Luwam T. Gebrekristos

Examining the academic physician workforce in the United States: work patterns, demographic characteristics, and COVID-19 effects

Luwam T. Gebrekristos, Xiaochu Hu, Michael Dill

PURPOSE: Academic physicians play an essential role in training the next generation of physicians and delivering care. However, few empirical studies compare academic and nonacademic physicians. This exploratory study examined differences in demographic and training characteristics, work patterns, and COVID-19 work effects. …

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Sexual Relationship Typologies, Multilevel Determinants, and HIV Among Adolescent Mothers in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Multilevel Latent Class Analysis

Luwam T. Gebrekristos, Allison K. Groves, Marie C.D. Stoner, Alex Ezeh et autres

In Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), there is heterogeneity within adolescent mothers' (AMs') sexual relationships. However, existing studies focus on single relationship characteristics, even though these characteristics do not operate in isolation. Moreover, no studies have examined multilevel predictors of AMs' relationships. …

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Understanding HIV among adolescent mothers in East and Southern Africa

Luwam T. Gebrekristos, Félice Lê‐Scherban

HIV transmission in East and Southern Africa (ESA) occurs predominantly among young people (aged 15-24 years). Among adolescents (15-19 years), girls account for 90% of all new HIV infections and adolescent mothers are at higher HIV risk than non-parenting adolescent girls. However, …

A call to action: the second Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing

Sarah Baird, Shakira Choonara, Peter Azzopardi, Prerna Banati et autres

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Examining the associations between social support and postpartum depression symptoms among adolescent mothers in Nairobi, Kenya

Luwam T. Gebrekristos, Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Allison K. Groves, Caroline W. Kabiru

Globally, adolescent mothers are at increased risk for postpartum depression (PPD). In Kenya, 15% of adolescent girls become mothers before the age of 18. While social support can buffer a mother’s risk of PPD, there are gaps in knowledge as to whether—and …

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The inner workings of the Intersectional Discrimination Index: (re)assessing the internal validity of the anticipated, day-to-day, and major discrimination measures.

João Luiz Bastos, Luwam T. Gebrekristos, Sannisha K. Dale, Ana María del Río‐González et autres

Assessing the durability of a cash transfer on physical intimate partner violence and sexual relationships among adolescent girls and young women in rural South Africa

F. Xavier Gómez‐Olivé, Kathleen Kahn, Audrey Pettifor, Allison K. Groves et autres

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Assessing the durability of a cash transfer on physical intimate partner violence and sexual relationships among adolescent girls and young women in rural South Africa

Allison K. Groves, Luwam T. Gebrekristos, Marie C. D. Stoner, F. Xavier Gómez‐Olivé et autres

INTRODUCTION: Cash transfers can reduce adolescent girls and young women's (AGYW) risk of intimate partner violence (IPV). In our own cash transfer intervention (HPTN 068), AGYW who received a cash transfer were less likely to experience IPV than non-recipients, in part because …

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Adolescents’ experience of mistreatment and abuse during childbirth: a cross-sectional community survey in a low-income informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Luwam T. Gebrekristos, Emmanuel Otukpa, Caroline W. Kabiru

BACKGROUND: Adolescent girls in Africa have poorer maternal health outcomes than older women partly because they are less likely to access antenatal and facility-based delivery care. Mistreatment and abuse of adolescents during facility-based childbirth can further negatively impact their use of maternal …

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Intimate partner violence victimization during pregnancy increases risk of postpartum depression among urban adolescent mothers in South Africa

Luwam T. Gebrekristos, Allison K. Groves, H. Luz McNaughton Reyes, Dhayendre Moodley et autres

BACKGROUND: It is estimated that 38.8% of mothers develop postpartum depression (PPD) in South Africa. While empirical evidence documents an association between intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization in pregnancy and PPD among adult women, the association has been underexamined among adolescent mothers …

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence for community-based HIV testing on men’s engagement in the HIV care cascade

Allison K. Groves, Petra Stankard, Sarah L. Bowler, Muhammad S. Jamil et autres

Objective Men with HIV are less likely than women to know their status, be on antiretroviral therapy, and be virally suppressed. This review examined men’s community-based HIV testing services (CB-HTS) outcomes. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods We searched seven databases and …

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Partisan differences in the effects of economic evidence and local data on legislator engagement with dissemination materials about behavioral health: a dissemination trial

Jonathan Purtle, Katherine Nelson, Luwam T. Gebrekristos, Félice Lê‐Scherban et autres

BACKGROUND: State legislators make policy decisions that influence children's exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as child maltreatment, and their effects on behavioral health. Effective dissemination of scientific research can increase the likelihood that legislators' decisions are aligned with evidence to …

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