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Cheryl Johnson
Researcher at World Health Organization
Publications - 127
Citations - 3007
Cheryl Johnson is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 96 publications receiving 1918 citations. Previous affiliations of Cheryl Johnson include University of London.
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Attitudes and Acceptability on HIV Self-testing Among Key Populations: A Literature Review
TL;DR: Most studies identified were from high-income countries and among men who have sex with men (MSM) who found HIVST to be acceptable, and MSM were interested in HIVST because of its convenient and private nature, but had concerns about the lack of counseling, possible user error and accuracy.
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Examining the effects of HIV self-testing compared to standard HIV testing services: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Cheryl Johnson,Caitlin E. Kennedy,Virginia A. Fonner,Nandi Siegfried,Carmen Figueroa,Shona Dalal,Anita Sands,Rachel Baggaley +7 more
TL;DR: Johnson et al. as discussed by the authors found that HIV self-testing is associated with increased uptake and frequency of testing in RCTs, which will likely identify more HIV-positive individuals as compared to standard testing services alone.
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Reliability of HIV rapid diagnostic tests for self-testing compared with testing by health-care workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Carmen Figueroa,Cheryl Johnson,Cheryl Johnson,Nathan Ford,Anita Sands,Shona Dalal,Robyn Meurant,Irena Prat,Karin Hatzold,Willy Urassa,Rachel Baggaley +10 more
TL;DR: Self-testers can reliably and accurately do HIV rapid diagnostic tests, as compared with trained health-care workers, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational and experimental studies on HIV self-testing performance.
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Realizing the potential for HIV self-testing.
Cheryl Johnson,Rebecca F. Baggaley,Steven Forsythe,H. Van Rooyen,Nathan Ford,S. Napierala Mavedzenge,Elizabeth L. Corbett,P. Natarajan,Miriam Taegtmeyer +8 more
TL;DR: The need to further develop evidence around the quality of HIVST and linkage to post-test services, and to assess the risks and the benefits associated with scale-up is emphasized.
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HIV self-testing alone or with additional interventions, including financial incentives, and linkage to care or prevention among male partners of antenatal care clinic attendees in Malawi: An adaptive multi-arm, multi-stage cluster randomised trial.
Augustine T. Choko,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Elizabeth L. Corbett,Nigel Stallard,Hendramoorthy Maheswaran,Aurélia Lépine,Cheryl Johnson,Cheryl Johnson,Doreen Sakala,Thokozani Kalua,Moses Kumwenda,Richard J. Hayes,Katherine Fielding +12 more
TL;DR: The primary outcome was the proportion of male partners who were reported to have tested for HIV and linked into care or prevention within 28 days, with referral for antiretroviral therapy (ART) or circumcision accordingly.