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Jeffrey A. Kelly
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Cognitive problem-solving training to improve the child-care judgment of child neglectful parents
Child neglect, the failure to adequately meet a youngster's care needs, is the most frequent form of child maltreatment reported to welfare authorities. However, there have been few empirical reports of treatm.....
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Behavioral medicine interventions can improve the quality-of-life and health of persons with HIV disease
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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Priming Effects of HIV Risk Assessments on Related Perceptions and Behavior: An Experimental Field Study
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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Cost-Effectiveness of an HIV/AIDS Prevention Intervention for Gay Men
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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Patterns, Predictors and Gender Differences in HIV Risk Among Severely Mentally Ill Men and Women
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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Predictors of Continued High-Risk Sexual Behavior in a Community Sample of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
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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Role Play Assessments of Sexual Assertiveness Skills: Relationships with HIV/AIDS Sexual Risk Behavior Practices
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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Sexual HIV Risk Behavior Levels Among Young and Older Gay Men Outside of AIDS Epicenters: Findings of a 16-City Sample
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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Outcomes of a Randomized Small-Group HIV Prevention Intervention Trial for People with Serious Mental Illness
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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AIDS-Related Grief and Co** with Loss Among HIV-Positive Men and Women
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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Predictors of HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors in a Community Sample of Injection Drug-Using Men and Women
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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HIV, Sex, and Social Change: Applying ESID Principles to HIV Prevention Research
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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HIV Prevention in Africa: Programs and Populations Served by Non-Governmental Organizations
The AIDS epidemic in Africa remains an urgent health crisis. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Africa play a critical role in the delivery of HIV prevention services and assistance to persons living wit...
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Demographic Characteristics, Treatment History, Drug Risk Behaviors, and Condom Use Attitudes for U.S. and Russian Injection Drug Users: The Need for Targeted Sexual Risk Behavior Interventions
Two separate databases, one on Russian (n = 444) injection drug users (IDUs), and the other on U.S. IDUs (n = 241), were merged, and responses were compared. Results indicated that Russian IDUs perceived themselv...
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Cost-Effectiveness of a Community-Level HIV Risk Reduction Intervention for Women Living in Low-Income Housing Developments
We conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis of a multi-site community-level HIV prevention trial that enrolled women living in 18 low-income housing developments in 5 U.S. cities. A mathematical model of HIV tr...
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Depressive Symptomatology among HIV-Positive Women in the Era of HAART: A Stress and Co** Model
Objective: An enhanced stress and co** model was used to explain depression among HIV-positive women in healthcare and community settings where highly active anti-retroviral treatment (HAART) was commonplace...
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HIV Testing Rates, Testing Locations, and Healthcare Utilization among Urban African-American Men
African-American men bear a disproportionate burden of HIV infection in the United States. HIV testing is essential to ensure that HIV-infected persons are aware of their HIV-positive serostatus, can benefit f...
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Lessons Learned about Behavioral Science and Acute/Early HIV Infection. The NIMH Multisite Acute HIV Infection Study: V
Acute/early HIV infection is a period of heightened HIV transmission and a window of opportunity for intervention to prevent onward disease transmission. The NIMH Multisite Acute HIV Infection (AHI) Study was ...
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People with HIV in HAART-Era Russia: Transmission Risk Behavior Prevalence, Antiretroviral Medication-Taking, and Psychosocial Distress
Russia has seen one of the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemics. Transmission risk behavior, HAART-taking, and psychosocial distress of the growing population of Russian people living with HIV (PLH) in the HA...
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Male Labor Migrants in Russia: HIV Risk Behavior Levels, Contextual Factors, and Prevention Needs
Although the dire life circumstances of labor migrants working in Russia are well-known, their HIV risk vulnerability and prevention needs are understudied. Low socioeconomic status, lack of access to services...
