Rebecca Gross et al.ARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2017
Encouraging HIV-infected pregnant women to recruit male partners for couple HIV testing and counselling (CHTC) is promoted by the World Health Organization, but remains challenging. Formal strategies for recruiting the male partners of pregnant women have not been explored within an Option B+ programme. Our objective was to learn about experiences surrounding CHTC recruitment within a formal CHTC recruitment study. A randomised controlled trial c…
Prevalence and Correlates of Probable Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Female Sex Workers in Lilongwe, Malawi
Open AccessSarah A Maclean, Kathryn E Lancaster et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Mental…2017
Individual, Partner, and Couple Predictors of HIV Infection among Pregnant Women in Malawi
Open AccessNora E Rosenberg, Lauren A Graybill et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2017