Andrew S. Karlyn, Ph.D.
Associate
Andrew Karlyn is an associate with the Population Council's HIV and AIDS program in Nigeria. Prior to joining the Council, Karlyn was a senior behavioral scientist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Botswana; a behavior change communications and research consultant in Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, and Romania; and a technical advisor for monitoring, evaluation, and research for Population Services International in Mozambique.
Karlyn has extensive experience in the implementation of qualitative and quantitative social science research on topics of sexuality, reproductive health, and HIV and AIDS, which includes data collection, analysis, and dissemination of research results. He has 15 years' experience with clinical trials, cross-sectional population-based surveys, quasi-experimental designs, panel surveys, client/consumer intercept surveys, rapid ethnography, participatory methods (RRA/PRAs), and focus groups. In sub-Saharan Africa, Karlyn has provided long-term technical assistance for research, program design, monitoring and evaluation systems, and evaluations for a variety of national and international clients, including community-based organizations, host governments, international donors, national and international NGOs, and UN agencies (12 years of experience). He has worked for ten years in program implementation of national and regional behavior-change communications and social marketing campaigns for the prevention of sexual and vertical transmission of HIV. Karlyn has held direct supervisory responsibility for managing the program development cycle, including project design, proposal development, budgeting, material development and placement, logistics, and monitoring and evaluation. He has ten years of supervisory experience that includes program initiation and start-up.
Karlyn received his B.A. in international relations and his M.Sc. in biomedical anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. He has a Ph.D. in public health and demography from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Andrew S. Karlyn, Ph.D.
Associate
Formative Assessment and Mapping of Female Drug Users in Kano, Kaduna, Ogun, and Lagos, Nigeria (more)
Using social media and mobile technology, Council researchers are collecting data on female drug users in Nigeria to increase visibility of and services for this hidden yet highly vulnerable population.
(12/2010 - 5/2011)
Topics: HIV prevention; Injecting drug users; Vulnerable populations
Countries: Nigeria
Addressing Child Marriage in Northern Nigeria (more)
Council researchers conducted a survey and intervention designed to address issues surrounding child marriage in Nigeria.
(11/2005 - 11/2009)
Topics: Child marriage
Countries: Nigeria
Expanding Access to Magnesium Sulfate in Kano State, Nigeria (more)
Council research helped educate health providers on hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and administration of magnesium sulfate as a treatment for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia.
(2/2008 - 12/2008)
Topics: Safe pregnancy, antenatal, and delivery care
Countries: Nigeria
Andrew S. Karlyn, Ph.D.
Associate
High HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in Nigeria: Implications for combination prevention (abstract) (HTML)Vu,Lung; Adebajo,Sylvia; Tun,Waimar; Sheehy,Meredith; Karlyn,Andrew; Njab,Jean; Azeez,Aderemi; Ahonsi,Babatunde
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 63(2): 221-227
Publication date: 2013
High levels of bisexual behavior and factors associated with bisexual behavior among men having sex with men (MSM) in Nigeria (abstract) (HTML)
Sheehy,Meredith; Tun,Waimar; Vu,Lung; Adebajo,Sylvia; Obianwu,Otibho; Karlyn,Andrew
AIDS Care Published online ahead of print, 6 June
Publication date: 2013
Population-based prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus, HIV, syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia in male injection drug users in Lagos, Nigeria (abstract) (PDF)
Tun,Waimar; Vu,Lung; Adebajo,Sylvia; Abiodun,Lolade; Sheehy,Meredith; Karlyn,Andrew; Njab,Jean; Ahonsi,Babatunde; Issa,B.Kawu; Idogho,Omokhudu
International Journal of STD and AIDS Published online ahead of print, 19 July
Publication date: 2013
Attitudinal and behavioral factors associated with extramarital sex among Nigerian men: Findings from a national survey (abstract) (PDF) (HTML)
Vu,Lung; Tun,Waimar; Karlyn,Andrew; Adebajo,Sylvia; Ahonsi,Babatunde
International Journal of Sexual Health 23(4): 258-268
Publication date: 2011
Andrew S. Karlyn, Ph.D.
