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Kristjana Hrönn Ásbjörnsdóttir - Associate Professor

Kristjana Hrönn Ásbjörnsdóttir

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Kristjana Hrönn ÁsbjörnsdóttirShe/Her

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Location
Sturlugata 8
Email
kha [at] hi.is

Unit
Public Health Sciences

Published works

2024

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

2023

Trends of perceived disruption in healthcare services during the pandemic: findings from the COVID-19 National Resilience Cohort in Iceland.European journal of public health
Plasma proteomic signatures of enteric permeability among hospitalized and community children in Kenya and Pakistan.iScience
Soil surveillance for monitoring soil-transmitted helminth infections: method development and field testing in three countries
Adverse childhood experiences and psychological functioning among women with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder: population-based study.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
Assessing drivers of implementing “Scaling-up the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach” for Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Mozambique (SAIA-SCALE) over implementation wavesImplementation Science Communications
Self-reported condom use among Washington State residents prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional analysis of BRFSS data.BMJ open
The Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach: specifying core components of an implementation strategy to optimize care cascades in public health.Implementation science communications
Correction: The Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach: specifying core components of an implementation strategy to optimize care cascades in public health.Implementation science communications
Overestimation of school-based deworming coverage resulting from school-based reporting.PLoS neglected tropical diseases

2022

Assessing the Reach, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance of the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Manica Province, Mozambique 2018-2021 (the SAIA-SCALE Program)
Cost of community-based human papillomavirus self-sampling in Peru: A micro-costing studyThe Lancet Regional Health - Americas
The neglected epidemic—Risk factors associated with road traffic injuries in Mozambique: Results of the 2016 INCOMAS studyPLOS Global Public Health
Association between service readiness and PMTCT cascade effectiveness: a 2018 cross-sectional analysis from Manica province, Mozambique.BMC health services research
The Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach (SAIA): Specifying core components of an implementation strategy to optimize care cascades in public health
Overestimation of School-Based Deworming Coverage Resulting from School-Based Reporting
Enteric permeability, systemic inflammation and post-discharge growth among a cohort of hospitalized children in Kenya and Pakistan. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
The Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach: Data-driven Quality Improvement
Evaluation of Women's Empowerment in a Community-Based Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling Social Entrepreneurship Program (Hope Project) in Peru: A Mixed-Method Study.Frontiers in public health

2021

Epidemiology of soil transmitted helminths and risk analysis of hookworm infections in the community: Results from the DeWorm3 Trial in southern India.PLoS neglected tropical diseases
28160 Evaluation of women's empowerment in a community-based HPV self-sampling social entrepreneurship in Peru: Mixed-method studyJournal of clinical and translational science
Evaluation of Women’s Empowerment in a Community-Based Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling Social Entrepreneurship Program (Hope Project) in Peru: Mixed-Method Study
Factors associated with soil-transmitted helminths infection in Benin: Findings from the DeWorm3 study.PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Evaluation of Women’s Empowerment in a Community-Based Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling Social Entrepreneurship Program (Hope Project) in Peru: Mixed-Method StudyResearchSquare
Forecasting the effectiveness of the DeWorm3 trial in interrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths in three study sites in Benin, India and Malawi
Use of a Community Center Primary Care Clinic and Subsequent Emergency Department Visits Among Unhoused Women.JAMA network open
Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths following sustained implementation of routine preventive chemotherapy: Demographics and baseline results of a cluster randomised trial in southern Malawi.PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Forecasting the effectiveness of the DeWorm3 trial in interrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths in three study sites in Benin, India and Malawi.Parasites & vectors

