Researcher
Tom Smekens
Affiliations
- Public Health (Research unit)
Member
From1 Oct 2017 → Today - Sexual Health including HIV (Research unit)
Member
From30 Sep 2017 → 22 Jan 2019
Projects
1 - 3 of 3
- Support in getting insights in SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in Brussels region and support the detection of clustersFrom1 Oct 2020 → 31 Mar 2021
- Optimise PrEP to Maximise ImpactFrom1 Jan 2019 → Today
- Using mathematical modelling to determine the number and characteristics of people living with undiagnosed HIV to inform targeted and innovative HIV testingFrom1 Nov 2015 → 30 Apr 2019
Publications
1 - 10 of 25
- Patterns of PrEP and condom use among PrEP users in Belgium(2023)
Authors: Anke Rotsaert, Tom Smekens, Bea Vuylsteke, Maarten Schim van der Loeff, Bernadette Hensen, Christiana Nöstlinger, Edwin Wouters, Jef Vanhamel, Gert Scheerder, Thijs Reyniers
- Effectiveness of a provider and patient-focused intervention to improve hypertension management and control in the primary health care setting in Cuba: a controlled before-after study(2023)
Authors: Esteban Londoño Agudelo, Tullia Battaglioli, Addys Díaz Piñera, Armando Rodríguez Salvá, Tom Smekens, Fernando Achiong Estupiñán, Isabel Carbonell García, Patrick Van der Stuyft
Pages: 10 - Patterns of PrEP and condom use among PrEP users in Belgium: a web-based longitudinal study(2023)
Authors: Anke Rotsaert, Tom Smekens, Bea Vuylsteke, Maarten Schim van der Loeff, Bernadette Hensen, Christiana Nöstlinger, Edwin Wouters, Jef Vanhamel, Gert Scheerder, Thijs Reyniers
- Trajectories of PrEP use among men who have sex with men: a pooled analysis of two prospective, observational cohort studies(2023)
Authors: Vita W Jongen, Thijs Reyniers, Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff, Tom Smekens, Elske Hoornenborg, Mark Am van den Elshout, Hanne Ml Zimmermann, Liza Coyer, Christopher Kenyon, Irith De Baetselier, et al.
- Length of stay and determinants of early discharge after facility-based childbirth in Cameroon: analysis of the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey(2023)
Authors: Jovanny Tsuala Fouogue, Aline Semaan, Tom Smekens, Louise Tina Day, Veronique Filippi, Matsui Mitsuaki, Florent Ymele Fouelifack, Bruno Kenfack, Jeanne Hortence Fouedjio, Thérèse Delvaux, et al.
- Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing home residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic(2022)
Authors: Laurène Peckeu, Esther van Kleef, Tom Smekens, Katrien Latour, Sara Dequeker, Laura Int Panis, Marie Laga
Pages: e72 - Prevalence of and factors associated with lactational mastitis in eastern and southern Africa: an exploratory analysis of community-based household surveys(2022)
Authors: Mariame O. Ouedraogo, Lenka Benova, Tom Smekens, Gezahegn G. Sinke, Abraha Hailu, Herbert B. Wanyonyi, Madalitso Tolani, Caristus Zumbe, Ibukun-Oluwa Omolade Abejirinde
Pages: 24 - Loss to follow-up of patients in HIV care in Burundi: a retrospective cohort study(2022)
Authors: Clement Nshimirimana, Aimé Ndayizeye, Tom Smekens, Bea Vuylsteke
Pages: 574-582 - HIV testing uptake and determinants among adolescents and young people in Burundi: a cross-sectional analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey 2016-2017(2022)
Authors: Clement Nshimirimana, Bea Vuylsteke, Tom Smekens, Lenka Benova
- Susceptibility status of the wild-caught Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), the sand fly vector of visceral leishmaniasis, to different insecticides in Nepal(2022)
Authors: Lalita Roy, S. Uranw, Kristien Cloots, Tom Smekens, Usha Kiran, Uttam Raj Pyakurel, Murari Lal Das, Rajpal S Yadav, Wim Van Bortel
Pages: e0010304