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Caitlin E. Kennedy is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and health professions, with a strong emphasis on infectious diseases, epidemiology, general health professions, and pediatric, perinatal, and child health.

Their scholarly work addresses key topics including HIV/AIDS research and interventions, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, HIV, drug use, and sexual risk, sex work and related issues, HIV/AIDS impact and responses, global maternal and child health, and HIV research and treatment.

Recent papers contributed to by Caitlin E. Kennedy include:

  • HPV self-sampling for cervical cancer screening: a systematic review of values and preferences, 2021, BMJ Global Health
  • Quantifying HIV transmission flow between high-prevalence hotspots and surrounding communities: a population-based study in Rakai, Uganda, 2020, The Lancet HIV
  • Migration, hotspots, and dispersal of HIV infection in Rakai, Uganda, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Barriers to maternal retention in HIV care in Ghana: key differences during pregnancy and the postpartum period, 2020, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • HIV-Related Intersectional Stigma and Discrimination Measurement: State of the Science, 2022, American Journal of Public Health

Caitlin E. Kennedy has collaborated frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • Ping Teresa Yeh
  • M. Kate Grabowski
  • Joseph Kagaayi
  • Godfrey Kigozi
  • Larry W. Chang

Their publications appear often in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • BMJ Open
  • PLoS ONE
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Best Publications

  • Effectiveness and safety of oral HIV preexposure prophylaxis for all populations.

    Virginia A. Fonner;Sarah L. Dalglish;Caitlin E. Kennedy;Rachel Baggaley

  • Effectiveness of Peer Education Interventions for HIV Prevention in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Amy Medley;Caitlin Kennedy;Kevin O'Reilly;Michael Sweat

  • Maternal depression and early childhood growth in developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Pamela J Surkan;Caitlin E Kennedy;Kristen M Hurley;Maureen M Black

  • School Based Sex Education and HIV Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Virginia A. Fonner;Kevin S. Armstrong;Caitlin E. Kennedy;Kevin R. O'Reilly

  • HIV voluntary counseling and testing and behavioral risk reduction in developing countries: a meta-analysis, 1990--2005.

    Julie A. Denison;Julie A. Denison;Kevin R. O’Reilly;George P. Schmid;Caitlin E. Kennedy

  • Examining the effects of HIV self-testing compared to standard HIV testing services: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Cheryl C Johnson;Caitlin Kennedy;Virginia Fonner;Nandi Siegfried

  • A community empowerment approach to the HIV response among sex workers: effectiveness, challenges, and considerations for implementation and scale-up

    Deanna Kerrigan;Caitlin E Kennedy;Ruth Morgan-Thomas;Sushena Reza-Paul

  • Self-sampling for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Ping Teresa Yeh;Caitlin E Kennedy;Hugo de Vuyst;Manjulaa Narasimhan

  • Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) for changing HIV-related risk behavior in developing countries

    Virginia A Fonner;Julie Denison;Caitlin E Kennedy;Kevin O'Reilly

  • Values and Preferences on the Use of Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention Among Multiple Populations: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

    Florence M. Koechlin;Virginia A. Fonner;Sarah L. Dalglish;Kevin R. O’Reilly

  • Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

    Caitlin E. Kennedy;Virginia A. Fonner;Michael D. Sweat;F. Amolo Okero

  • Sexual stigma and discrimination as barriers to seeking appropriate healthcare among men who have sex with men in Swaziland.

    Kathryn Risher;Darrin Adams;Bhekie Sithole;Sosthenes Ketende

  • The Evidence Project risk of bias tool: assessing study rigor for both randomized and non-randomized intervention studies

    Caitlin E. Kennedy;Virginia A. Fonner;Kevin A. Armstrong;Julie A. Denison

  • Community empowerment among female sex workers is an effective HIV prevention intervention: a systematic review of the peer-reviewed evidence from low- and middle-income countries.

    Deanna L. Kerrigan;Virginia A. Fonner;Susanne Stromdahl;Caitlin E. Kennedy

  • Behavioural interventions for HIV positive prevention in developing countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Caitlin E Kennedy;Amy M Medley;Michael D Sweat;Kevin R O’Reilly

  • Multi-level factors affecting entry into and engagement in the HIV continuum of care in Iringa, Tanzania.

    Erica H. Layer;Caitlin E. Kennedy;Sarah W. Beckham;Jessie K. Mbwambo

  • The impact of HIV treatment on risk behaviour in developing countries: A systematic review

    C Kennedy;K O'Reilly;A Medley;M Sweat

  • Healthcare providers on the frontlines: a qualitative investigation of the social and emotional impact of delivering health services during Sierra Leone’s Ebola epidemic

    Shannon A. McMahon;Lara S. Ho;Hannah Brown;Laura Miller

  • HPV self-sampling for cervical cancer screening: a systematic review of values and preferences

    Holly Nishimura;Ping Teresa Yeh;Habibat Oguntade;Caitlin E Kennedy

  • Improving HIV test uptake and case finding with assisted partner notification services.

    Shona Dalal;Cheryl Johnson;Virginia Fonner;Caitlin E. Kennedy

  • Linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV interventions: a systematic review

    Caitlin E Kennedy;Alicen B Spaulding;Deborah Bain Brickley;Lucy Almers

  • Integration of HIV/AIDS services with maternal, neonatal and child health, nutrition, and family planning services

    Mary Lou Lindegren;Caitlin E Kennedy;Deborah Bain-Brickley;Hana Azman

  • Behavioural Interventions for HIV Positive Prevention in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis/Interventions Comportementales Pour la Prevention Du VIH Dans Les Pays En Developpement: Revision Systematique et Meta-analyse/Intervenciones Conductuales Para la Prevencion del VIH En Los Paises Desarrollados: Revision Sistematica Y Metanalisis

    Caitlin E. Kennedy;Amy M. Medley;Michael D. Sweat;Kevin R. O'Reilly

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl A. Latkin
Carl A. Latkin Johns Hopkins University
Maureen M. Black
Maureen M. Black University of Maryland, Baltimore

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