Karina Kielmann PhD
- LSHTM
- 15-17 Tavistock Place
- London
- WC1H 9SH
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I am a Canadian medical anthropologist with a combined background in anthropology (M.A., McGill University) and public health (Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health). I joined the Health Policy Unit at LSHTM in August 2001 and worked for three successive DfID-funded research programmes, the last of which was the Research Programme Consortium on HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care (Evidence for Action) that ran from 2006 to 2011. I currently am employed as a Senior Lecturer in the Institute for International Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, however retain some time at LSHTM working on projects related to HIV and TB care in South Africa and India.
Affiliation
Teaching
I guest lecture on the following units: Principles of Social Research; Medical Anthropology in Public Health; Health Systems.
Research
Current research interests and projects include: 1) Ethical and social contexts of clinical care in low-resource settings 2) Managing co-infected HIV/TB patients in India, Zambia, and South Africa and 3) Community involvement in HIV treatment and care
Research areas
- Health services research
- Health systems
- Infectious disease policy
Disciplines
- Anthropology
- Operational research
Disease and Health Conditions
- HIV/AIDS
- Tuberculosis
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Selected publications
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Examining sex differentials in the uptake and process of HIV testing in three high prevalence districts of India
Joseph, S.; Kielmann, K.; Kudale, A.; Sheikh, K.; Shinde, S.; Porter, J.; Rangan, S.
Aids Care-Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of Aids/Hiv, 2010; 22(3):286-295
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What 'outliers' tell us about missed opportunities for tuberculosis control: a cross-sectional study of patients in Mumbai, India.
Pradhan, A.; Kielmann, K.; Gupte, H.; Bamne, A.; Porter, J.D.; Rangan, S.;
BMC Public Health, 2010; 10:263
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Tracking the rise of the "expert patient" in evolving paradigms of HIV care.
Kielmann, K.; Cataldo, F.;
AIDS Care, 2010; 22 Suppl 1:21-8
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Health systems' responses to the roll-out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in India: a comparison of two HIV high-prevalence settings.
Kudale, A.; Salve, S.; Rangan, S.; Kielmann, K.;
AIDS Care, 2010; 22 Suppl 1:85-92
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India's Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme: looking beyond detection and cure
Kelkar-Khambete, A.; Kielmann, K.; Pawar, S.; Porter, J.; Inamdar, V.; Datye, A.; Rangan, S.
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2008; 12(1):87-92
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Private practitioners' communications with patients around HIV testing in Pune, India
Datye, V.; Kielmann, K.; Sheikh, K.; Deshmukh, D.; Deshpande, S.; Porter, J.; Rangan, S.
Health Policy and Planning, 2006; 21(5):343-352
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Managing uncertainty around HIV/AIDS in an urban setting: Private medical providers and their patients in Pune, India
Kielmann, K.; Deshmukh, D.; Deshpande, S.; Datye, V.; Porter, J.; Rangan, S.
Social Science & Medicine, 2005; 61(7):1540-1550
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Theorizing health in the context of transition: the dynamics of perceived morbidity among women in peri-urban Maharashtra, India
Kielmann, K.
Medical Anthropology, 2002; 21(2):157-205
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