2020

Development and application of an electronic treatment register: a system for enumerating populations and monitoring treatment during mass drug administration.Global health action
Baseline patterns of infection in regions of Benin, Malawi and India seeking to interrupt transmission of soil transmitted helminths (STH) in the DeWorm3 trial.PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Systems analysis and improvement approach to optimize the hypertension diagnosis and care cascade for PLHIV individuals (SAIA-HTN): a hybrid type III cluster randomized trial.Implementation science : IS
Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to Optimize the Hypertension Diagnosis and Case Cascade for PLHIV Individuals (SAIA-HTN): A Hybrid Type III Cluster Randomized Trial
What does soil-transmitted helminth elimination look like? Results from a targeted molecular detection survey in Japan.Parasites & vectors
Usability and Feasibility of an Innovative mLearning Approach for Nurses Providing Option B+ Services in Manica and Sofala Provinces, Mozambique.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC
Cervical cytomegalovirus reactivation, cytokines and spontaneous preterm birth in Kenyan women.Clinical and experimental immunology
Correction to: The prevalence of hypertension and its distribution by sociodemographic factors in Central Mozambique: a cross sectional study.BMC public health
Correction to: Systems analysis and improvement approach to optimize the hypertension diagnosis and care cascade for PLHIV individuals (SAIA-HTN): a hybrid type III cluster randomized trial.Implementation science : IS
Usability and Feasibility of an Innovative mLearning Approach for Nurses Providing Option B+ Services in Manica and Sofala Provinces, MozambiqueThe Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC
Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths following sustained implementation of routine preventive chemotherapy: demographics and baseline results of a cluster randomised trial in southern Malawi
The prevalence of hypertension and its distribution by sociodemographic factors in Central Mozambique: a cross sectional study.BMC public health

2019

Making Smarter Decisions Faster: Systems Engineering to Improve the Global Public Health Response to HIV.Current HIV/AIDS reports
Depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and mental health care-seeking in central Mozambique.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Cascade Analysis: An Adaptable Implementation Strategy Across HIV and Non-HIV Delivery PlatformsJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
Scaling-up the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Mozambique (SAIA-SCALE): a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial.Implementation science : IS
Geographic distribution and determinants of mental health stigma in central Mozambique.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Cascade Analysis: An Adaptable Implementation Strategy Across HIV and Non-HIV Delivery Platforms.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)

2018

Defining stopping criteria for ending randomized clinical trials that investigate the interruption of transmission of soil-transmitted helminths employing mass drug administration.PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Small area estimation of under-5 mortality in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chad, Mozambique, Uganda, and Zambia using spatially misaligned data.Population health metrics
Assessing the feasibility of interrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths through mass drug administration: The DeWorm3 cluster randomized trial protocolPLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Developing a representative community health survey sampling frame using open-source remote satellite imagery in Mozambique.International journal of health geographics
Strategies to improve treatment coverage in community-based public health programs: A systematic review of the literature.PLoS neglected tropical diseases
A comparative analysis of preservation techniques for the optimal molecular detection of hookworm DNA in a human fecal specimen.PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Testing for soil-transmitted helminth transmission elimination: Analysing the impact of the sensitivity of different diagnostic tools.PLoS neglected tropical diseases

2017

Prospects for elimination of soil-transmitted helminthsCurrent Opinion in Infectious Diseases
Assisted partner services for HIV in Kenya: a cluster randomised controlled trialThe Lancet HIV
Prospects for elimination of soil-transmitted helminths.Current opinion in infectious diseases
Identifying optimal threshold statistics for elimination of hookworm using a stochastic simulation model.Parasites & vectors

2016

Differences in virologic and immunologic response to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-1 infected infants and children.
Changes in vaginal microbiota and immune mediators in HIV-1-seronegative Kenyan women initiating depot medroxyprogesterone acetateJournal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Differences in virologic and immunologic response to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-1-infected infants and childrenAIDS
Assisted partner services for HIV in Kenya: a cluster randomised controlled trial.The lancet. HIV
Breastfeeding Is Associated with Decreased Risk of Hospitalization among HIV-Exposed, Uninfected Kenyan Infants.
Vertical Cytomegalovirus Transmission From HIV-Infected Women Randomized to Formula-Feed or Breastfeed Their Infants.
Changes in Vaginal Microbiota and Immune Mediators in HIV-1-Seronegative Kenyan Women Initiating Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate.
Maternal Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Reduces Vertical Cytomegalovirus Transmission But Does Not Reduce Breast Milk Cytomegalovirus Levels.AIDS research and human retroviruses
Sustaining Progress towards NTD Elimination: An Opportunity to Leverage Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programs to Interrupt Transmission of Soil-Transmitted Helminths.

2015

8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2015).

2014

Maternal valacyclovir and infant cytomegalovirus acquisition: A randomized controlled trial among HIV-infected womenPLoS ONE

2013

Compartmentalized cytomegalovirus replication and transmission in the setting of maternal HIV-1 infection.
Breastfeeding is associated with decreased pneumonia incidence among HIV-exposed, uninfected Kenyan infants.

2012

Validation of the proteasome as a therapeutic target in Plasmodium using an epoxyketone inhibitor with parasite-specific toxicity.Chemistry & biology

Keywords for Specialisation:

Infectious disease

Maternal and child health

Health systems research

Implementation science