Bacterial Diseases

Journal Article

The Sexual Practices of Adolescent Virgins: Genital Sexual Activities of High School Students Who Have Never Had Vaginal Intercourse — Jan 1, 1996

The purpose of this study was to determine whether high school-aged virgins engage in sexual practices that can transmit sexually transmitted diseases, including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

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Reconsidering the Use of Adjunctive Corticosteroids in Pneumocystis Pneumonia? — Jan 1, 1995

Editorial comment on a study of the use of adjunctive corticosteroid therapy in moderate to severe Pneumocystis pneumonia.

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Health-related Quality of Life in HIV Disease — Jan 1, 1995

This article examines the structure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among 205 symptomatic HIV-positive individuals.

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Multi-city Study of Quality of Care for HIV-related Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia: Successfully Collecting Highly Sensitive Information — Jan 1, 1995

Data collection and other methodological issues related to the conduct of a multi-city quality-of-care-study among HIV patients are examined in this article.

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Validation of a New Measure of Diarrhea — Jan 1, 1995

Presents a visual system designed to characterize diarrhea from the perspective of HIV-infected patients.

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Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia; Andrenocortical Hormones — Jan 1, 1995

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Access to Medical Care and Health-Related Quality of Life for Low-Income Persons with Symptomatic Human Immunodeficiency Virus — Jan 1, 1995

The authors conducted a cross-sectional study among 205 low- income HIV-infected symptomatic persons in order to assess the association between accessibility of medical care and HRQOL for persons with HIV disease.

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Comparison of Health-Related Quality of Life in Clinical Trial and Nonclinical Trial Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Cohorts — Jan 1, 1995

HRQOL was compared in two cohorts to determine if results of clinical trials for patients with HIV infection to patients not in clinical trials can be generalized.

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A Perceived Health Index for Use in Persons with Advanced HIV Disease: Derivation, Reliability, and Validity — Jan 1, 1994

Using health status measures adapted from the MOS scale and contained in the HIV-PARSE survey instrument, RAND developed a perceived health index for people with advanced HIV disease.

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Measuring Patient-Reported Health Status in Advanced HIV Disease: HIV-PARSE Survey Instrument — Jan 1, 1994

Interest in using patient reported health status assessments as an outcome in clinical trials of therapies for HIV disease is increasing. This document presents such an assessment, the HIV-PARSE survey instrument.

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Health Care Use by Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Students at a California Student Health Service — Jan 1, 1992

We report characteristics of 16 college students with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection but without the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who received care at a student health center at a major university in California.

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Evaluating the Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases at an Urban Public Hospital Outpatient Clinic — Jan 1, 1992

STDs occur disproportionately among the poor, are treated in public hospitals and clinics, and have not been subjected to quality-of-care evaluation.

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Cocaine: The First Decade — Jan 1, 1992

Brief 1992 assessment of cocaine use in the 1980s, including apparent changes in trends and composition of the cocaine-using population, pointing to a possible conclusion that the cocaine epidemic of the eighties was subsiding.

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The Effects of the AIDS Epidemic on Traditional Medicaid Populations — Jan 1, 1992

Examines whether and how Medicaid eligibility for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects the distribution of services and funds for women, children, and other covered groups.

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The Costs of AIDS in Los Angeles — Jan 1, 1991

This article reports on the findings of a study of medical and non-medical expenditures of persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Los Angeles in 1987 and 1988.

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Intensity of In-Hospital Care for Persons with AIDS — Jan 1, 1991

We evaluated the intensity of medical care for 30 consecutive AIDS patients at one hospital, using methodology based on the Delay Tool of Selker et al.

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Modeling Heterogeneity in Susceptibility and Infectivity for HIV Infection — Jan 1, 1991

Discusses the dynamics of heterogeneity in HIV spread and develops a theory of heterogeneity in susceptibility and infectivity within a population that allows a simple representation of key phenomena within an epidemic model.

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Public Health, Privacy, and Politics: HIV Partner Notification — Jan 1, 1991

Examines the adoption and implementation of partner notification programs for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection, using programs in four sites as illustrative cases.

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Response to the AIDS Epidemic: A Survey of Homosexual and Bisexual Men in Los Angeles County — Jan 1, 1991

This report documents the results of a telephone survey conducted between October 1989 and January 1990 on a random sample of 300 self-identified gay and bisexual men in Los Angeles County.

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AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors in Los Angeles County — Jan 1, 1991

Documents the results of a telephone survey conducted between October 1989 and January 1990 on a random sample of 1,305 adult residents of Los Angeles County.

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