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Journal articles
2021, 'High Prevalence of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea and the Need for Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women in Papua New Guinea', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 48, pp. 109 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001300
,2021, 'Gender diversity among ‘boys’ in Papua New Guinea: Memories of sameness and difference in early childhood', Children and Society, 35, pp. 144 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/chso.12408
,2021, 'Making Sense of Serodiscordance: Pathways and Aftermaths of HIV Testing among Couples with Mixed HIV Status in Papua New Guinea', Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 22, pp. 298 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14442213.2021.1942184
,2021, 'Perpetration of Violence by Female Sex Workers in Papua New Guinea: 'We will Crush their Bones'', British Journal of Criminology, 61, pp. 104 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azaa058
,2021, 'Strategic options for syphilis control in Papua New Guinea– impact and cost-effectiveness projections using the syphilis interventions towards elimination (SITE) model', Infectious Disease Modelling, 6, pp. 584 - 597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idm.2021.03.004
,2021, 'Co-locating art and health: engaging civil society to create an enabling environment to respond to HIV in Indonesia', Sexual Health, 18, pp. 84 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH20125
,2020, 'Loss to follow up of pregnant women with HIV and infant HIV outcomes in the prevention of maternal to child transmission of HIV programme in two high-burden provinces in Papua New Guinea: A retrospective clinical audit', BMJ Open, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038311
,2020, 'Medical pluralism, Pentecostal healing and contests over healing power in Papua New Guinea', Social Science and Medicine, 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113381
,2020, 'Feasibility and acceptability of implementing early infant diagnosis of HIV in Papua New Guinea at the point of care: A qualitative exploration of health worker and key informant perspectives', BMJ Open, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043679
,2020, 'Caregiver experience and perceived acceptability of a novel near point-of-care early infant HIV diagnostic test among caregivers enrolled in the PMTCT program, Myanmar: A qualitative study', PLoS ONE, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241245
,2020, 'Qualitative evidence synthesis on self-collection for human papillomavirus–based cervical screening: Protocol for systematic review', JMIR Research Protocols, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/21093
,2020, 'Community attitudes and gendered influences on decision making around contraceptive implant use in rural Papua New Guinea', Reproductive Health, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-020-00985-w
,2020, 'Factors associated with HIV and syphilis infection among female sex workers in three cities in Papua New Guinea: Findings from Kauntim mi tu, a biobehavioral survey', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 311 - 320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH19218
,2020, 'Practical justice as an innovative approach to addressing inequalities facing gender and sexually diverse people: a case example from Papua New Guinea', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 22, pp. 822 - 837, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2020.1736633
,2020, 'Qualitative Evidence Synthesis on Self-Collection for Human Papillomavirus–Based Cervical Screening: Protocol for Systematic Review (Preprint)', , http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.21093
,2020, 'Polygyny, Serodiscordance and HIV Prevention in Papua New Guinea: A Qualitative Exploration of Diverse Configurations', Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 21, pp. 248 - 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14442213.2020.1758202
,2020, 'Confidential, accessible point-of-care sexual health services to support the participation of key populations in biobehavioural surveys: Lessons for Papua New Guinea and other settings where reach of key populations is limited', PLoS ONE, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233026
,2020, 'Considerable distance to reach 90-90-90 targets among female sex workers, men who have sex with men and transgender women in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: Findings from a cross-sectional respondent-driven sampling survey', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 96, pp. 143 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-053961
,2019, 'Caring Masculinities in the Context of HIV Serodiscordant Relationships in Papua New Guinea', Men and Masculinities, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1097184X19889659
,2019, 'Impact of the contraceptive implant on maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in rural Papua New Guinea: a retrospective observational cohort study', Contraception, 100, pp. 42 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2019.03.042
,2019, 'Health communication messaging about HPV vaccine in Papua New Guinea.', Health Education Journal, 78, pp. 946 - 957, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0017896919856657
,2019, 'HPV vaccination in Papua New Guinea to prevent cervical cancer in women: Gender, sexual morality, outsiders and the de-feminization of the HPV vaccine', Papillomavirus Research, 8, pp. 100171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pvr.2019.100171
,2019, 'One size does not fit all: HIV prevalence and correlates of risk for men who have sex with men, transgender women in multiple cities in Papua New Guinea', BMC Public Health, 19, pp. 623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6942-7
,2019, '‘I loved him all my life’: love, duty and homosexuality in post-liberation China', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 21, pp. 591 - 604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2018.1501514
,2019, 'A diagnostic evaluation of a molecular assay used for testing and treating anorectal chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections at the point-of-care in Papua New Guinea', Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 25, pp. 623 - 627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2018.08.001
,2019, '“Vibrant Entanglements”: HIV Biomedicine and Serodiscordant Couples in Papua New Guinea', Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 38, pp. 267 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2018.1530670
