Sarah Gutin, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor

Community Health Systems

I am a social behavioral scientist focused on addressing the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs and rights of couples and people living with HIV (PLHIV) with a focus on approaches for male engagement. My research interests include the intersection of reproductive health and HIV care in global contexts, HIV care and prevention engagement strategies, family planning, and HIV stigma. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health Systems in the School of Nursing, the Division of Prevention Sciences, and the Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. I have 20 years of experience with HIV, male engagement, and reproductive health projects in the US and various sub-Saharan African countries, including Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Mozambique, and Botswana. Over many years, my research has been concentrated on the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of people affected by HIV across the continuum of care. I am currently the PI of an NIH-funded study (K01MH132435) focused on how to support the reproductive choices of couples in highly mobile communities in Kenya and how to improve male engagement in SRH to reduce HIV incidence. I am also leading research to explore how HIV-related stigma impacts the childbearing desires of sero-different couples to enhance SRH services for PLHIV.

Publications:

Metrics of Mobility by Sex are Associated with HIV Incidence in Rural Kenya and Uganda.

AIDS and behavior

Camlin CS, Gutin SA, Charlebois ED, Neilands TB, Balzer LB, Petersen ML, Chamie G, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Kamya MR, Havlir DV, Ayieko J

Comparing PrEP adherence via objective and self-reported measures among fishermen working on Lake Victoria, Kenya.

AIDS care

Adede DO, Sheira LA, Gutin SA, Ochung A, Ayieko B, Olugo P, Lewis-Kulzer J, Charlebois ED, Camlin CS, Thirumurthy H, Agot K, Kwena Z, Gandhi M

The effect of a social network-based intervention to promote HIV testing and linkage to HIV services among fishermen in Kenya: a cluster-randomised trial.

The Lancet. Global health

Camlin CS, Sheira LA, Kwena ZA, Charlebois ED, Agot K, Moody J, Ayieko B, Gutin SA, Ochung A, Olugo P, Lewis-Kulzer J, Nishimura H, Gandhi M, Bukusi EA, Thirumurthy H

Misconceptions and limited experience with HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among fishermen in Western Kenya: a qualitative study.

AIDS care

Olugo P, Nishimura H, Thorp M, Lewis-Kulzer J, Ayieko B, Agot K, Kwena ZA, Camlin CS, Gutin SA

"There is no need to leave the beach to test": a qualitative study of HIV self-testing knowledge and acceptability of HIV self-test kit distribution among social networks of fishermen in Western Kenya.

BMC public health

Lewis-Kulzer J, Olugo P, Gutin SA, Kwena ZA, Nishimura H, Thorp M, Agot K, Ayieko B, Bukusi EA, Oluoch L, Angawa D, Thirumurthy H, Camlin CS

The effect of a social network-based intervention on adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and HIV viral suppression among Kenyan fishermen.

AIDS (London, England)

Sheira LA, Kwena ZA, Ayieko B, Charlebois ED, Agot K, Gutin SA, Lewis-Kulzer J, Olugo P, Gandhi M, Bukusi EA, Thirumurthy H, Adede D, Moody J, Camlin CS

Training Social Network-Central Fishermen in Western Kenya to Distribute HIV Self-Test Kits and Health Facility Referral Vouchers.

African journal of AIDS research : AJAR

Okore JO, Camlin CS, Lewis-Kulzer J, Gutin SA, Charlebois E, Ayieko B, Kwena Z, Agot K

"There is no need to leave the beach to test": A qualitative study of HIV self-testing knowledge and acceptability of HIV self-test kit distribution among social networks of fishermen in western Kenya.

Research square

Lewis-Kulzer J, Olugo P, Gutin SA, Kwena ZA, Nishimura H, Thorp M, Agot K, Ayieko B, Bukusi EA, Oluoch L, Angawa D, Thirumurthy H, Camlin CS

Results of the Sukuma Ndoda ("Stand up, Man") HIV Self-Screening and Assisted Linkage to Care Project in Johannesburg: A Quasi-Experimental Pre-Post Evaluation.