Associate
Social and economic factors contributing to the HIV vulnerability of MSM in urban Nigeria: A qualitative study comparing Lagos and Kano (PDF)Poster presentation at the XIX International AIDS Conference, Washington, DC, 24 July
Adebajo,Sylvia; Karlyn,Andrew; Enweonwu,Patrick; Tocco,Jack
Publication date: 2012
Levels and correlates of unprotected anal intercourse and not testing for HIV among men who have sex with men in Abuja, Lagos and Ibadan, Nigeria (abstract) (PDF)
Poster presentation at the 6th International AIDS Society Conference, Rome, Italy, 17-20 July
Vu,Lung; Adebajo,Sylvia; Sheehy,Meredith; Tun,Waimar; Karlyn,Andrew; Anene,Oliver; Sangowawa,Segun; Toyese,Akinade; Ankomah,Augustine; Balami,Wada; Ahonsi,Babatunde
Publication date: 2011
Men who have sex with men research in Africa
Presentation at TOP2BTM: Prevention, Treatment and Care for MSM, Cape Town, 23-25 May
Fipaza,Zukiswa; Karlyn,Andrew; Mbizvo,Elizabeth; Tun,Waimar
Publication date: 2011
Population-based estimates of prevalence of HIV, HBV and HCV and HIV-related risk behaviors among male injecting drug users in Lagos, Nigeria (abstract) (PDF)
Presentation at the 6th International AIDS Society Conference, Rome, Italy, 17-20 July
Tun,Waimar; Adebajo,Sylvia; Abiodun,Lolade; Karlyn,Andrew; Vu,Lung; Anyanti,Jennifer; Issa,B.Kawu; Sheehy,Meredith
Publication date: 2011
Male sex work in Nigeria: A population-based estimate of a hidden and vulnerable population (abstract)
Poster presentation at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, 21 July
Karlyn,Andrew; Adebajo,Sylvia; Nwachukwo,Emeka; Tocco,Jack; Abiodun,Lolade; Anene,Oliver; Ojiyoma,D.; Sangowawa,Segun; Kellerman,Scott E.
Publication date: 2010
Health-seeking behavior and access to HIV treatment among migrants in the inner city of Johannesburg, South Africa (abstract)
Poster presentation at the 8th International Conference on Urban Health, Nairobi, 21 October
Bagnol,Brigitte; Ng'andu,Brian; Pophiwa,Nedson; Phefumula Nyaninge,Nyoni; Inguane,Celso; Simon,Anne; Fipaza,Zukiswa; Maroga,Edwin; Karlyn,Andrew
Publication date: 2009
Hidden prospects: The role of social networks in service delivery for migrants in the inner city of Johannesburg, South Africa (PDF)
Presentation at the Migration and Development Seminar,
Johannesburg, 31 July
Fipaza,Zukiswa; Bagnol,Brigitte; Ng'andu,Brian; Pophiwa,Nedson; Phefumula Nyaninge,Nyoni; Inguane,Celso; Simon,Anne; Maroga,Edwin; Karlyn,Andrew
Publication date: 2009
The Men's Health Network, Nigeria (MHNN): Social networking, social franchising, new technologies, and traditional prevention for high-risk men, including MSM (abstract) (PDF)
Poster presentation at 5th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, Cape Town, 19-22 July
Karlyn,Andrew; Adebajo,Sylvia; Nwachukwu,Chukwuemeka; Darby,Heather; Tun,Waimar; Kellerman,Scott E.
Publication date: 2009
Adolescent early marriage in northern Nigeria: Evidence to effective programmatic intervention (abstract)
Presentation at Fifth African Population Conference, Arusha, Tanzania, 10-14 December
Karlyn,Andrew; Erulkar,Annabel S.
Publication date: 2007
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