,2019, 'Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections to improve birth outcomes in high-burden, low-income settings: Study protocol for a cluster randomized crossover trial (the WANTAIM Trial, Papua New Guinea)', , http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15173.1
,2019, 'Developing a culturally appropriate illustrated tool for the self-collection of anorectal specimens for the testing of sexually transmitted infections: Lessons from Papua New Guinea', BMC Public Health, 19, pp. 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6506-x
,2019, '‘There was no mercy at all’: Hooliganism, homosexuality and the opening-up of China', International Sociology, 34, pp. 38 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0268580918812265
,2019, 'Kuantim mi tu ("Count me too"): Using multiple methods to estimate the number of female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender women in Papua New Guinea in 2016 and 2017', JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/11285
,2019, 'Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections to improve birth outcomes in high-burden, low-income settings: Study protocol for a cluster randomized crossover trial (the wantaim trial, papua new guinea) [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]', Wellcome Open Research, 4, pp. 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15173.1
,2019, 'Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections to improve birth outcomes in high-burden, low-income settings: Study protocol for a cluster randomized crossover trial (the WANTAIM Trial, Papua New Guinea)', Wellcome Open Research, 4, pp. 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15173.2
,2019, 'Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections to improve birth outcomes in high-burden, low-income settings: Study protocol for a cluster randomized crossover trial (the WANTAIM Trial, Papua New Guinea)', , http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15173.2
,2018, 'Performance of clinical screening algorithms comprising point-of-care HPV-DNA testing using self-collected vaginal specimens, and visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid, for the detection of underlying high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in Papua New Guinea', Papillomavirus Research, 6, pp. 70 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pvr.2018.10.009
,2018, 'Association between visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid examination and high-risk human papillomavirus infection, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis in Papua New Guinea', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 58, pp. 576 - 581, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.12783
,2018, 'Youth-centred research to help prevent and mitigate the adverse health and social impacts of pregnancy amongst young Papua New Guineans', Reproductive Health Matters, 26, pp. 5 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09688080.2018.1512297
,2018, 'Ambiguous bodies, uncertain diseases: knowledge of cervical cancer in Papua New Guinea', Ethnicity and Health, 23, pp. 659 - 681, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2017.1283393
,2018, 'Acceptability of testing for anorectal sexually transmitted infections and self-collected anal swabs in female sex workers, men who have sex with men and transgender women in Papua New Guinea', BMC Public Health, 18, pp. 776, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5684-2
,2018, '‘I Was Attracted to Him Because of His Money’: Changing Forms of Polygyny in Contemporary Papua New Guinea', The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 19, pp. 120 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14442213.2018.1440626
,2017, 'Performance of syndromic management for the detection and treatment of genital Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis among women attending antenatal, well woman and sexual health clinics in Papua New Guinea: A cross-sectional study', BMJ Open, 7, pp. e018630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018630
,2017, 'Pastoral power in HIV prevention: Converging rationalities of care in Christian and medical practices in Papua New Guinea', Social Science and Medicine, 193, pp. 51 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.09.049
,2017, 'Programmes for the prevention of parent‐to‐child transmission of HIV in Papua New Guinea: Health system challenges and opportunities.', The International Journal of Health Planning and Management., 33, pp. e367 - e377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2450
,2017, ''I Shouldn’t Talk of Medicine Only': Biomedical and religious frameworks for understanding antiretroviral therapies, their invention and their effects', Global Public Health, 13, pp. 1454 - 1467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2017.1377746
,2017, '‘Good culture, bad culture’: polygyny, cultural change and structural drivers of HIV in Papua New Guinea', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 19, pp. 1024 - 1037, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2017.1287957
,2017, '“Under the Same Quilt”: The Paradoxes of Sex Between Men in the Cultural Revolution', Journal of Homosexuality, 64, pp. 61 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2016.1172879
,2017, 'Dorsal longitudinal foreskin cut is associated with reduced risk of HIV, syphilis and genital herpes in men: A cross-sectional study in Papua New Guinea', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 20, pp. 21358, http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.20.1.21358
,2016, 'Transgressive women don’t deserve protection: young men’s narratives of sexual violence against women in rural Papua New Guinea', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 18, pp. 1207 - 1220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2016.1182216
,2016, '“Whenever they cry, I cry with them”: Reciprocal relationships and the role of ethics in a verbal autopsy study in Papua New Guinea: Dedication: This paper is dedicated to the life and memory of our colleague Mr. Albert Sie.', Social Science and Medicine, 163, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.06.041
,2016, 'Field evaluation of xpert HPV point-of-care test for detection of human papillomavirus infection by use of self-collected vaginal and clinician-collected cervical specimens', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 54, pp. 1734 - 1737, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00529-16
,2016, 'Feasibility and acceptability of clean birth kits containing misoprostol for self-administration to prevent postpartum hemorrhage in rural Papua New Guinea', International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 133, pp. 301 - 306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.10.018
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