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Carol Camlin, PhD, MPH

Professor in Residence

Carol Camlin, PhD, MPH, is Professor in Residence in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and in the Department of Medicine, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, and is affiliated with the UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health. Her research program crosses the disciplines of population studies and behavioral sciences, and has focused on the study of gender, human mobility, and HIV prevention and care outcomes. She is Principal Investigator of a five-year intervention study that uses a social network approach to improve the HIV prevention and care cascades among highly mobile fishermen in Kenya. She also co-leads a Behavioral and Social Science Research training center at Makarere University in Uganda. She contributes expertise in applying qualitative and mixed methods approaches and behavioral and social theory to HIV intervention and implementation studies as lead qualitative investigator of several cluster randomized controlled trials in health systems and communities in sub-Saharan Africa.

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January 9, 2023

Nothing about us without us: Community-based participatory research to improve HIV care for mobile patients in Kenya and Uganda

Maeri I, Eyul P, Monica Getahun, MPH, PMP, Hatchett K, Owino L, Akatukwasa C, Itiakorit H, Gutin S, Johnson-Peretz J, Ssali S, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Kamya MR, Charlebois ED, Camlin CS. Nothing about us without us: Community-based participatory research to improve HIV care for mobile patients in Kenya and Uganda. Social Science & Medicine. January 2023; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115471.
January 4, 2023

Prevalence of, and factors associated with, alcohol use disorder among young adults (aged 15-24 years) living with HIV/AIDS in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review

Odokonyero RF, Ocan M, Kinengyere AA, Nakasujja N, Muhwezi WW, Camlin CS, Hahn JA. Prevalence of, and factors associated with, alcohol use disorder among young adults (aged 15-24 years) living with HIV/AIDS in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open. January 2023; http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068108.
November 1, 2022

Mobility is Associated with Higher-risk Sexual Partnerships Among Both Men and Women in Co-resident Couples in Rural Kenya and Uganda: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Gutin S, Neilands TB, Charlebois ED, Getahun M, Okiring J, Akullian A, Maeri I, Eyul P, Cohen CR, Kamya MR, Bukusi EA, Camlin CS. Mobility is Associated with Higher-risk Sexual Partnerships Among Both Men and Women in Co-resident Couples in Rural Kenya and Uganda: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. AIDS and Behavior. November 2022; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-022-03878-0.
October 5, 2022

Providers' Attitudes and Experiences with Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Implementation in a Population-Based Study in Kenya and Uganda

Camlin CS, Monica Getahun, MPH, PMP, Koss CA, Owino L, Akatukwasa C, Itiakorit H, Onyango A, Bakanoma R, Atwine F, Maeri I, Ayieko J, Atukunda M, Owaraganise A, Mwangwa F, Sang N, Kabami J, Kaplan R, Chamie G, Petersen ML, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Kamya MR, Havlir DV, Charlebois ED. Providers' Attitudes and Experiences with Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Implementation in a Population-Based Study in Kenya and Uganda. AIDS Patient Care STDS. October 2022; DOI: 10.1089/apc.2022.0084.
September 16, 2022

The role of informational support from women’s social networks on antenatal care initiation: qualitative evidence from pregnant women in Uganda

Comfort AB, El Ayadi AM, Camlin CS, Tsai A, Nalubwama H, Byamugisha J, Walker DM, Moody J, Roberts T, Senoga U, Krezanoski PJ, Harper CC. The role of informational support from women’s social networks on antenatal care initiation: qualitative evidence from pregnant women in Uganda. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. September 2022; DOI: 10.1186/s12884-022-05030-1.