Dafrosa Itemba

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions(25), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health(12), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk(12), HIV Research and Treatment(9), Migration, Health and Trauma(6)

Publications40 total

Low rates of child testing for HIV persist in a high-risk area of East Africa
UNC Libraries·2024Open Access
Prevalence of psychological trauma and association with current health and functioning in a sample of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Tanzanian adults
UNC Libraries·2024Open Access
Family Composition and Stability for Orphans: A Longitudinal Study of Well-Being in 5 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
UNC Libraries·2023Open Access
Consumer perspectives on acceptability of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy in Tanzania and Kenya: A mixed methods study
UNC Libraries·2022Open Access
Consumer perspectives on acceptability of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy in Tanzania and Kenya: A mixed methods study
Implementation Research and Practice·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
Family Composition and Stability for Orphans: A Longitudinal Study of Well-Being in 5 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
International Journal of Public Health·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Factors Associated with Change in Sexual Transmission Risk Behavior over 3 Years among HIV-Infected Patients in Tanzania
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Three-Year Change in the Wellbeing of Orphaned and Separated Children in Institutional and Family-Based Care Settings in Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Depressive Symptoms, HIV Medication Adherence, and HIV Clinical Outcomes in Tanzania: A Prospective, Observational Study
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Trauma History and Depression Predict Incomplete Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapies in a Low Income Country
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Treatment retention and care transitions during and after the scale-up of HIV care and treatment in Northern Tanzania
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
HIV serostatus disclosure in the treatment cascade: evidence from Northern Tanzania
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Test site predicts HIV care linkage and antiretroviral therapy initiation: a prospective 3.5 year cohort study of HIV-positive testers in northern Tanzania
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Effectiveness of Task-Shifted Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children Who Experienced Parental Death and Posttraumatic Stress in Kenya and Tanzania
JAMA Psychiatry·2020· 112 citedOpen Access
Factors affecting the psychosocial well-being of orphan and separated children in five low- and middle-income countries: Which is more important, quality of care or care setting?
PLoS ONE·2019· 43 citedOpen Access
Test site predicts HIV care linkage and antiretroviral therapy initiation: a prospective 3.5 year cohort study of HIV-positive testers in northern Tanzania
BMC Infectious Diseases·2016· 29 citedOpen Access
HIV serostatus disclosure in the treatment cascade: evidence from Northern Tanzania
AIDS Care·2015· 34 citedOpen Access
A Qualitative Study of Mental Health Problems Among Orphaned Children and Adolescents in Tanzania
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease·2015· 49 citedOpen Access
Treating Maladaptive Grief and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Orphaned Children in Tanzania: Group‐Based Trauma‐Focused Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy
Journal of Traumatic Stress·2014· 92 citedOpen Access
Three-Year Change in the Wellbeing of Orphaned and Separated Children in Institutional and Family-Based Care Settings in Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries
PLoS ONE·2014· 72 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Kathryn Whetten(29), Nathan M. Thielman(28), Jan Ostermann(25), Brian W. Pence(21), Rachel Whetten(15), Elizabeth Reddy(11), John A. Crump(10), John Bartlett(9), John F. Shao(9), Karen O’Donnell(8), Augustine I. Wasonga(8), Rachel Manongi(8), Venance P. Maro(8), Shannon Dorsey(6), Kristen Shirey(6), Jia Yao(6), Chris B. Agala(6), Anna Mgonja(6), Vanroth Vann(5), Ira Madan(5)