Jody Boffa, University of Alberta

Research

Community Based Research Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Tb Explanatory Models Tuberculosis Prophylaxis For Plwh

Latest papers

The role of agency in the implementation of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT): Lessons from oMakoti in uMgungundlovu District, South Africa.
PloS one · 2018 · first author
Tuberculosis transmission in the Indigenous peoples of the Canadian prairies.
PloS one · 2017
A population-based cohort study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains: an emerging public health threat in an immigrant-receiving country?
PloS one · 2012

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Understandings of tuberculosis infection, disease, and treatment following TB prophylaxis implementation among people living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
CIHR · 2012 · Principal investigator
$30,670

All 1 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

The role of agency in the implementation of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT): Lessons from oMakoti in uMgungundlovu District, South Africa.

Boffa J, Mayan M, Ndlovu S, Mhlaba T, Williamson T, Sauve R, Fisher D

PloS one2018First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193571 PMID: 29513719

02

Tuberculosis transmission in the Indigenous peoples of the Canadian prairies.

Patel S, Paulsen C, Heffernan C, Saunders D, Sharma M, King M, Hoeppner V, Orr P, Kunimoto D, Menzies D, Christianson S, Wolfe J, Boffa J, McMullin K, Lopez-Hille C, Senthilselvan A, Long R

PloS one2017

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188189 PMID: 29136652

03

A population-based cohort study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing strains: an emerging public health threat in an immigrant-receiving country?

Langlois-Klassen D, Kunimoto D, Saunders LD, Chui L, Boffa J, Menzies D, Long R

PloS one2012

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038431 PMID: 22679504

04

The tuberculin skin test is unreliable in school children BCG-vaccinated in infancy and at low risk of tuberculosis infection.

Jacobs S, Warman A, Richardson R, Yacoub W, Lau A, Whittaker D, Cockburn S, Verma G, Boffa J, Tyrrell G, Kunimoto D, Manfreda J, Langlois-Klassen D, Long R

The Pediatric infectious disease journal2011

DOI: 10.1097/inf.0b013e31821b8f54 PMID: 21487326

05

A process for the inclusion of Aboriginal People in health research: lessons from the Determinants of TB Transmission project.

Boffa J, King M, McMullin K, Long R

Social science & medicine (1982)2011First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.10.033 PMID: 21316828

06

The feasibility of using an 'opt-out' approach to achieve universal HIV testing of tuberculosis patients in Alberta.

Sturtevant D, Preiksaitis J, Singh A, Houston S, Gill J, Predy G, Fisher D, Senthilselvan A, Manfreda J, Boffa J, Long R

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2009

DOI: 10.1007/bf03405519 PMID: 19839287

Understandings of tuberculosis infection, disease, and treatment following TB prophylaxis implementation among people living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Principal investigatorCIHR2012Catalyst Grant: HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General Stream

Principal investigators: Mayan, Maria Jane; Wilson, Douglas; Boffa, Jody M

Keywords: Community Based Research; Isoniazid Preventive Therapy; Tb Explanatory Models; Tuberculosis Prophylaxis For Plwh

$30,670

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan

Public Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2017

Tyler Williamson

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Maria Mayan

School of Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2018

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Community Based Research Dear Professor Boffa, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The role of agency in the implementation of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT): Lessons from oMakoti in uMgungundlovu District, South Africa." (2018), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Jody Boffa