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2026

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Overview

Kevin A. Fenton is affiliated with Public Health England in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Clinical Psychology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research focuses on several main topics related to public health and medical science, particularly HIV/AIDS research and interventions. Other notable topics include HIV, drug use, and sexual risk; migration, health, and trauma; global health workforce issues; cultural competency in health care; concrete and cement materials research; and disaster response and management.

Frequent publication venues where their work has appeared include:

  • The Lancet HIV
  • BMJ
  • UNC Libraries
  • BMJ Open
  • Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing

They have collaborated regularly with several coauthors over their career. Notable frequent coauthors are:

  • Alison Rodger
  • Andrew Phillips
  • Fiona Lampe
  • Valérie Delpech
  • Sheena McCormack

Representative recent papers authored include:

  • Free HIV self-test for identification and linkage to care of previously undetected HIV infection in men who have sex with men in England and Wales (SELPHI): an open-label, internet-based, randomised controlled trial, 2022, The Lancet HIV
  • The effect of combination prevention strategies on HIV incidence among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men in the UK: a model-based analysis, 2023, The Lancet HIV
  • Anti-racist interventions to reduce ethnic disparities in healthcare in the UK: an umbrella review and findings from healthcare, education and criminal justice, 2024, BMJ Open
  • HIV related stigma: a dangerous roadblock, 2022, BMJ
  • Machine Learning Algorithm to Predict CO2 Using a Cement Manufacturing Historic Production Variables Dataset: A Case Study at Union Bridge Plant, Heidelberg Materials, Maryland, 2023, Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing

Best Publications

  • Sexual behaviour in Britain: partnerships, practices, and HIV risk behaviours

    Anne M Johnson;Catherine H Mercer;Bob Erens;Andrew J Copas

  • Sexual behaviour in Britain: early heterosexual experience.

    Kaye Wellings;Kiran Nanchahal;Wendy Macdowall;Sally McManus

  • Comparisons of disparities and risks of HIV infection in black and other men who have sex with men in Canada, UK, and USA: a meta-analysis

    Gregorio A Millett;John L Peterson;Stephen A Flores;Trevor A Hart;Trevor A Hart

  • Measuring sexual behaviour: methodological challenges in survey research

    Kevin A Fenton;Anne M Johnson;Sally McManus;Bob Erens

  • UK health performance: findings of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J L Murray;Michael A Richards;John N Newton;Kevin A Fenton

  • Sexual function problems and help seeking behaviour in Britain: national probability sample survey

    Catherine H Mercer;Kevin A Fenton;Anne M Johnson;Kaye Wellings

  • Sexual behaviour in Britain: reported sexually transmitted infections and prevalent genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection

    Kevin A Fenton;Christos Korovessis;Anne M Johnson;Angela McCadden

  • Recent trends in the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in the European Union.

    K A Fenton;C M Lowndes

  • Rapid Sequence-Based Identification of Gonococcal Transmission Clusters in a Large Metropolitan Area

    Iona M. C. Martin;Catherine A. Ison;David M. Aanensen;Kevin A. Fenton;Kevin A. Fenton

  • Reemergence of the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men in North America, Western Europe, and Australia, 1996-2005.

    Patrick S. Sullivan;Patrick S. Sullivan;Osamah Hamouda;Valerie Delpech;Jennifer E. Geduld

  • Changes in health in England, with analysis by English regions and areas of deprivation, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    John N Newton;John N Newton;Adam D M Briggs;Christopher J L Murray;Daniel Dicker

  • Infectious syphilis in high-income settings in the 21st century

    Kevin A Fenton;Romulus Breban;Raffaele Vardavas;Justin T Okano

  • Interim guidance: preexposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV infection in men who have sex with men

    Dawn K. Smith;Robert M. Grant;Paul J. Weidle;Amy Lansky

  • Understanding and responding to disparities in HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in African Americans.

    Sevgi O Aral;Adaora A Adimora;Kevin A Fenton

  • The re-emergence of syphilis in the United Kingdom: the new epidemic phases.

    Ian Simms;Kevin A Fenton;Matthew Ashton;Katherine M E Turner

  • Addressing Social Determinants of Health in the Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Tuberculosis:

    Hazel D. Dean;Kevin A. Fenton

  • Increasing Rates of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Homosexual Men in Western Europe and the United States: Why?

    Kevin A. Fenton;John Imrie

  • Prevalence and Correlates of Heterosexual Anal and Oral Sex in Adolescents and Adults in the United States

    Jami S. Leichliter;Anjani Chandra;Nicole Liddon;Kevin A. Fenton

  • Establishing the National Chlamydia Screening Programme in England: results from the first full year of screening

    D S LaMontagne;K A Fenton;S Randall;S Anderson

  • Missed opportunities for earlier HIV diagnosis within primary and secondary healthcare settings in the UK.

    Fiona M Burns;Anne M Johnson;James Nazroo;Jonathan Ainsworth

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine H Mercer
Catherine H Mercer University College London
Kaye Wellings
Kaye Wellings London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Anne M Johnson
Anne M Johnson University College London
Andrew Copas
Andrew Copas University College London
Wendy Macdowall
Wendy Macdowall London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Sally McManus
Sally McManus City, University of London
Catherine A. Ison
Catherine A. Ison Public Health England
Traolach S. Brugha
Traolach S. Brugha University of Leicester
John Imrie
John Imrie University of the Witwatersrand
Nigel Bruce
Nigel Bruce University of Liverpool

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