Steve Sortijas
Durham University
6 Papers
17 Citations
Steve Sortijas is an academic researcher from Durham University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Chemistry. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 6 publications.
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Papers
Informing HIV prevention efforts targeting Liberian youth: a study using the PLACE method in Liberia
Donna R. McCarraher,Mario Chen,Sam Wambugu,Steve Sortijas,Stacey M. Succop,Bolatito Aiyengba,Chinelo C. Okigbo,Allison P. Pack +7 more
TL;DR: Youth-focused HIV efforts in Liberia need to address transactional sex and multiple and concurrent partnerships and should include efforts to meet the economic needs of youth.
Social Context of Adherence in an Open-Label 1 % Tenofovir Gel Trial: Gender Dynamics and Disclosure in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Kathleen M. MacQueen,Sarah. Dlamini,Brian Perry,Eunice Okumu,Steve Sortijas,Chitra. Singh,Diantha. Pillay,Alesha. Majors,Sonja. Jerome,Sharon. Watson,Salim S. Abdool Karim,Quarraisha Abdool Karim,Leila E. Mansoor +12 more
TL;DR: Interviews with 63 CAPRISA 008 participants and 13 male partners in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa highlighted that the process of negotiating gel use was determined in part by relationship dynamics including the duration of the relationship, the living situation, an evaluation of the relationships and culturally-defined steps for formalizing the relationship.
A low-cost and portable near-infrared spectrometer using open-source multivariate data analysis software for rapid discriminatory quality assessment of medroxyprogesterone acetate injectables
TL;DR: In this article, a handheld spectrometer with open-sourced software was used to evaluate vials of MPA from three suppliers and verified by a benchtop UV-VIS-NIR with licensed software.
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Establishment of instrument operation qualification and routine performance qualification procedures for handheld near-infrared spectrometers used at different locations within a laboratory network.
Matthew Eady,Michael Payne,Chayanee Changpim,M.Mohammed Ali Jinnah,Steve Sortijas,David Jenkins +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, five handheld spectrometers of the same model were purchased, where an in-house installation qualification and operational qualification (IQOQ) was subsequently established for the instruments.
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Meeting Postpartum Women’s Family Planning Needs Through Integrated Family Planning and Immunization Services: Results of a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rwanda
TL;DR: Testing the effectiveness of integrating family planning service components into infant immunization services to increase modern contraceptive method use among postpartum women showed the intervention had a statistically significant, positive effect on modern contraceptives method use.