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)

Lippman SA, Grignon JS, Ditshwane B, West RL, Gilmore HJ, Mazibuko S, Mongwe LG, Neilands TB, Gutin SA, O'Connor C, Santana MA, Majam M

Cost Analysis of Short Messaging Service and Peer Navigator Interventions for Linking and Retaining Adults Recently Diagnosed With HIV in Care in South Africa.

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)

Shade SB, Gutin SA, Agnew E, Grignon JS, Gilmore H, Ratlhagana MJ, Sumitani J, Steward WT, Lippman SA

Clinical Implications of HIV Treatment and Prevention for Polygamous Families in Kenya and Uganda: "My Co-Wife Is the One Who Used to Encourage Me".

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care

Johnson-Peretz J, Onyango A, Gutin SA, Balzer L, Akatukwasa C, Owino L, Arunga TMO, Atwine F, Petersen M, Kamya M, Ayieko J, Ruel T, Havlir D, Camlin CS

Geographic Mobility and HIV Care Engagement among People Living with HIV in Rural Kenya and Uganda.

Tropical medicine and infectious disease

Ayieko J, Thorp M, Getahun M, Gandhi M, Maeri I, Gutin SA, Okiring J, Kamya MR, Bukusi EA, Charlebois ED, Petersen M, Havlir DV, Camlin CS, Murnane PM

Supportive couple relationships buffer against the harms of HIV stigma on HIV treatment adherence.

BMC public health

Gutin SA, Ruark A, Darbes LA, Neilands TB, Mkandawire J, Conroy AA

Sex specific differences in HIV status disclosure and care engagement among people living with HIV in rural communities in Kenya and Uganda.

PLOS global public health

Okorie CN, Gutin SA, Getahun M, Lebu SA, Okiring J, Neilands TB, Ssali S, Cohen CR, Maeri I, Eyul P, Bukusi EA, Charlebois ED, Camlin CS

Impact of short message service and peer navigation on linkage to care and antiretroviral therapy initiation in South Africa.

AIDS (London, England)

Lippman SA, de Kadt J, Ratlhagana MJ, Agnew E, Gilmore H, Sumitani J, Grignon J, Gutin SA, Shade SB, Gilvydis JM, Tumbo J, Barnhart S, Steward WT

Mobility is Associated with Higher-risk Sexual Partnerships Among Both Men and Women in Co-resident Couples in Rural Kenya and Uganda: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.

AIDS and behavior

Gutin SA, Neilands TB, Charlebois ED, Getahun M, Okiring J, Akullian A, Maeri I, Eyul P, Ssali S, Cohen CR, Kamya MR, Bukusi EA, Camlin CS

Nothing about us without us: Community-based participatory research to improve HIV care for mobile patients in Kenya and Uganda.

Social science & medicine (1982)

Maeri I, Eyul P, Getahun M, Hatchett K, Owino L, Akatukwasa C, Itiakorit H, Gutin SA, Johnson-Peretz J, Ssali S, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Kamya MR, Charlebois ED, Camlin CS

Condom, modern contraceptive, and dual method use are associated with HIV status and relationship concurrency in a context of high mobility: A cross-sectional study of women of reproductive age in rural Kenya and Uganda, 2016.

Contraception

Lee JK, Gutin SA, Getahun M, Okiring J, Neilands TB, Akullian A, Ssali S, Cohen CR, Maeri I, Eyul P, Kamya MR, Bukusi EA, Charlebois ED, Camlin CS

Sexual partnership concurrency and age disparities associated with sexually transmitted infection and risk behavior in rural communities in Kenya and Uganda.

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases

Okiring J, Getahun M, Gutin SA, Lebu S, Lee J, Maeri I, Eyul P, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Neilands TB, Ssali S, Charlebois ED, Camlin CS

Distinct forms of migration and mobility are differentially associated with HIV treatment adherence.

AIDS (London, England)

Murnane PM, Gandhi M, Bacchetti P, Getahun M, Gutin SA, Okochi H, Maeri I, Eyul P, Omoding D, Okiring J, Tallerico R, Louie A, Akullian A, Kamya MR, Bukusi EA, Charlebois ED, Camlin CS