Publications by authors named "N van Dongen"
Purpose: The Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital (RMMCH) maternal HIV cohort originated from data systems that were developed to support HIV-related birth care and track outcomes of a complete birth cohort of HIV-exposed infants at Rahima Moosa Hospital and their mothers living with HIV.
Participants: Supported by the Empilweni Services and Research Unit, maternal and infant data from 13 654 pregnant women living with HIV who delivered their infants (and a subset also attended antenatal care) were collected at RMMCH in Johannesburg, South Africa since 2013. Maternal data were collected using counsellor-administered interviews and the 2013-2018 subset of this cohort was linked to the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) national HIV cohort-a longitudinal cohort of people living with HIV accessing care in the public sector antiretroviral therapy programme in South Africa that can observe national access to HIV care through laboratory testing data.
The positive results of MDMA from Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials in MDMA-assisted therapy (MDMA-AT) for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) call for a critical evaluation of its regulatory status within the European mental healthcare system. This is driven by the recent submission of MDMA-AT for FDA approval in the United States. Unless coordinated efforts in the European regulatory landscape start, there may be potential divergences in national regulatory strategies.
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- Many-analyst studies investigate how well different analysis teams can interpret the same dataset and how robust their conclusions are against alternative methods.
- Typically, these studies only report one outcome measure, like effect size, making it hard to grasp the full impact of different analysis choices.
- To address this, researchers created the Subjective Evidence Evaluation Survey (SEES) using feedback from experts, helping to evaluate the quality of research design and evidence strength, ultimately offering a deeper understanding of analysis outcomes.
The explanation of psychological phenomena is a central aim of psychological science. However, the nature of explanation and the processes by which we evaluate whether a theory explains a phenomenon are often unclear. Consequently, it is often unknown whether a given psychological theory indeed explains a phenomenon.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman papillomavirus infection among adolescents living with HIV: a focus on prevention.
Curr Opin HIV AIDS
November 2024
Purpose Of Review: To highlight recent data on HPV infection and cervical precancerous lesions in adolescents with HIV, and priorities for primary and secondary HPV prevention.
Recent Findings: Incident and persistent high-risk HPV infections and cervical abnormalities are higher among young women with perinatally acquired HIV compared to their HIV-negative peers; data on HPV among males with perinatally acquired HIV are scarce. HPV vaccination is highly effective in preventing HPV-related disease, but antibody titers may decline in people with HIV.