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James R Hargreaves is a researcher affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant work in subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics covered in their work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, Sex work and related issues, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses, Global Maternal and Child Health, and HIV Research and Treatment.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by James R Hargreaves are:

  • Three lessons for the COVID-19 response from pandemic HIV (2020), published in The Lancet HIV
  • Directed and target focused multi-sectoral adolescent HIV prevention: Insights from implementation of the 'DREAMS Partnership' in rural South Africa (2020), published in Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • The impact of the DREAMS partnership on HIV incidence among young women who sell sex in two Zimbabwean cities: results of a non-randomised study (2021), published in BMJ Global Health
  • Stigma and Judgment Toward People Living with HIV and Key Population Groups Among Three Cadres of Health Workers in South Africa and Zambia: Analysis of Data from the HPTN 071 (PopART) Trial (2020), published in AIDS Patient Care and STDs
  • Association between HIV stigma and antiretroviral therapy adherence among adults living with HIV: baseline findings from the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in Zambia and South Africa (2020), published in Tropical Medicine & International Health

Their frequent co-authors include the following researchers:

  • Frances M. Cowan (42 collaborations)
  • Brian Rice (26 collaborations)
  • Sungai T. Chabata (24 collaborations)
  • Virginia Bond (21 collaborations)
  • Graeme Hoddinott (20 collaborations)

James R Hargreaves has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • UNC Libraries (11 publications)
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society (8 publications)
  • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (7 publications)
  • The Lancet HIV (6 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (5 publications)

Best Publications

  • Effect of a structural intervention for the prevention of intimate-partner violence and HIV in rural South Africa: a cluster randomised trial

    Paul M Pronyk;Paul M Pronyk;James R Hargreaves;James R Hargreaves;Julia C Kim;Julia C Kim;Linda A Morison

  • Understanding the Impact of a Microfinance-Based Intervention on Women’s Empowerment and the Reduction of Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa

    Julia C. Kim;Charlotte H. Watts;James R. Hargreaves;Luceth X. Ndhlovu

  • The Social Determinants of Tuberculosis: From Evidence to Action

    James R. Hargreaves;Delia Boccia;Carlton A. Evans;Michelle Adato

  • Measuring socio-economic position for epidemiological studies in low- and middle-income countries: a methods of measurement in epidemiology paper

    Laura D Howe;Bruna Galobardes;Alicia Matijasevich;David Gordon

  • Issues in the construction of wealth indices for the measurement of socio-economic position in low-income countries

    Laura D Howe;James R Hargreaves;Sharon R A Huttly

  • Systematic review exploring time trends in the association between educational attainment and risk of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa

    James R Hargreaves;Christopher P Bonell;Tania Boler;Delia Boccia

  • Educational attainment and HIV‐1 infection in developing countries: a systematic review

    James R. Hargreaves;Judith R. Glynn

  • School Effects on Young People’s Drug Use: A Systematic Review of Intervention and Observational Studies

    Adam Fletcher;Chris Bonell;James Hargreaves

  • A combined microfinance and training intervention can reduce HIV risk behaviour in young female participants

    Paul M. Pronyk;Julia C. Kim;Tanya Abramsky;Godfrey Phetla

  • Effect of universal testing and treatment on HIV incidence - HPTN 071 (popart)

    Richard J Hayes;Deborah Donnell;Sian Floyd;Nomtha Mandla

  • Can social capital be intentionally generated? A randomized trial from rural South Africa

    Paul M. Pronyk;Trudy Harpham;Joanna Busza;Godfrey Phetla

  • Alternatives to randomisation in the evaluation of public health interventions: design challenges and solutions

    Christopher Philip Bonell;James R Hargreaves;Simon N Cousens;David A Ross

  • Assessing the incremental effects of combining economic and health interventions: the IMAGE study in South Africa

    Julia Kim;Giulia Ferrari;Tanya Abramsky;Charlotte Watts

  • Is the wealth index a proxy for consumption expenditure? A systematic review.

    Laura D Howe;James R Hargreaves;Sabine Gabrysch;Sharon R A Huttly

  • Designing a stepped wedge trial: three main designs, carry-over effects and randomisation approaches

    Andrew J. Copas;James J. Lewis;Jennifer A. Thompson;Jennifer A. Thompson;Calum Davey

  • Extensive transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a child.

    Amy B. Curtis;Renée Ridzon;Ruth Vogel;Stephen McDonough

  • Assessing health seeking behaviour among tuberculosis patients in rural South Africa.

    R M Pronyk;M B Makhubele;J R Hargreaves;S M Tollman

  • The association between school attendance, HIV infection and sexual behaviour among young people in rural South Africa

    J R Hargreaves;L A Morison;J C Kim;C P Bonell

  • Socioeconomic status and risk of HIV infection in an urban population in Kenya.

    James R Hargreaves

  • Assessment of generalisability in trials of health interventions: suggested framework and systematic review.

    Chris Bonell;Ann Oakley;J. Hargreaves;Vicki Strange

  • Assessing the Incremental Effects of Combining Economic and Health Interventions: The IMAGE Study in South Africa/Evaluation Des Effets Supplementaires Produits Par la Combinaison D'interventions Economiques et Sanitaires: Etude De l'Intervention IMAGE En Afrique Du Sud./Evaluacion De Los Efectos Incrementales De la Combinacion De Intervenciones Economicas Y Sanitarias: Estudio De IMAGE En Sudafrica

    Julia Kim;Giulia Ferrari;Tanya Abramsky;Charlotte Watts

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanna Busza
Joanna Busza London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
John Porter
John Porter London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Chris Bonell
Chris Bonell London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Janet Seeley
Janet Seeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Stefan Baral
Stefan Baral Johns Hopkins University
Kathleen Kahn
Kathleen Kahn University of the Witwatersrand
Andrew N. Phillips
Andrew N. Phillips University College London
Catherine MacPhail
Catherine MacPhail University of Wollongong
Simon Gregson
Simon Gregson Imperial College London
Stephen Tollman
Stephen Tollman University of the Witwatersrand

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