Publications

Welcome to the HLB-SIMPLe publication page! Here you will find a comprehensive collection of scholarly works stemming from our six late-stage implementation science projects and research coordinating center. 

Explore our diverse array of research articles, ranging from study design protocols to training strategies, as we strive to improve cardiovascular health outcomes in populations affected by HIV in Africa through integrated healthcare. 

Mozambique

Scaling-up and scaling-out the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to optimize the hypertension diagnosis and care cascade for HIV infected individuals (SCALE SAIA-HTN): a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial – Implementation Science Communications, March 2024.

Nigeria

Assets for integrating task-sharing strategies for hypertension within HIV clinics: Stakeholder’s perspectives using the PEN-3 cultural model – PloS One, January 2024.

Building capacity of community nurses to strengthen the management of uncomplicated hypertension in persons living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries” – Global Heart Journal, 2023.

Study design and protocol of a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial using a practical implementation strategy as a model for hypertension-HIV integration – the MAP-IT trial” – Implementation Science, May 2023.

Early stakeholder engagement lessons from managing hypertension among people living with human-immunodeficiency virus: an integrated model (MAP-IT) – European Heart Journal, March 2022.

South Africa

Understanding barriers and facilitators to integrated HIV and hypertension care in South Africa (preprint) – Implementation Science Communications, February 2023.

Collaborative Work

Economic evaluation of implementation science outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review – Implementation Science, November 2022.

Integrating non-communicable diseases care into HIV treatment in Africa: Cross-cutting implementation strategies across six countries (poster) – Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, December 2023.