Rashmi Josephine Rodrigues

Dados Biográficos

ID9064283
NOMERashmi Josephine Rodrigues
PRENOMESRashmi Josephine
SOBRENOMERodrigues
ASSINATURARODRIGUES R J
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS10
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR0
TOTAL COMO EDITOR10
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2023
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Advertising ultra-processed foods around urban and rural schools in Kenya

    Open AccessCaroline H Karugu, Gershim Asiki et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Marketing of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) can influence children’s food preferences and consumption patterns. However, limited data exist on the extent and nature of UPF marketing around schools in low- and middle-income countries, including Kenya. This study assessed the extent, type, and content of food and beverage advertising near schools in urban and rural settings in Kenya. We conducted a cross-sectional study in June–July 2021 across three…

  • Moving towards a person-centred HIV care cascade

    Open AccessDavid Etoori, Alison Wringe et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    In 2022, in recognition of lags in data infrastructure, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended the use of routinely linked individual patient data to monitor HIV programmes. The WHO also recommended a move to person-centred care to better reflect the experiences of people living with HIV. The switch from aggregated service level data to person-centred data will likely introduce some biases and errors. However, little is understood about …

  • Improving HIV testing and retention among adolescents and youths

    Open AccessRachel Chamanga, Tessa Musukwa et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Adolescents and youth living with HIV (AYLHIV) often face significant challenges in HIV care. Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Malawi implemented the Red-Carpet Program (RCP) to provide fast-tracked services for AYLHIV in care.This study aimed to assess the effect of RCP on Provider-Initiated HIV testing, linkage to care and antiretroviral therapy (ART), and retention in care among AYLHIV in Blantyre, Malawi. This quasi-experimental …

  • Identifying adolescents at risk for suboptimal adherence to tuberculosis treatment

    Open AccessSilvia S Chiang, Joshua Ray Tanzer et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Adolescents account for an estimated 800,000 incident tuberculosis (TB) cases annually and are at risk for suboptimal adherence to TB treatment. Most studies of adolescent TB treatment adherence have used surveillance data with limited psychosocial information. This prospective cohort study aimed to identify risk factors for suboptimal adherence to rifampicin-susceptible TB treatment among adolescents (10–19 years old) in Lima, Peru. We collected…

  • The role and value of counsellors in the treatment journeys of people with tuberculosis and their families

    Open AccessPaula Jops, John Cowan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Combined education and counselling can contribute to person-centred care for tuberculosis (TB), improving uptake, adherence, and outcomes of treatment for TB disease and TB infection. Though strongly recommended by the World Health Organization for all people diagnosed with TB, education and counselling is not widely implemented in TB programs around the world. In 2016, a pilot TB education and counselling program, delivered by trained profession…

  • Developing a logic model for communication-based interventions on antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

    Open AccessJennika Virhia, Elena Laurie et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The importance of communication in enhancing people’s awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is consistently recognised in global and national action plans (NAPs). Despite this, there have been relatively few national AMR communication campaigns which use a structured approach to take account of the local context, encompass co-design with the target audience and use a logic model to help inform its design, implementation an…

  • Piloting Siyakhana

    Open AccessKristen S Regenauer, Alexandra L Rose et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    South Africa has one of the highest rates of HIV/tuberculosis (TB) co-infection, and poor engagement in HIV/TB care contributes to morbidity and mortality. In South Africa, community health workers (CHWs) are tasked with re-engaging patients who have dropped out of HIV/TB care. CHWs have described substantial challenges with substance use (SU) and depression among their patients, while patients have described CHW stigma towards SU and depression …

  • New admissions and asymptomatic TB cases seem to fuel TB epidemic in prisons, a cross sectional survey in Tanzania

    Open AccessChacha David Mangu, Petra Clowes et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    There is an increased risk for tuberculosis (TB) infection and disease progression in prison settings. TB prevalence in prisons in low- and middle-income countries have been measured to be up to 50 -times higher than in the general population. The aim of the study was to perform active TB screening and estimate the burden of TB in central prisons in Tanzania mainland. We performed TB active case finding in five central prisons, Keko, Segerea, Uko…

  • Navigating antiretroviral adherence in boarding secondary schools in Nairobi, Kenya

    Open AccessNicholas Kipkurui, Emmah Owidi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    In Kenya, adolescents spend much of their formative years in boarding secondary schools, which presents a challenging environment for antiretroviral (ART) adherence support among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV). We examined the experiences of ALHIV, caregivers of adolescents, and school nurses regarding navigating ART adherence in boarding secondary schools. Between July and November 2022, we conducted focus group discussions (FGDs) among ALH…

  • Secondary distribution of HIV self-test kits from males to their female sexual partners in two fishing communities in rural Uganda

    Open AccessJoseph K B Matovu, Linda Kemigisha et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Secondary distribution of HIV self-test kits from females to their male partners has increased HIV testing rates in men but little evidence exists on the potential for HIV self-test kits distribution from males to their female partners. We assessed the acceptability of secondary HIV self-test kits distribution from males to their female sexual partners in a fishing community context. This secondary analysis used data from the PE er-led HIV S elf-…