Publications

We have published the following manuscripts:

  1. Pandit JA, Sirotin N, Tittle R, Onjolo E, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR. Shamba Maisha: a pilot study assessing impacts of a micro-irrigation intervention on the health and economic wellbeing of HIV patients. BMC Public Health. 2010; 10: 245.
  2. Cohen CR, Steinfeld RL, Weke E, Bukusi EA, Hatcher AM, Shiboski S,  Rheingans R, Scow KM, Butler LM, Otieno P,  Dworkin SL, Weiser SD. Shamba Maisha: Pilot agricultural intervention for food security and HIV health outcomes in Kenya: design, methods, baseline results and process evaluation of a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Springerplus. 2015; 4: 122.
  3. Weiser SD, Bukusi EA, Steinfeld RL, Frongillo EA, Weke E, Dworkin SL  Pusateri K, Shiboski S, Scow K,  Butler LM, Cohen CR. Shamba Maisha: randomized controlled trial of an agricultural and finance intervention to improve HIV health outcomes. AIDS. 2015; 29(14): 1889-94.
  4. Tsai AC, Hatcher AM, Bukusi EA, Weke E, Lemus Hufstedler L, Dworkin SL, Kodish S, Cohen CR, Weiser SD. A Livelihood Intervention to Reduce the Stigma of HIV in Rural Kenya: Longitudinal Qualitative Study. AIDS Behav. 2017; 21(1): 248-60.
  5. Weiser SD, Hatcher AM, Hufstedler LL, Weke E, Dworkin SL, Bukusi EA, Burger RL, Kodish S, Grede N, Butler LM,  Cohen CR. Changes in Health and Antiretroviral Adherence Among HIV-Infected Adults in Kenya: Qualitative Longitudinal Findings from a Livelihood Intervention. AIDS Behav. 2017; 21(2): 415-27. 
  6. ​Zakaras, J.M., Weiser, S.D., Hatcher, A.M., Weke, E., Burger, R.L., Cohen, C.R., Bukusi, E.A. and Dworkin, S.L., 2017. A qualitative investigation of the impact of a livelihood intervention on gendered power and sexual risk behaviors among HIV-positive adults in rural Kenya. Archives of sexual behavior, 46(4), pp.1121-1133.
  7. Hatcher, A.M., Lemus Hufstedler, E., Doria, K., Dworkin, S.L., Weke, E., Conroy, A., Bukusi, E.A., Cohen, C.R. and Weiser, S.D., 2020. Mechanisms and perceived mental health changes after a livelihood intervention for HIV-positive Kenyans: Longitudinal, qualitative findings. Transcultural Psychiatry, 57(1), pp.124-139.
  8. Butler, L.M., Bhandari, S., Otieno, P., Weiser, S.D., Cohen, C.R. and Frongillo, E.A., 2020. Agricultural and finance intervention increased dietary intake and weight of children living in HIV-affected households in western Kenya. Current developments in nutrition, 4(2), p.nzaa003.​
  9. McDonough, A., Weiser, S.D., Daniel, A., Weke, E., Wekesa, P., Burger, R., Sheira, L., Bukusi, E.A. and Cohen, C.R., 2020. “When I Eat Well, I Will Be Healthy, and the Child Will Also Be Healthy”: Maternal Nutrition among HIV-Infected Women Enrolled in a Livelihood Intervention in Western Kenya. Current Developments in Nutrition, 4(4), p.nzaa032.
  10. Nagata, J.M., Anicete, L.M., Cohen, C.R., Frongillo, E.A., Burger R., Wekesa, P., Weke, E., Weiser, S.W, Bukusi, E.A.,  Presence of older adolescents in the household is associated with depressive symptoms among women living with HIV in Kenya. AIDS and Behavior. 2020 June 12: 1-5.
  11. Hatcher, A.M., Weiser, S.D., Cohen, C.R., Hagey, J., Weke, E., Burger, R., Wekesa, P., Sheira, L., Frongillo, E.A. and Bukusi, E.A., 2021 Food insecurity and intimate partner violence among HIV-positive individuals in rural Kenya. American journal of preventive medicine, 60(4), pp.563-568. ​​
  12. Miller, J.D., Frongillo, E.A., Weke, E., Burger, R., Wekesa, P., Sheira, L.A., Mocello, A.R., Bukusi, E.A., Otieno, P., Cohen, C.R. and Weiser, S.D., 2021. Household Water and Food Insecurity Are Positively Associated with Poor Mental and Physical Health among Adults Living with HIV in Western Kenya. The Journal of Nutrition, 151(6), pp.1656-1664.
  13. Nagata, J.M., Miller, J.D., Cohen, C.R., Frongillo, E.A., Weke, E., Burger, R., Wekesa, P., Sheira, L.A., Mocello, A., Otieno, P. and Butler, L.M., 2021. Water Insecurity is Associated with Lack of Viral Suppression and Greater Odds of AIDS-Defining Illnesses Among Adults with HIV in Western Kenya. AIDS and Behavior, pp.1-7.

