Marta Mulawa

Journal article AIDS and behavior · September 2018 Featured Publication The effectiveness of peer leaders in promoting health may depend on the position they occupy within their social networks. Using sociocentric (whole network) and behavioral data from the intervention arm of a cluster-randomized HIV prevention trial in Dar ... Full text Cite

eHealth to Enhance Treatment Adherence Among Youth Living with HIV.

Journal article Current HIV/AIDS reports · August 2018 Featured Publication Purpose of reviewMultiple reviews have examined eHealth/mHealth interventions to address treatment adherence, including those focusing on youth living with HIV (YLWH). This review synthesizes results of prior reviews and recent studies (last 5 yea ... Full text Cite

Associations Between Peer Network Gender Norms and the Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence Among Urban Tanzanian Men: a Multilevel Analysis.

Journal article Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · May 2018 Featured Publication Male perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in sub-Saharan Africa is widespread. Theory and empirical evidence suggest peer networks may play an important role in shaping IPV perpetration, though research on this topic in the region ... Full text Cite

Improving AIDS Care After Trauma (ImpACT): Pilot Outcomes of a Coping intervention Among HIV-Infected Women with Sexual Trauma in South Africa.

Journal article AIDS Behav · March 2018 Featured Publication UNLABELLED: Improving AIDS Care after Trauma (ImpACT), a coping intervention for HIV-infected women with sexual abuse histories, was evaluated for feasibility and potential efficacy in a public clinic in Cape Town, South Africa. Sixty-four participants wer ... Full text Link to item Cite

Social Network Influence on HIV Testing Among Urban Men in Tanzania.

Journal article AIDS and behavior · April 2017 Featured Publication Men in sub-Saharan Africa have low HIV testing rates. Social networks exert an important influence on men's HIV-related behavior. We examined associations between network factors and HIV testing among men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Data are from the basel ... Full text Cite

Comparing Perceptions with Actual Reports of Close Friend's HIV Testing Behavior Among Urban Tanzanian Men.

Journal article AIDS and behavior · September 2016 Featured Publication Men have lower rates of HIV testing and higher rates of AIDS-related mortality compared to women in sub-Saharan Africa. To assess whether there is an opportunity to increase men's uptake of testing by correcting misperceptions about testing norms, we compa ... Full text Cite

Evidence of social network influence on multiple HIV risk behaviors and normative beliefs among young Tanzanian men.

Journal article Social science & medicine (1982) · March 2016 Featured Publication Research on network-level influences on HIV risk behaviors among young men in sub-Saharan Africa is severely lacking. One significant gap in the literature that may provide direction for future research with this population is understanding the degree to w ... Full text Cite