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A controlled study of HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa found that ART increase sexual activity and condom use, but depression undercuts the prevention benefits of ART, highlighting the need to integrate mental health services into HIV care.
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Good mental health may be an indicator of readiness to adhere to treatment for Hepatitis C among individuals who also have HIV.
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Mexican American injection drug users reported fewer sex-related risks than Whites and African Americans. Mexican Americans were more likely to participate in drug treatment during a 6 month period, but less likely to receive any health care.
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HIV care and ART, with related improvements in clients' physical and work-related functioning, together with family support, helped to reverse some of the deleterious effects of having HIV.
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Congregations can address a variety of HIV-related needs but activities such as providing pastoral care for people with HIV, raising awareness, and promoting testing appear easier for them to undertake than activities aimed at harm reduction.
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Faith-based organizations such as churches and religious relief and development groups can play an important role in the response to HIV and AIDS in Central America.
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Faith-based organizations such as churches and religious relief and development groups can play an important role in the response to HIV and AIDS in Central America, despite the fact that many do not support certain prevention measures such as condoms.
Research Brief
Describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras and how this role might be expanded.
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People living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda have social networks that enable them to feel fairly protected and supported in discussing HIV and prevention, and those on antiretroviral treatment may be better prepared to act as prevention advocates.
Report
Provides an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing HIV in these countries, and discusses how this role might be expanded.
Research Brief
Describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras and how this role might be expanded.
Research Brief
Examines parent-child discussions of sexual behavior. Finds consistency in the timing and content of such discussions; however, many parents and children do not discuss key topics, such as birth control, before adolescents become sexually active.
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This paper examines the complex linkages of poverty, reproductive/sexual health and behavior, and HIV/AIDS in Africa.
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There is confusion over which prevention interventions will be effective and in which contexts. This chapter grapples with this issue by surveying what is known (and what remains to be learned) about the effectiveness of HIV-prevention interventions in Africa.
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This study of national survey and state policy data found that restrictive alcohol sales policies may reduce drinking and transmission risk in HIV-positive populations.
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Findings from interviews with HIF-infected parents, their minor and adult children, and caregivers suggest that disclosure of HIV status should be done within a family context.
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Housing is a great unmet need for individuals living with HIV/AIDS Project New Hope in Los Angeles, CA, may be the nations first housing program exclusively designed for people with HIV/AIDS.
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Sexual behavior among adolescents with HIV-positive mothers was less prevalent than among other adolescents, but was more likely to occur with adolescent alcohol use, lack of parental monitoring, and poorer physical functioning of HIV-positive mothers.
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Syringe exchange programs still provide the majority of syringe distribution and disposal services to San Francisco injection drug users; however, pharmacies now augment syringe access.
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Many California local health jurisdictions with significant numbers of HIV cases have approved disease prevention demonstration projects, which permit limited sale of syringes to adults without a prescription
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