Maria Ekstrand, PhD, MS, BA
Education
Websites
Publications
Elsa Heylen, Krishnamachari Srinivasan, Ruben Johnson-Pradeep, Maria L. Ekstrand. Internalized Mental Illness Stigma is Linked to Suicidality in Rural Indian Adults with Depression or Anxiety and Chronic Physical Illness. Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry 2023. PMID:
Fathima FN, Selvam S, Heylen E, Srinivasan K, Ekstrand M. Effect of collaborative care intervention on productivity losses among people with comorbid common mental disorders and cardiovascular disease in rural Karnataka. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2023. PMID: 38024913
Thomas S, Ekstrand M, Thomas T, Srinivasan K. Feasibility of training primary healthcare workers to identify antenatal depression. Global mental health (Cambridge, England) 2023. PMID: 37854389
Salazar LJ, Srinivasan K, Heylen E, Ekstrand ML. Medication Adherence among Primary Care Patients with Common Mental Disorders and Chronic Medical Conditions in Rural India. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine 2023. PMID: 38545530
Ruben JP, Ekstrand ML, Heylen E, Srinivasan K. Correlates for the severity of suicidal risk in participants with common mental disorders with comorbid chronic medical conditions in rural primary healthcare settings in India. Indian journal of psychiatry 2023. PMID: 37485404
Siddaiah A, Srinivasan K, Satyanarayana V, Ekstrand ML. Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of training health workers in detecting Priority Mental Health Conditions among adolescents in rural South India. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2022. PMID: 36587228
Inbaraj LR, Heylen E, Srinivasan K, Ekstrand ML. Is self-reported adherence a valid measure of glycaemic control among people living with diabetes in rural India? A cross-sectional analysis. Primary care diabetes 2022. PMID: 36336604
Devadass D, Fernandez R, Raj TDS, Heylen E, Nyblade L, Srinivasan K, Ekstrand ML. Standard Precautions are for everyone: The role of HIV stigma and implications for nursing education in India. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice 2022. PMID: 36579144
Lodi S, Rossi SL, Bendiks S, Gnatienko N, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Vetrova M, Toussova O, Bushara N, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Ekstrand ML, Lioznov D, Samet JH, Lunze K. Correlates of Intersectional HIV and Substance Use Stigma Affecting People with HIV and Substance Use in St. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS and behavior 2022. PMID: 35916947
Srinivasan K, Salazar LJ, Heylen E, Ekstrand ML. Elevated homocysteine and depression outcomes in patients with comorbid medical conditions in rural primary care. International journal of noncommunicable diseases 2022. PMID: 36483766
Steward WT, Srinivasan K, Raj T, Heylen E, Nyblade L, Mazur A, Devadass D, Pereira M, Ekstrand ML. The Influence of Transmission-Based and Moral-Based HIV Stigma Beliefs on Intentions to Discriminate Among Ward Staff in South Indian Health Care Settings. AIDS and behavior 2022. PMID: 35776252
Srinivasan K, Heylen E, Johnson Pradeep R, Mony PK, Ekstrand ML. Collaborative care compared to enhanced standard treatment of depression with co-morbid medical conditions among patients from rural South India: a cluster randomized controlled trial (HOPE Study). BMC psychiatry 2022. PMID: 35698087
Fernandez R, Raj TDS, Heylen E, Nyblade L, Devadass D, Srinivasan K, Ekstrand ML. Awareness of the Use of Standard Precautions during Care of People Living with HIV by Ward Attendants in Indian Hospitals. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2022. PMID: 35368470
Salazar LJ, Ekstrand ML, Selvam S, Heylen E, Pradeep JR, Srinivasan K. The effect of mental health training on the knowledge of common mental disorders among medical officers in primary health centres in rural Karnataka. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2022. PMID: 35495844
Ekstrand ML, Heylen E, Pereira M, Chandy S, Srinivasan K. Anxiety and Worry About COVID-19 Infection are Associated with Less Confidence in Ability to Engage in Treatment: Results from a South India Cohort of People Living with HIV (PLWH). "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2022. PMID: 35229681
Carpenter CL, Kapur K, Ramakrishna P, Pamujula S, Yadav K, Giovanni JE, Julian O, Ekstrand ML, Sinha S, Nyamathi AM. Lean Mass Improvement from Nutrition Education and Protein Supplementation among Rural Indian Women Living with HIV/AIDS: Results from Cluster Randomized Factorial Trial at 18-Month Follow-Up. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2021. PMID: 35011054
Ekstrand ML, Heylen E, Gandhi M, Steward WT, Pereira M, Srinivasan K. COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among PLWH in South India: Implications for Vaccination Campaigns. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2021. PMID: 34757971
PhamDo V, Nyamathi AM, Ekstrand ML, Sinha S, Yadav K, Shin SS. Association Between Maternal HIV Stigma Among South Indian Mothers Living with HIV and the CD4 Count of Children Living with HIV. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2021. PMID: 34897568
