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Stirling Cummings
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 8
Citations - 148
Stirling Cummings is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Condom & Reproductive health. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 7 publications receiving 139 citations.
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Improving adherence to family planning guidelines in Kenya: an experiment
TL;DR: Service delivery guidelines, when properly disseminated, can improve family planning practices in sub-Saharan Africa and is likely to improve quality of care and access.
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Sexual Violence and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among South African Female Youths: A Contextual Analysis
Ilene S. Speizer,Audrey Pettifor,Stirling Cummings,Catherine MacPhail,Immo Kleinschmidt,Helen Rees +5 more
TL;DR: Programs to reduce adolescent pregnancies and HIV risk in South Africa and elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa must address sexual violence as part of effective prevention strategies.
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High HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in Jamaica is associated with social vulnerability and other sexually transmitted infections
Figueroa Jp,Sharon S. Weir,Jones-Cooper C,Byfield L,Marcia M. Hobbs,McKnight I,Stirling Cummings +6 more
TL;DR: The high HIV prevalence among MSM is an important factor driving the HIV epidemic in Jamaica and more effective ways need to be found to reduce the high prevalence of HIV including measures to reduce their social vulnerability, combat stigma and discrimination and empower them to practice safe sex.
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The challenge of promoting safe sex at sites where persons meet new sex partners in Jamaica: results of the Kingston PLACE randomized controlled trial
J. Peter Figueroa,Sharon S. Weir,Byfield L,Alison Hall,Stirling Cummings,Chirayath M. Suchindran +5 more
TL;DR: A site‐based Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts (PLACE) HIV prevention intervention in Kingston, Jamaica increased condom use among persons with new or multiple sex partners.
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Randomized controlled trial to investigate impact of site-based safer sex programmes in Kingston, Jamaica: trial design, methods and baseline findings.
TL;DR: The design, methods and baseline findings of a multi‐level prevention intervention to increase consistent condom use among persons at public social sites in Kingston, Jamaica, who have new or concurrent sexual partnerships are described.