Featured Publications / Harsha Thirumurthy, PhD
- Improving HIV testing, linkage, and retention in care among South African men through U= U messaging: A study protocol for two sequential hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trials.BMC Public Health · October 2023Medina-Marino A, Sibanda N, Putt M, Davey DJ, Smith P, Thirumurthy H, Bekker LG, Buttenheim A.
- Ending Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Emergency Allotments and Food InsufficiencyJAMA Health Forum · August 2023Richterman A, Roberto CA, Thirumurthy H
- National Estimates of the Adult Diabetes Care Continuum in IndiaJAMA Internal Medicine · July 2023Varghese JS, Anjana RM, Geldsetzer P, Sudharsanan N, Manne-Goehler J, Thirumurthy H, Bhattacharyya S, Narayan KMV, Mohan V, Tandon N, Ali MK
- Maximising the value of nudge units for global healthThe Lancet Global Health · July 2023Thirumurthy H, Buttenheim A, Chetty-Makkan C, Pascoe S
- We must invest in behavioural economics for the HIV responseNature Human Behaviour · July 2023Galarraga O, Linnemayr S, McCoy SI, Thirumurthy H, Gordon C, Vorkoper S
- Behaviour change in the era of biomedical advancesNature Human Behaviour · July 2023Ali MK, Sudharsanan N, Thirumurthy H
- A Randomized Trial of Price Subsidies for Liquefied Petroleum Cooking Gas among Low-income Households in Rural IndiaWorld Development Perspectives · June 2023Jeuland M, Desai A, Bair EF, Cader NMA, Natesan D, Isaac WJ, Sambandam S, Balakrishnan K, Thangavel G, Thirumurthy H
- Routine Child Immunizations in India during the COVID-19 PandemicSSM-Population Health · June 2023Chakrabarti A, Bair EF, Thirumurthy H
- The effects of cash transfers on adult and child mortality in low- and middle-income countriesNature · May 2023Richterman A, Millien C, Bair EF, Jermoe G, Suffrin JCD, Behrman JR, Thirumurthy H
- Adaptive Strategies for Retention in Care among Persons Living with HIVNEJM Evidence · March 2023Geng EH, Odeny TA, Montoya LM, Iguna S, Kulzer JL, Adhiambo HF, Eshun-Wilson I, Akama E, Nyandieka E, Guze MA, Shade S, Packel L, Fox B, Camlin C, Thirumurthy H, Lyons C, Bukuski EA, Peterson ML
- A savings intervention to reduce men’s engagement in HIV risk behaviors: study protocol for a randomized controlled trialTrials · December 2022Egbe TI, Omollo OD, Wesonga JO, Bair EF, Chakrabarti A, Putt ME, Celum CL, Camlin CS, Napierala S, Agot K, Thirumurthy H
- A quasi-experimental cohort study evaluating a conditional economic incentive on first-dose COVID-19 vaccination rates among older adults in South AfricaBMJ Global Health · December 2022Chetty-Makkan CM, Thirumurthy H, Bair EF, Bokolo S, Day C, Wapenaar K, Werner J, Long L, Maughan-Brown B, Miot J, Pascoe SJS, Buttenheim AM
- Planning and commitment prompts to encourage reporting of HIV self-test results: A cluster randomized pragmatic trial in Tshwane District, South AfricaPLOS Global Public Health · October 2022Buttenheim AM, Schmucker L, Marcus N, Phatsoane M, Msolomba V, Rhagnath N, Majam M. Venter F, Thirumurthy H
- Incentives to promote accessing HIV care and viral suppression among HIV self-screening test users who obtain a reactive resultFrontiers in Reproductive Health · October 2022Majam M, Phatsoane M, Wonderlik T, Rhagnath N, Schmucker L, Singh L, Rademeyer M, Thirumurthy H, Marcus N, Lalla-Edward S
- The effects of cash transfer programmes on HIV-related outcomes in 42 countries from 1996 to 2019Nature Human Behaviour · July 2022Richterman A, Thirumurthy H
- Detailed Geographic Information, Conflict Exposure, and Health ImpactsWorld Development · July 2022Akresh R, Caruso GD, Thirumurthy H
- Trends in Transactional Sex Among Women at Risk for HIV in Rural Kenya During the First Year of the COVID-19 PandemicJAMA Network Open · July 2022Richterman A, Bosire R, Marcus N, Bair EF, Agot K, Thirumurthy H
- Testing a social network approach to promote HIV self-testing and linkage to care among fishermen at Lake Victoria: study protocol for the Owete cluster randomized controlled trialTrials · June 2022Sheira LA, Kwena ZA, Charlebois ED, Agot K, Ayieko B, Gandhi M, Bukusi EA, Thirumurthy H, Camlin CS
- Association between statewide financial incentive programs and COVID-19 vaccination ratesPLOS ONE · March 2022Thirumurthy H, Milkman KL, Volpp KG, Buttenheim AM, Pope DG
- The effect of providing women sustained access to HIV self-tests on male partner testing, couples testing, and HIV incidence in Kenya: a cluster-randomised trialThe Lancet HIV · December 2021Thirumurthy H, Bair EF, Ochwal P, Marcus N, Putt M, Maman S, Napierala S, Agot K
- Participatory Prototyping of a Tailored Undetectable Equals Untransmittable Message to Increase HIV Testing Among Men in Western Cape, South AfricaAIDS Patient Care and STDs · November 2021Smith PJ, Joseph Davey DL, Schmucker L, Bruns C, Bekker LG, Medina-Marino A, Thirumurthy H, Buttenheim, AM
- ‘When I have these kits … I have confidence’ – HIV self-testing provides agency for women in their sexual decision-makingGlobal Public Health · October 2021Ruderman LW, Ochwal P, Marcus N, Napierala S, Thirumurthy H, Agot K, Maman S
- Health and Economic Outcomes Associated With COVID-19 in Women at High Risk of HIV Infection in Rural KenyaJAMA Network Open · June 2021Kavanagh NP, Marcus N, Bosire R, Otieno B, Bair EF, Agot K, Thirumurthy H
- Undetectable = Untransmittable (U = U) Messaging Increases Uptake of HIV Testing Among Men: Results from a Pilot Cluster Randomized TrialAIDS and Behavior · May 2021Smith P, Buttenheim A, Schmucker L, Bekker LG, Thirumurthy H, Joseph Davey DL
- HIV testing approaches to reach the first UNAIDS 95% target in sub-Saharan AfricaThe Lancet HIV · April 2021Chamie G, Napierala S, Agot K, Thirumurthy H
- Political partisanship influences behavioral responses to governors’ recommendations for COVID-19 prevention in the United StatesPNAS · September 2020
- Financial incentives for achieving and maintaining viral suppression among HIV-positive adults in Uganda: a randomised controlled trialThe Lancet HIV · March 2019Thirumurthy H, Ndyabakira A, Marson K, Emperador D, Kamya M, Havlir D, Kwarisiima D, Chamie G
- The US President's Malaria Initiative and under-five child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa.PLOS Medicine · June 2017Jakubowski AE, Stearns SC, Angeles G, Kruk ME, Thirumurthy H.
- A qualitative study of secondary distribution of HIV self-test kits by female sex workers in KenyaPLOS ONE · March 2017Maman S, Murray KR, Napierala Mavedzenge S, Oluoch L, Sijenje F, Agot K, Thirumurthy H