Bansal S, Srinivasan K, Ekstrand M. Perceptions of ASHA workers in the HOPE collaborative care mental health intervention in rural South India: a qualitative analysis. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2021. PMID: 34740927
Harding R, Salins N, Sharan K, Ekstrand ML. Health literacy in communication, decision-making and outcomes among cancer patients, their families and clinicians in India: A multicentre cross-sectional qualitative study. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2021. PMID: 34687573
. Cross-cultural adaptation of motivational interviewing for use in rural Nepal. BMC psychology 2021. PMID: 33794990
Satyanarayana VA, Burroughs HR, Heylen E, Yadav K, Sinha S, Nyamathi A, Ekstrand ML. Mental health of women living with HIV and its impact on child development in Andhra Pradesh, India. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2021. PMID: 34956392
Lin CP, Boufkhed S, Pai AA, Namisango E, Luyirika E, Sleeman KE, Costantini M, Peruselli C, Higginson IJ, Ekstrand ML, Harding R, Salins N, Bhatnagar S. Preparedness and Capacity of Indian Palliative Care Services to Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Online Rapid Assessment Survey. Indian journal of palliative care 2021. PMID: 34035634
Nyblade L, Srinivasan K, Raj T, Oga EA, Heylen E, Mazur A, Devadass D, Steward WT, Pereira M, Ekstrand ML. HIV Transmission Worry Predicts Discrimination Intentions Among Nursing Students and Ward Staff in India. AIDS and behavior 2020. PMID: 32804318
Srinivasan K, Heylen E, Raj T, Nyblade L, Devadass D, Pereira M, Ekstrand ML. Reduction in stigma drivers partially mediates the effect of a stigma reduction intervention among nursing students in India: The DriSti cluster randomized controlled trial. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2020. PMID: 33105394
Vetrova MV, Cheng DM, Bendiks S, Gnatienko N, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Jiang W, Luoma J, Blokhina E, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, Ekstrand ML, Raj A, Samet JH, Lunze K. HIV and Substance Use Stigma, Intersectional Stigma and Healthcare Among HIV-Positive PWID in Russia. AIDS and behavior 2021. PMID: 33506305
. Risk factors for severity of depression in participants with chronic medical conditions in rural primary health care settings in India. Journal of affective disorders reports 2021. PMID: 33681860
Salem BE, Kwon J, Ekstrand ML, Hall E, Turner SF, Faucette M, Slaughter R. Transitioning into the Community: Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators Experienced By Formerly Incarcerated, Homeless Women During Reentry-A Qualitative Study. Community mental health journal 2021. PMID: 33387178
Thomas S, Srinivasan K, Heylen E, Ekstrand ML. Correlates of social support in individuals with a diagnosis of common mental disorders and non communicable medical diseases in rural South India. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology 2021. PMID: 33386410
Catherine Carpenter, Kavita Kapur, Padma Ramakrishna, Kartik Yadav, Maria Ekstrand, Sanjeev Sinha, Adeline Nyamathi. Body Composition Changes Resulting from Nutrition Supplementation and Nutrition Education: Results from 2 × 2 Factorial Trial of 600 Rural Indian Women Living with HIV/AIDS. Current developments in nutrition 2020. PMID:
Catherine L Carpenter, Adeline Nyamathi, Kavita Kapur, Sriram Hariharan, RK Padma, Maria Ekstrand, Sanjeev Sinha, Rashmi Sinha. Tablet-based dietary assessment of nutritional intake for rural women with HIV/AIDS living in Andhra Pradesh, India. The FASEB Journal 2017. PMID:
Jonathan Elford, Heiner C. Bucher, Patrick Rawstorne, Andrea Fogarty, Paul Van de Ven, Susan Kippax, Maria Ekstrand, Shalini Bharat, Jayashree Ramakrishna, Leckness C. Simbayi, Seth C. Kalichman. International Perspectives. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2005. PMID:
Edgar Merchan-Hamann, Maria Ekstrand, Esther Sid Hudes, Norman Hearst. Prevalence and Correlates of HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents at Public Schools in Brasilia. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2002. PMID:
Suniti Solomon, Aylur Ganesh, Maria Ekstrand, John Barclay, Narayan Kumarasamy, Jeffrey Mandel, Christina Lindan. High HIV Seropositivity at an Anonymous Testing Site in Chennai, India: Client Profile and Trends over Time. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 2000. PMID:
Michael Acree, Maria Ekstrand, Thomas J. Coates, Ron Stall. Mode effects in surveys of gay men: A within-individual comparison of responses by mail and by telephone. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 1999. PMID:
MARY-ANN SHAFER, JOAN F. HILTON, MARIA EKSTRAND, JOSEPH KEOGH, LAUREN GEE, LISA DlGIORGIO-HAAG, JANET SHALWITZ, JULIUS SCHACHTER. Relationship Between Drug Use and Sexual Behaviors and the Occurrence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among High-Risk Male Youth. "HIV within the House Ball Community and the Promise of Community-based Social Structures for Intervention and Support" 1991. PMID: