Bruce Agins, MD
Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine

Publications (76)

Top publication keywords:
Quality ImprovementMandatory TestingSelf-ManagementHIV InfectionsSustained Virologic ResponseCommunity ParticipationAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveMalariaNew YorkAnti-HIV AgentsQuality of Health CareTotal Quality ManagementPost-Exposure ProphylaxisPatient CareDelivery of Health Care

• HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use on a Global Scale Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2023 Huang Y, Tian R, Zhou Z, Xu J, Agins B, Zou H, Chen Q, Sun Z, Zhong Q, Ma Z, Jiang H
• Integrating hypertension and HIV care in Namibia: A quality improvement collaborative approach.
  PloS one 2022 Basenero A, Neidel J, Ikeda DJ, Ashivudhi H, Mpariwa S, Kamangu JWN, Mpalang Kakubu MA, Hans L, Mutandi G, Jed S, Tjituka F, Hamunime N, Agins BD
• Strengthening Management, Community Engagement, and Sustainability of the Subnational Response to Accelerate Malaria Elimination in Namibia.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2022 Chung AM, Love E, Neidel J, Mendai I, Nairenge S, van Wyk LA, Rossi S, Larson E, Case P, Gosling J, Viljoen G, Hove M, Agins B, Hamanyela J, Gosling R
• Increasing awareness of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and willingness to use HIV PrEP among men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of global data.
  Journal of the International AIDS Society 2022 Sun Z, Gu Q, Dai Y, Zou H, Agins B, Chen Q, Li P, Shen J, Yang Y, Jiang H
• Effective management of district-level malaria control and elimination: implementing quality and participative process improvements.
  BMC public health 2022 Agins B, Case P, Chandramohan D, Chen I, Chikodzore R, Chitapi P, Chung A, Gosling R, Gosling J, Gumbi M, Ikeda D, Madinga M, Mnguni P, Murungu J, Gueye CS, Tulloch J, Viljoen G, Leadership and …

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• Roll-out of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: a gateway to mental health promotion.
  BMJ global health 2021 Ikeda DJ, Kidia K, Agins BD, Haberer JE, Tsai AC
• Building patient participation in quality of care through the healthcare stories project: A demonstration program in New York State HIV clinics.
  Patient Experience Journal 2021 Abigail Baim-Lance, Freda Coren, Margaret Brown, Hazel Lever, Daniel Tietz, Bruce Agins
• Beyond tokenism in quality management policy and programming: moving from participation to meaningful involvement of people with HIV in New York State.
  International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care 2021 Coren F, Brown MK, Ikeda DJ, Tietz D, Steinbock C, Baim-Lance A, Agins BD
• The Vital Role of a Federally Qualified Community Health Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  The Journal of ambulatory care management 2021 Halperin J, Conner K, Telleria C, Agins B, Butler I
• Adapting improvements to context: when, why and how?
  International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care 2020 Ovretveit J, Dolan-Branton L, Marx M, Reid A, Reed J, Agins B
• Bridging the quality gap in diagnosis and treatment of malaria.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2020 Ikeda DJ, Gosling R, Eliades MJ, Chung A, Murungu J, Agins BD
• Haiti’s National HIV Quality Management Program and the Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record to Drive Improvement in Patient Care.
  2020 Joshua Bardfield, Bruce D. Agins, Margareth Jasmin, Nicasky Celestin, Nirva Duval, Jean Gabriel Balan, Patrice Joseph, Jean Solon Valles, Yves Marie Bernard
• Performance and trend for quality of service in a large HIV/AIDS treatment program in Nigeria.
  AIDS research and therapy 2019 Aliyu A, El-Kamary S, Brown J, Agins B, Ndembi N, Aliyu G, Jumare J, Adelekan B, Dakum P, Abimiku A, Charurat M
• Improving the cascade of global tuberculosis care: moving from the "what" to the "how" of quality improvement.
  The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2019 Agins BD, Ikeda DJ, Reid MJA, Goosby E, Pai M, Cattamanchi A
• Do Quality Improvement Initiatives Improve Outcomes for Patients in Antiretroviral Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? A Systematic Review.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2019 Hargreaves S, Rustage K, Nellums LB, Bardfield JE, Agins B, Barker P, Massoud MR, Ford NP, Doherty M, Dougherty G, Singh S
• Implementing quality improvement in tuberculosis programming: Lessons learned from the global HIV response.
  Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases 2019 Ikeda DJ, Basenero A, Murungu J, Jasmin M, Inimah M, Agins BD
• A quality improvement approach to the reduction of HIV-related stigma and discrimination in healthcare settings.
  BMJ global health 2019 Ikeda DJ, Nyblade L, Srithanaviboonchai K, Agins BD
• Building a tuberculosis-free world: The Lancet Commission on tuberculosis.
  Lancet (London, England) 2019 Reid MJA, Arinaminpathy N, Bloom A, Bloom BR, Boehme C, Chaisson R, Chin DP, Churchyard G, Cox H, Ditiu L, Dybul M, Farrar J, Fauci AS, Fekadu E, Fujiwara PI, Hallett TB, Hanson CL, Harrington M, …
• Effect of task-shifting HIV testing from laboratory personnel to nurses on paediatric and adolescent HIV testing rate and yield in rural Nigeria: a prospective before-and-after study.
  The Lancet Global Health 2019 Oriaku Ofem, Tongdiyen Laura Jasper, Nguavese Torbunde, Murna Yashimankut, Hussaini Sadiq, Rosemary Ejekam, Daniel Ikeda, Emmanuel Aiyenigba, Bruce Agins, Nadia Sam-Agudu
• A 6-Country Collaborative Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Nutrition and Decrease Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Mother-Infant Pairs.
  Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care 2019 Barker P, Quick T, Agins B, Rollins N, Sint TT, Stern AF
• An End-User Participatory Approach to Collaboratively Refine HIV Care Data, The New York State Experience.
  AIDS and behavior 2019 Swain CA, Sawicki S, Addison D, Katz B, Piersanti K, Baim-Lance A, Gordon D, Anderson BJ, Nash D, Steinbock C, Agins B
• Factors Influencing the Successful Implementation of HIV Linkage and Retention Interventions in Healthcare Agencies Across New York State.
  AIDS and behavior 2019 Addison D, Baim-Lance A, Suchman L, Katz B, Swain CA, Piersanti K, Steinbock C, Sawicki S, Agins B, Nash D, NYLinks Implementation Team
• The Facility-Level HIV Treatment Cascade: Using a Population Health Tool in Health Care Facilities to End the Epidemic in New York State.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2018 Ikeda DJ, Hollander L, Weigl S, Sawicki SV, Belanger DR, West NY, Brey Magnani N, Wells CG, Gordon P, Morne J, Agins BD
• ISQUA18-0035Integrating Hypertension Management in Routine HIV Care Services Through Quality Improvement Collaborative in Namibia.
  International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2018 Apollo Basenero, Julie Neidel, Daniel Ikeda, Bruce Agins
• ISQUA18-1138Applying Structured Quality Improvement Methods to Reduce HIV-related Stigma and Discrimination in Healthcare Facilities: Implementation of the Southeast Asia Stigma Reduction Learning Network.
  International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2018 D Ikeda, K Srithanaviboonchai, L Nyblade, B Agins
• Everyday and unavoidable coproduction: exploring patient participation in the delivery of healthcare services.
  Sociology of health & illness 2018 Baim-Lance A, Tietz D, Lever H, Swart M, Agins B
• Namibia.
  2018 Bruce Agins, Joshua Bardfield, Margaret K Brown, Daniel Tietz, Apollo Basenero, Christine S Gordon, Ndapewa Hamunime, Julie Taleni Neidel
• Adapting improvements to context: when, why and how?
  International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care 2018 Ovretveit J, Dolan-Branton L, Marx M, Reid A, Reed J, Agins B
• Namibia.
  Health Systems Improvement Across the Globe 2017 Apollo Basenero, Christine S. Gordon, Ndapewa Hamunime, Joshua Bardfield, Bruce Agins
• Understanding Determinants of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Viral Load Suppression.
  Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care 2016 Feller DJ, Agins BD
• A National Organizational Assessment (NOA) to Build Sustainable Quality Management Programs in Low- and Middle- Income Countries.
  Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2016 Bardfield J, Palumbo M, Geis M, Jasmin M, Agins BD, NOA Working Group
• Readmissions in HIV-Infected Inpatients: A Large Cohort Analysis.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2016 Feller DJ, Akiyama MJ, Gordon P, Agins BD
• The Dissociation Between Viral Load Suppression and Retention in Care.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2016 Feller DJ, Agins BD
• The HIV Workforce in New York State: Does Patient Volume Correlate with Quality?
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2015 O'Neill M, Karelas GD, Feller DJ, Knudsen-Strong E, Lajeunesse D, Tsui D, Gordon P, Agins BD
• A quality improvement approach to capacity building in low- and middle-income countries.
  AIDS (London, England) 2015 Bardfield J, Agins B, Akiyama M, Basenero A, Luphala P, Kaindjee-Tjituka F, Natanael S, Hamunime N
• Health Care User Perspectives on Constructing, Contextualizing, and Co-Producing "Quality of Care".
  Qualitative health research 2015 Baim-Lance A, Tietz D, Schlefer M, Agins B
• Improving rates of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in resource-limited settings: implementation of a quality improvement approach.
  International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care 2014 Bardfield J, Agins B, Palumbo M, Wei AL, Morris J, Marston B, Cotrimoxazole Qi Group
• Nonoccupational post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV in New York State Emergency Departments.
  Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care 2014 Fitzpatrick LJ, Egan DJ, Cowan E, Savitsky LM, Kushner JD, Calderon Y, Agins BD
• Management of sexually transmitted infections in New York State health care organizations: who is thinking about the quality of STI care?
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2014 Janowski JP, Garrett WS, Feller DJ, Hathaway R, Kushner J, Pelish M, Agins BD
• Factors associated with returning to HIV care after a gap in care in New York State.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2014 Cunningham CO, Buck J, Shaw FM, Spiegel LS, Heo M, Agins BD
• Legislated human immunodeficiency virus testing in New York State Emergency Departments: reported experience from Emergency Department providers.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2014 Egan DJ, Cowan E, Fitzpatrick L, Savitsky L, Kushner J, Calderon Y, Agins BD
• Charting the way forward to better quality health care: how do we get there and what are the next steps? Recommendations from the Salzburg Global Seminar on making health care better in low- and middle-income economies.
  International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care 2012 Massoud MR, Mensah-Abrampah N, Sax S, Leatherman S, Agins B, Barker P, Kelley E, Heiby JR, Lotherington J
• Evaluation of regional HIV provider quality groups to improve care for people living with HIV served in the United States.
  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2012 Schneider KL, Agins BD, Ng DW, Monserrate JM, Hirschhorn LR
• Improved quality of HIV care over time among participants in a national quality improvement initiative.
  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2012 Chow W, Hirschhorn LR, Ng DW, Wells CG, Schneider KL, Agins BD
• HIVQUAL-T: monitoring and improving HIV clinical care in Thailand, 2002-08.
  International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care 2012 Thanprasertsuk S, Supawitkul S, Lolekha R, Ningsanond P, Agins BD, McConnell MS, Fox KK, Srisongsom S, Chunwimaleung S, Gass R, Simmons N, Chaovavanich A, Jirajariyavej S, Leusaree T, Akksilp S, Mock …
• Using computer-based monitoring and intervention to prevent harmful combinations of antiretroviral drugs in the New York State AIDS Drug Assistance Program.
  Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2012 Gonzalez CJ, Rivera CA, Martin RJ, Mergian GA, Cruz H, Agins BD
• Improving the delivery of safe and effective healthcare in low and middle income countries.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2012 Massoud MR, Mensah-Abrampah N, Barker P, Leatherman S, Kelley E, Agins B, Sax S, Heiby J
• Changes in stress, substance use and medication beliefs are associated with changes in adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy.
  AIDS and behavior 2011 French T, Tesoriero J, Agins B
• Pediatric HIVQUAL-T: measuring and improving the quality of pediatric HIV care in Thailand, 2005-2007.
  Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2010 Lolekha R, Chunwimaleung S, Hansudewechakul R, Leawsrisook P, Prasitsuebsai W, Srisamang P, Wongsawat J, Faikratok W, Pattanasin S, Agins BD, Fox KK, McConnell MS
• Retaining HIV-infected patients in care: Where are we? Where do we go from here?
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2010 Horstmann E, Brown J, Islam F, Buck J, Agins BD
• Nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis for exposure to HIV in New York State emergency departments.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2008 Ende AR, Hein L, Sottolano DL, Agins BD
• Defining a high performance healthcare organisation.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2007 Agins BD, Holden MM
• Prevalence of drug-resistant and nonsubtype B HIV strains in antiretroviral-naïve, HIV-infected individuals in New York State.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2007 Parker MM, Gordon D, Reilly A, Horowitz HW, Waters M, Bennett R, Hallack R, Smith J, Lamson D, Aydemir A, Dvali N, Agins BD, Drusano GL, Taylor J, Resistance Study Group
• Integrating HIV Prevention Activities into the HIV Medical Care Setting: A Report from the NYC HIV Centers Consortium.
  Journal of Urban Health 2007 Tracey E. Wilson, David Vlahov, Stephen Crystal, Judith Absalon, Susan J. Klein, Robert H. Remien, Bruce Agins
• Co-located substance use treatment and HIV prevention and primary care services, New York State, 1990-2002: a model for effective service delivery to a high-risk population.
  Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2007 Rothman J, Rudnick D, Slifer M, Agins B, Heiner K, Birkhead G
• Adherence to HAART: perspectives from clients in treatment support programs.
  Psychology, health & medicine 2006 Weiss L, French T, Waters M, Netherland J, Agins B, Finkelstein R
• Integrating HIV prevention activities into the HIV medical care setting: a report from the NYC HIV Centers Consortium.
  Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2006 Wilson TE, Vlahov D, Crystal S, Absalon J, Klein SJ, Remien RH, Remein RH, Agins B
• Training HIV clinicians and building a clinical workforce: the experience in New York State.
  AIDS & public policy journal 2005 Carrascal AF, Montesano-Ostrander K, Rukeyser J, Agins BD
• Correlation of a brief perceived stress measure with nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy over time.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2005 French T, Weiss L, Waters M, Tesoriero J, Finkelstein R, Agins B
• Improving improvement.
  Annals of internal medicine 2004 Agins BD, Steinbock C
• Factors associated with the successful implementation of a quality improvement project in human immunodeficiency virus ambulatory care clinics.
  American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2004 Warner G, Drainoni ML, Parker V, Agins BD, Eldred L
• Syringe access for the prevention of blood borne infections among injection drug users.
  BMC public health 2003 Stancliff S, Agins B, Rich JD, Burris S
• HIV-related knowledge and adherence to HAART.
  AIDS care 2003 Weiss L, French T, Finkelstein R, Waters M, Mukherjee R, Agins B
• Editorial comment: does this drug make the patient better or worse? Interactions between pharmacists and members of the health care team.
  The AIDS reader 2003 Agins BD, Mojica-Rogers C
• Stability of adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy over time among clients enrolled in the treatment adherence demonstration project.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2003 Tesoriero J, French T, Weiss L, Waters M, Finkelstein R, Agins B
• Self-management of chronic disease.
  JAMA 2003 Rukeyser J, Steinbock C, Agins BD
• Substance abuse treatment should be key component of HIV treatment plan. Experts explain some best-practice strategies.
  AIDS alert 2001 Agins B, Gourevitch M, Masci J, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Hitt RS, Haikalis S, Mabry SH, Gerse M
• A new paradigm for HIV care: ethical and clinical considerations.
  American journal of public health 2001 Noring S, Dubler NN, Birkhead G, Agins B
• Oral Mucosal Lesions and HIV Viral Load in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS).
  JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2001 Sharon Stancliff, Stephen Abel, Bruce Agins
• Oral Mucosal Lesions and HIV Viral Load in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS).
  JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2001 Sharon Stancliff, Stephen Abel, Bruce Agins
• Oral Mucosal Lesions and HIV Viral Load in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS).
  JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2001 Sharon Stancliff, Stephen Abel, Bruce Agins
• Hospitalization of patients infected with active TB in New York State, 1987-1992: the effect of the HIV epidemic.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes and human retrovirology : official publication of the International Retrovirology Association 1996 Kaufman G, Han Y, Agins BD
• A statewide program to evaluate the quality of care provided to persons with HIV infection.
  The Joint Commission journal on quality improvement 1995 Agins BD, Young MT, Ellis WC, Burke GR, Rotunno FF
• Managing early HIV infection. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
  Clinical practice guideline. Quick reference guide for clinicians 1994 el-Sadr W, Oleske JM, Agins BD
• Enhanced detection of cytomegalovirus in shell vial cell culture monolayers by preinoculation treatment of urine with low-speed centrifugation.
  Current Microbiology 1990 Steven M. Lipson, Patrick Costello, Susan Forlenza, Bruce Agins, Katarina Szabo
• Effect of combined therapy with ansamycin, clofazimine, ethambutol, and isoniazid for Mycobacterium avium infection in patients with AIDS.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 1989 Agins BD, Berman DS, Spicehandler D, el-Sadr W, Simberkoff MS, Rahal JJ