  14. Daniel, A.K., Dworkin, S.L., McDonough, A., Hatcher, A.M., Burger, R., Weke, E., Wekesa, P., Bukusi, E.A., Owino, G., Odhiambo, G., Thirumurthy, H., Getahun, M., Weiser S.D., Cohen, C.R. 2022. The impact of land tenure security on a livelihood intervention for people living with HIV in western Kenya. AIDS and Behavior.

  15. Burger, R.L., Cohen, C.R., Mocello, A.R. et al. 2022. Relationship Power, Antiretroviral Adherence, and Physical and Mental Health Among Women Living with HIV in Rural Kenya. AIDS and Behavior.

  16. Cohen CR, Weke E, Frongillo EA, et al. Effect of a Multisectoral Agricultural Intervention on HIV Health Outcomes Among Adults in Kenya: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(12):e2246158. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46158

  17. Nicastro TM, Pincus L, Weke E, Hatcher AM, Burger RL, Lemus-Hufstedler E, et al. (2022) Perceived impacts of a pilot agricultural livelihood and microfinance intervention on agricultural practices, food security and nutrition for Kenyans living with HIV. PLoS ONE 17(12): e0278227. 

  18. Butler, L.M., Bhandari, S., Otieno, P., Weiser, S.D., Cohen, C.R. and Frongillo, E.A., 2020. Agricultural and finance intervention increased dietary intake and weight of children living in HIV-affected households in Western Kenya. Current developments in nutrition, 4(2), p.nzaa003.

  19. Onono, M.A., Odhiambo, G., Sheira, L. et al. The role of food security in increasing adolescent girls’ agency towards sexual risk taking: qualitative findings from an income generating agricultural intervention in southwestern Kenya. BMC Public Health 21, 2028 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12051-6

  20. Odhiambo JA, Weiser SD, Frongillo EA, Burger RL, Weke E, Wekesa P, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR. Comparing the effect of a multisectoral agricultural intervention on HIV-related health outcomes between widowed and married women. Social Science & Medicine, 333 (2023) 116031.

  21. Beyeler NS, Nicastro TM, Jawuoro S, Odhiambo G, Whittle HJ, et al. (2023) Pathways from climate change to emotional wellbeing: A qualitative study of Kenyan smallholder farmers living with HIV. PLOS Global Public Health 3(7): e0002152

  22. Sheira LA, Wekesa P, Cohen CR, Weke E, Frongillo EA, Mocello R, Dworkin SL, Burger RL, Weiser SD, Bukusi EA. Impact of a livelihood intervention on gender roles and relationship power among people living with HIV. AIDS. 2023 Oct 2.

  23. Onono, M.A., Frongillo, E.A., Sheira, L., Odhiambo, G., Wekesa, P., Conroy, A., Cohen, C.R., Bukusi, E.A. and Weiser, S.D., 2023. Links between household-level income-generating agricultural intervention and the psychological wellbeing of adolescent girls in HIV-affected households in southwestern Kenya: A qualitative inquiry. The Journal of Nutrition.

  24. Owuor, P.M., Miller, J.D., Kanugula, S.S., Yeam, J., Collins, S., Obure, V., Arunga, T., Otieno, P., Olack, B., Butler, L.M. and Bukusi, E.A., 2024. The influence of an agricultural intervention on social capital and water insecurity coping strategies: Qualitative evidence from female smallholder farmers living with HIV in western Kenya. Heliyon.

  25. Richards, A.L., Hiepler, A.J., Frongillo, E.A., Khan, S., Holding, P., Nanga, K., Kammerer, B., Otieno, P. and Butler, L.M., 2024. Influence of recurrent assessments during data collection on caregivers and young children for an agricultural livelihood intervention in Kenya: a qualitative study. BMJ open, 14(6), p.e077637.