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Greg Szekeres
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 20
Citations - 2077
Greg Szekeres is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) & Population. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 20 publications receiving 1937 citations. Previous affiliations of Greg Szekeres include University of California, San Francisco.
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Stigma in the HIV/AIDS epidemic: a review of the literature and recommendations for the way forward.
Anish P. Mahajan,Jennifer N. Sayles,Vishal A Patel,Robert H. Remien,Sharif Sawires,Daniel J. Ortiz,Greg Szekeres,Thomas J. Coates +7 more
TL;DR: A systematically review of the scientific literature on HIV/AIDS-related stigma to document the current state of research, identify gaps in the available evidence and highlight promising strategies to address stigma.
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Social Networking Technologies as an Emerging Tool for HIV Prevention: A Cluster Randomized Trial
Sean D. Young,William G. Cumberland,Sung-Jae Lee,Devan Jaganath,Greg Szekeres,Thomas J. Coates +5 more
TL;DR: Whether social networking communities can increase HIV testing among African American and Latino men who have sex with men (MSM) and whether these communities are acceptable and effective tools to increase home-based HIVTesting among at-risk populations is investigated.
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Effect of community-based voluntary counselling and testing on HIV incidence and social and behavioural outcomes (NIMH Project Accept; HPTN 043): a cluster-randomised trial.
Thomas J. Coates,Michal Kulich,David D. Celentano,Carla E. Zelaya,Suwat Chariyalertsak,Alfred Chingono,Glenda Gray,Jessie Mbwambo,Stephen F. Morin,Linda Richter,Michael D. Sweat,Heidi van Rooyen,Nuala McGrath,Agnès Fiamma,Oliver Laeyendecker,Oliver Laeyendecker,Estelle Piwowar-Manning,Greg Szekeres,Deborah Donnell,Susan H. Eshleman +19 more
TL;DR: The results are sufficiently robust, especially when taking into consideration the combined results of modest reduction in HIV incidence combined with increases in HIV testing and reductions in HIV risk behaviour, to recommend the Project Accept approach as an integral part of all interventions (including treatment as prevention) to reduce HIV transmission at the community level.
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Male circumcision and HIV/AIDS: challenges and opportunities
TL;DR: The Kenya and Uganda trials replicated the landmark results of the South African Orange Farm study, the fi rst randomised controlled trial to report a greater than 50% protective benefi t of male circumcision.
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HIV-related stigma, social norms, and HIV testing in Soweto and Vulindlela, South Africa: National Institutes of Mental Health Project Accept (HPTN 043).
Sean D. Young,Zdenek Hlavka,Precious Modiba,Glenda Gray,Heidi van Rooyen,Linda Richter,Greg Szekeres,Thomas J. Coates +7 more
TL;DR: Interventions designed to increase HIV testing in South Africa should address stigma and perceptions of societal testing, which suggest that these differences vary according to sex and age.