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Overview

Jan Ostermann is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with particular expertise in General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Health.

The main research topics covered by Ostermann's work include:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation

Jan Ostermann has contributed to several scholarly articles, including:

  • "Health Preference Research in Europe: A Review of Its Use in Marketing Authorization, Reimbursement, and Pricing Decisions-Report of the ISPOR Stated Preference Research Special Interest Group," published in 2020 in Value in Health
  • "Parental concerns and uptake of childhood vaccines in rural Tanzania - a mixed methods study," published in 2020 in BMC Public Health
  • "Heterogeneous Patient Preferences for Modern Antiretroviral Therapy: Results of a Discrete Choice Experiment," published in 2020 in Value in Health
  • "Examining Associations between Knowledge and Vaccine Uptake Using the Human Papillomavirus Knowledge Questionnaire (HPV-KQ)," published in 2021 in American Journal of Health Behavior
  • "The association between urban greenspace and psychological health among young adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia," published in 2022 in Environmental Research

Frequently appearing as co-authors with Ostermann are:

  • Nathan M. Thielman
  • Valerie Yelverton
  • Kathryn Whetten
  • Lavanya Vasudevan
  • Amy Hobbie

Jan Ostermann regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Value in Health
  • Vaccine
  • PLoS ONE
  • Vaccine X

Best Publications

  • Exploring Lack of Trust in Care Providers and the Government as a Barrier to Health Service Use

    Kathryn Whetten;Jane Leserman;Rachel Whetten;Jan Ostermann

  • Longitudinal prevalence of major eye diseases.

    Paul P. Lee;Zachary W. Feldman;Jan Ostermann;Derek S. Brown

  • Barriers to antiretroviral adherence: the importance of depression, abuse, and other traumatic events.

    Michael Mugavero;Jan Ostermann;Kathryn Whetten;Jane Leserman

  • What length of hospice use maximizes reduction in medical expenditures near death in the US Medicare program

    Donald H. Taylor;Jan Ostermann;Courtney H. Van Houtven;James A. Tulsky

  • Religion and HIV in Tanzania: influence of religious beliefs on HIV stigma, disclosure, and treatment attitudes

    James Yang Zou;Yvonne Yamanaka;Muze John;Melissa Watt

  • The Price of Smoking

    Frank A. Sloan;Jan Ostermann;Gabriel Picone;Christopher Conover

  • Longitudinal rates of annual eye examinations of persons with diabetes and chronic eye diseases.

    Paul P Lee;Zachary W Feldman;Jan Ostermann;Derek S Brown

  • A comparison of the wellbeing of orphans and abandoned children ages 6-12 in institutional and community-based care settings in 5 less wealthy nations.

    Kathryn Whetten;Jan Ostermann;Rachel A. Whetten;Brian W. Pence

  • WHO guidelines for antimicrobial treatment in children admitted to hospital in an area of intense Plasmodium falciparum transmission: prospective study.

    Behzad Nadjm;Ben Amos;George Mtove;Jan Ostermann

  • Coping strategies and patterns of alcohol and drug use among HIV-infected patients in the United States Southeast.

    Brian Wells Pence;Nathan M. Thielman;Kathryn Whetten;Jan Ostermann

  • The Return on Investment in Health Care: From 1980 to 2000

    Bryan R. Luce;Josephine Mauskopf;Frank A. Sloan;Jan Ostermann

  • Effects of changes in self-reported vision on cognitive, affective, and functional status and living arrangements among the elderly.

    Frank A. Sloan;Frank A. Sloan;Jan Ostermann;Derek S. Brown;Paul P. Lee

  • Heavy alcohol use and marital dissolution in the USA.

    Jan Ostermann;Frank A. Sloan;Donald H. Taylor

  • Adverse childhood experiences, psychosocial well-being and cognitive development among orphans and abandoned children in five low income countries

    Maya Escueta;Kathryn Whetten;Jan Ostermann;Karen O’Donnell;Karen O’Donnell

  • Treating Maladaptive Grief and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Orphaned Children in Tanzania: Group-Based Trauma-Focused Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy

    Karen O'Donnell;Karen O'Donnell;Shannon Dorsey;Wenfeng Gong;Jan Ostermann

  • The influence of psychosocial characteristics and race/ethnicity on the use, duration, and success of antiretroviral therapy.

    Brian Wells Pence;Jan Ostermann;Virender Kumar;Kathryn Whetten

  • More than the loss of a parent: potentially traumatic events among orphaned and abandoned children

    Kathryn Whetten;Jan Ostermann;Rachel Whetten;Karen O'Donnell

  • Enhancing linkage and retention in HIV care: a review of interventions for highly resourced and resource-poor settings.

    N. Lance Okeke;Jan Ostermann;Nathan M. Thielman

  • Trauma history and depression predict incomplete adherence to antiretroviral therapies in a low income country.

    Kathryn Whetten;Kristen Shirey;Brian Wells Pence;Brian Wells Pence;Jia Yao

  • 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.

    Kathryn Whetten;Jan Ostermann;Brian W. Pence;Rachel A. Whetten

  • Cost-effectiveness of free HIV voluntary counseling and testing through a community-based AIDS service organization in northern Tanzania.

    Nathan M. Thielman;Helen Y. Chu;Jan Ostermann;Dafrosa K. Itemba

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathryn Whetten
Kathryn Whetten Duke University
Helen Y. Chu
Helen Y. Chu University of Washington
Joseph J. Eron
Joseph J. Eron University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Judith A. Cohen
Judith A. Cohen Allegheny General Hospital
Thomas C. Ricketts
Thomas C. Ricketts University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mark A. Hall
Mark A. Hall Wake Forest University
L. Barth Reller
L. Barth Reller Duke University
Kathleen J. Sikkema
Kathleen J. Sikkema Columbia University
Shannon Dorsey
Shannon Dorsey University of Washington
Wolfgang Greiner
Wolfgang Greiner Bielefeld University

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