The AIDS Health Crisis
Psychological and Social Interventions
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Injection risk practices and unprotected sex between injection drug users (IDUs) and their sexual partners are responsible for a high proportion of AIDS cases and new HIV infections in the United States. The p...
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The HIV epidemic has been the most significant public health crisis of the last 2 decades. Although Experimental Social Innovation and Dissemination (ESID) principles have been used by many HIV prevention rese...
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AIDS-related grief was examined and its association with co** among HIV-positive men and women explored. AIDS-related grief, psychological distress and co** were examined among a sample of 268 HIV-infected...
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HIV prevalence is alarmingly high among persons with serious mental illness and severely mentally ill adults frequently engage in high-risk behavior practices. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a small...
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An understanding of any intervention to reduce the impact of an infectious disease always rests on three domains-an understanding of the biology of the infectious agent, an understanding of the epidemiology of...
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Although AIDS rates have leveled among older gay men in large original epicenters, HIV seroincidence remains high among young men who have sex with men (MSM) in many areas of the country. This research examine...
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Conceptual formulations of HIV risk reduction and many HIV prevention interventions reported in the literature emphasize the role of sexual assertiveness, negotiation, and communication skills as key elements ...
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Most HIV prevention research has focused on persons who are HIV-seronegative. However, some persons aware of their HIV infection may continue to engage in high-risk sexual behavior patterns that place their se...
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A number of studies have established high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroprevalence among severely mentally ill men and women living in large urban areas. Much less research has characterized the patte...
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The present study sought to determine the cost per discounted quality-adjusted-life-year (QALY) saved by a small group workshop-format, cognitive-behavioral HIV-prevention intervention for gay men. The methodo...
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HIV-AIDS prevention research requires assessment administration formats that do not enhance response bias or risk sensitization. In the present study, reactivity of self-reported sexual history measures used i...
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Interventions to enhance the quality-of-life and health of persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease are becoming increasingly important as the number of people with HIV increases and as medical ...
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One consequence of the emergence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic over a decade ago among homosexually active men in the largest American cities is that most behavioral research on acquired i...
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As the elderly population of the United States increases, the demand for medical services for the aged will also increase. The medical needs of older people are varied and necessitate the services of a variety...
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Scientific, empirically based approaches to the treatment of any problem depend upon the adequacy of theoretical models concerning the cause of the problem. As discussed in other chapters, for many years there...
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The primary focus of this book has been interventions that can prove useful in preventing AIDS and assisting persons already affected by the syndrome. The development of effective prevention and service delive...
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Most literature on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has focused on persons with clinical-criterion, or frank, AIDS. Given the lethality of an AIDS diagnosis, the recency of the disease, and the expon...
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The strongest predictor of develo** an HIV-related disease is the amount of time that has elapsed since viral exposure (Moss et al., 1987). Even if HIV transmission rates could be stopped immediately or a vacci...
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Individual and small group counseling efforts are appropriate and necessary when assisting help-seeking clients who are at risk for AIDS. However, in spite of the media attention that AIDS receives and the fea...