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Current Projects
- Evaluation of a Computer-Based System using Cell Phones for HIV
people in Peru
- Principal Investigator: Walter H. Curioso, MD, MPH
- Type: United States National Institutes of Health.
1R01TW007896-01
- We propose to develop and evaluate a computer-based intervention using
cell phones to enhance adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) and
support of HIV transmission risk-reduction among adult HIV- positive
patients in Peru. Innovative approaches using information technologies
such as cell phones are needed to increase adherence to ART for people
with HIV/AIDS. The specific aims of the study are to: 1) Conduct
formative research to assess culturally-specific behavioral messages to
be included in the computer-based system; 2) Develop and test an
interactive computer-based system using cell phones to enhance adherence
to ART and to deliver HIV transmission risk reduction messages; 3)
Evaluate the impact of the system on antiretroviral adherence and sexual
risk behaviors.
- For more info, please read the summary at the
CRISP database
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Colecta-PALM: Using Personal Digital Assistants to Assess Sexual Risk and Antiretroviral Medication Adherence among an HIV-positive Peruvian
Population
- Principal Investigator: Ann Kurth, PhD; Walter H. Curioso,
MD, MPH
(Co-Principal Investigator).
- Grant funded by The University of Washington.
- Type: UW School of Nursing RIFP Award.
- This study is evaluating the usability and acceptability of PDAs in clinics to collect data and to deliver disease self-management messages among an HIV-positive population in Lima, Peru.
- We developed a Web-based Emulator for PDAs
(Demo),
available
here.
This Emulator has been featured in the following article:
Simoni JM, Kurth AE, Pearson CR, Pantalone DW, Merrill JO, Frick PA. Self-Report Measures of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence: A Review with
Recommendations for HIV Research and Clinical Management. AIDS Behav. 2006 Jun 3
- For more info, please visit the Colecta
Palm project at: http://www.colectapalm.org/
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Pambasuko-PALM: Supporting Antiretroviral Adherence and HIV-1 Transmission Risk
Reduction: Using Personal Digital Assistants to Standardize Counseling and
Assess Patient Behaviors
- Principal Investigator: Ann Kurth, PhD; Walter H. Curioso,
MD, MPH
(Co- Investigator).
- Grant funded by The University of Washington.
- Type:
University of Washington Center
for AIDS Research (CFAR) International Pilot Award
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This study will evaluate the usability and
acceptability of PDAs to deliver HIV clinician training and to collect
patient data. Aim 1 – Adapt a secure Web-based platform PDA
application that our team has successfully developed and tested for use in
Peru to deliver a standardized HIV nurse counseling protocol and a HIV
patient behavioral survey, in two HIV clinics in Mombasa Kenya. Using an
intervention and data from a previous CFAR-funded study, we will
incorporate appropriate content in Kiswahili to be delivered on the PDA
tool. Aim 2 – Conduct usability testing of the PDA tool among n
=15
nurses and n=15 HIV-positive patients on ART to
assess the beta Kiswahili-language application’s acceptability and user
satisfaction.
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Internet use among people living with HIV/AIDS in Peru
As part of the project "Consejeria Positiva" (Positive Counseling),
we are training people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) on how to use the
Internet efficiently to search for health information websites as well as
teaching PLWHA some useful skills to evaluate health information websites.
- Developing a Health Information Portal: A Gateway to Peruvian
Health Information
The web site targeted for the general public and anyone
who is interested in visiting, working or doing research in Peru. It has
been sponsored by the Ministry of Health of Taiwan, the Forgarty/National Institute
of Health (through the Global Frameworks Program), with the collaboration
of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.
For more information, please visit
http://portal.globalhealthperu.org.
Past Projects
- Cell-PREVEN: Developing, implementation
and evaluation of a real-time surveillance
system for adverse events using cell phones in Peru.
The overall goal of this study was to develop an
interactive-computer system using cell phones to collect and transmit
reports of adverse events resulting from the presumptive treatment of
bacterial vaginosis with metronidazole in three communities of Peru. For more
information, please visit:
http://www.prevenperu.org For
publications related with Cell-PREVEN, please refer to: "My
publications".
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PDA-PREVEN: The use of handheld computers for self-administered sexual
behavior data collection in Peru
PDA-PREVEN is a PDA-based application for data
collection that was developed using an open-source model. In a
cross-sectional study, we compared data collected with paper forms to data
collected with PDA-based forms in a field study in Ancon (Lima) concerning
sexual behavior.
- Developing a Web-based system to collect and transmit STI
data in Peru.
The objective of this project was to develop an
individualized Web-based reporting system to collect sexually transmitted
infections (STI) data by a mobile team in communities of Peru as part of the PREVEN
project, with the ultimate idea to improve the activities of the personnel
efficiently and on-time.
 Research Interests
- Global Health Informatics. Public Health Informatics,
Population Health Technology
- Information and Communication Technologies for people living
with HIV/AIDS
- Handheld computers as a method of data collection in health
care.
- Telemedicine and continuing medical education.
- Access to medical information by health care workers in developing countries.
- Global Health in Peru. A Fogarty/NIH funded program. You can find more information of our
activities both in English (http://www.globalhealthperu.org)
and in Spanish (http://www.saludglobalperu.org).
Teaching Interests
Graduates:
- Training health care workers in health informatics. See:
First International Course. Informatics for Global Health: Advances in
Public Health and Genomics (In Spanish)
- Graduate Diploma Program in Biomedical Informatics (UPCH)
- Mentoring University of Washington graduates students through the
AMAUTA program.
Undergraduates:
- Teaching biomedical and health informatics to UPCH students.
Courses: Basic Concepts in Global Health (July 2006).
Other Interests (my hobbies...)
- Music, playing piano and keyboards,
traveling, reading, movies and salsa dancing (still learning).
Last updated: September 12, 2007
©Edited by Walter H. Curioso
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