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The health and well-being of populations around the world rely on well-trained public health practitioners and scholars who can meet today’s increasingly complex challenges. Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) prepares students with a comprehensive curriculum that incorporates specialized study and practical field experience. Eight academic departments offer educational and research training in biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology; health law, bioethics and human rights; health policy and management, international health, and maternal and child health, as well as social and behavioral sciences. Flexible full- and part-time programs of study allow students to work while pursuing their master’s, doctor of public health, specialized academic master’s, or doctor of science degrees. In addition to certificate programs, BUSPH provides dual degree options in cooperation with other graduate schools within Boston University.
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Understanding the relationship dynamics between female sex workers and their intimate partners in Kumasi, Ghana
(USAID Project SEARCH, 2014)This report presents findings from a qualitative study examining vulnerability to HIV and the prevention needs of men involved in intimate relationships with female sex workers (FSW) in Kumasi, Ghana. The study was conducted ... -
Research report: "It’s all about making a life": young female sex workers vulnerability to HIV and prevention needs in Kumasi, Ghana
(USAID Project SEARCH, 2012)This report presents findings from a qualitative study examining the vulnerability to HIV of young female sex workers (FSW) in Kumasi, Ghana and their prevention needs. The study was conducted by Boston University’s Center ... -
The Ghana retention on ART study (ROARS): keeping HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral therapy
(USAID Project SEARCH, 2014)This report presents the findings of a study that employed qualitative research methods to explore the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Ghana who are either in care and on antiretroviral ... -
HIV vulnerability of men and women who inject drugs in Kumasi, Ghana
(USAID Project SEARCH, 2014)Reducing vulnerability to HIV infection among key populations in Ghana is a major goal for the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) and the GAC. While a number of studies have explored HIV risk behaviours among several key ... -
"I can decide to use the property I have to make money": HIV vulnerability of bar workers and bar patrons in Kumasi, Ghana
(USAID Project SEARCH, 2014)This report provides the findings from a qualitative study exploring the social, economic and behavioral vulnerability to HIV of women working in bars and restaurants in Kumasi, Ghana’s second largest city. This research ... -
Research report: Exploring the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of MSM engaged in substance use and transactional sex in Ghana
(USAID Project SEARCH, 2013)This report presents findings from a qualitative study examining the vulnerability to HIV of young men who have sex with men (MSM) in Kumasi, Ghana, and their prevention needs. The study was jointly conducted in Kumasi, ... -
Attitudes and behaviors among older MSM in Ghana
(USAID Project SEARCH, 2013)This report provides the findings of a qualitative study that explored vulnerability to HIV of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Kumasi, Ghana. It is the second of two related studies focusing on MSM. The first study, ... -
Research report: "Using what you have to get what you want": Vulnerability to HIV and prevention needs of female post‐secondary students engaged in transactional sex in Kumasi, Ghana
(USAID Project SEARCH, 2013)This report presents findings from a qualitative study examining vulnerability to HIV of female post‐secondary students engaged in transactional sex in Kumasi, Ghana and their prevention needs. The study was conducted by ... -
Attitudes and behaviors among older MSM in Ghana
(USAID Project SEARCH, 2013)Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a particularly stigmatized group in Ghana. Male-tomale sex is viewed as “unnatural” and therefore illegal. MSM are a critical, though difficult, population to reach with HIV-related ... -
Program brief: Exploring the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of msm engaged in substance use and transactional sex in Ghana
(USAID Project SEARCH, 2013)Preventing HIV among key populations is a goal of the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) and the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC).1 Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a particularly stigmatized group in Ghana, in part because ...
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