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Publications

Sauti ya Vijana

Hosaka, KRJ, Mmbaga BT, Gallis, JA, Dow DE. Feasibility and acceptability of a peer youth led curriculum to improve HIV knowledge in Northern Tanzania: resilience and intervention experience from the perspective of peer leaders. BMC Public Health. 2021 21:1925. PMID:34688254. PMCID: PMC8542314.

Dow DE, O’Donnell KE, Mkumba L, Gallis JA, Turner EL, Boshe J, Shayo AM, Cunningham CK, Mmbaga BT. Sauti ya Vijana (SYV; The Voice of Youth): Longitudinal Outcomes of an Individually Randomized Group Treatment Pilot Trial for Young People Living with HIV in Tanzania. Aids and Behavior. 2022 Jan. PMID: 35067831

Hosaka KRJ, Mmbaga BT, Shayo AM, Gallis JA, Turner EL, O’Donnell KE, Cunningham CK, Boshe J, Dow DE. A Group-Based Mental Health Intervention for Tanzanian Youth Living with HIV: Secondary Analysis of a Pilot Trial. Medicine. Feb 18;101(7):e28693. PMID: 35363163

Boshe J, Brtek V, Beima-Sofie K, Braitstein P, Brooks M, Denison J, Donenberg G, Kemigisha E, Memiah P, Njuguna I, Poku Ohemaa, Roberts ST, Shayo A, Dow DE. Integrating Adolescent Mental Health into HIV Prevention and Treatment Programs: Can Implementation Science Pave the Path Forward? AIDS Behav. 2022 Nov 2. PMID: 36322219.

Hosaka KRJ, Mandewo D, Mmbaga BT, Ngowi H, Dow D, Stewart K. “I am not alone with tears”: embodying stigma and longing among youth living with perinatally acquired HIV in Tanzania through a collaborative arts-based approach. Medical Humanities Published Online First: 16 December 2022. doi: 10.1136/medhum-2022-012477.

Dow DE, Mmbaga BT, Gallis JA, Turner EL, Gandhi M, Cunningham CK, O’Donnell KE. A group-based mental health intervention for young people living with HIV in Tanzania: results of a pilot individually randomized group treatment trial. BMC Public Health. 2020 Sep 4;20(1):1358. PMID:  32887558

Dow DE, Mmbaga BT, Turner EL, Gallis JA, Tabb ZJ, Cunningham CK, O’Donnell KE. Building resilience: a mental health intervention for Tanzanian youth living with HIV. AIDS Care. 2018;30(sup4):12-20.  PMID:  30626197.  PMCID: PMC6422704

 

Formative Work

 

 

 

 

Dow DE, Shayo AM, Turner EL, Mmbaga B, Cunningham CK, O’Donnell K. Evaluating Mental Health Difficulties and Associated Outcomes Among HIV-Positive Adolescents in Tanzania.  AIDS Care.  2016 February 3:1-9.  PMID 26837437.  PMCID:  PMC490580

 

Ramaiya M, Sullivan K, Mmbaga B, Shayo A, Cunningham CK, O’Donnell K, Dow DE. A Qualitative Exploration of the Psychosocial Contexts of HIV-Positive Adolescents in Tanzania.  PLOS One.  2016 Nov 16; 11(11):e0165936.  PMID 27851797.  PMCID:  PMC5112865

 

Gichane MW, Sullivan KA, Shayo AM, Mmbaga BT, O’ Donnell K, Cunningham CK, Dow DE. Caregiver Role in HIV Medication Adherence Among HIV-Infected Orphans in Tanzania. AIDS Care.   2018 Jun; 30(6) 701-705.  PMID:  29058461.  PMCID:  PMC5895501

 

Ramos JV, Mmbaga BT, Turner EL, Rugulabamu LL, Luhanga S, Cunningham CK, Dow DE. Modality of Primary HIV Disclosure and Association with Mental Health, Stigma, and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in Tanzanian Youth Living with HIV.  AIDS Patient Care and STDs.   2018 Jan; 32(1): 31-37.  PMID:    PMCID:  PMC5756938.

 

Tabb ZJ, Mmbaga BT, Gandhi M, Louie A, Kuncze K, Okochi H, Shayo AM, Turner EL, Cunningham CK, Dow DE. Antiretroviral drug concentrations in hair are associated with virologic outcomes among young people living with HIV in Tanzania. 2018 Feb 12.  PMID:  29438196.  PMCID. PMC5945296

 

Masese, RV, Ramos, JV, Rugalabamu, L, Luhanga, S, Shayo, AM, Stewart, KA, Cunnigham CK, Dow DE.  Challenges and facilitators of transition from adolescent to adult HIV care among youth living with HIV in Moshi, Tanzania. J Int AIDS Soc. 2019 Oct; 22 (10):e25406.  PMID 31651089.  PMCID:  PMC6813636

 

Featured Abstracts

 

 

 

 

Dow DE, Mmbaga BT, Gallis JA, Turner EL, Gandhi M, Cunningham CK, O’Donnell K. Promising Results from a Pilot RCT Mental Health Intervention for HIV-Infected Youth.  Abstract number 2208.  Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.  Boston, MA, USA.  March 8-11, 2020.

 

Shayo A, Masese, RV, Ramos, JV, Rugalabamu, L, Luhanga, S, Stewart, KA, Cunnigham, CK, Dow DE. Challenges and facilitators of transition from adolescent to adult HIV care among youth living with HIV in Moshi, Tanzania. Sub-Saharan Africa Center for AIDS Research Meeting, Machakos Kenya.  Jan 31 – Feb  2, 2019

 

Tabb Z, Mmbaga B, Gandhi M, Louie A, Kuncze K, Shayo A, Turner E, Cunningham C, Dow D. Association of Self-Reported Adherence and Antiretroviral Drug Concentrations in Hair Among Youth with Virologic Failure in Tanzania. ID Week. San Diego, USA. October 4-8, 2017.

 

Ramos JV, Rugulabamu LL, Luhanga S, Mmbaga BT, Cunningham CK, Dow DE. Modality of Primary HIV Disclosure and Association with Mental Health, Stigma, and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in Tanzanian Youth Living with HIV.  Pediatric Academic Society, San Francisco, CA.  May 6-9, 2017.

 

Dow DE, Shayo A, Turner E, Mmbaga B, Cunningham CK, O’Donnell K. Mental Health and Associated Virologic Outcomes Among HIV-Infected Adolescents in Tanzania.  International AIDS Conference, Durban, South Africa, 18-22 July, 2016.