In the 1980s, soon after AIDS and HIV were first recognized, RAND Health conducted the first major research effort to collect information on a nationally representative sample of people receiving care for HIV infection. Today, RAND research addresses a wide range of HIV/AIDS-related issues around the world, including access, cost, and quality of care; antiretroviral treatment; and the effective allocation of prevention resources.
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Journal Article
Over 20% of South Africans aged 15-49 years are infected with HIV. Misinformation about the epidemic has arisen among black Africans, including genocidal conspiracy beliefs about the role of government and whites in causing the epidemic.
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Examines psychosocial correlates of unprotected sex without disclosure of HIV status among men who have sex with men and women, including relationships of race/ethnicity and psychosocial variables to unprotected sex without disclosure of HIV status.
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This review assesses the quality of peer-reviewed, published literature on traditional Indian medicine and homeopathy for HIV/AIDS care and treatment.
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Punitive DUI policies (e.g., jail time, license suspension) might curb many drinking behaviors among HIV-positive adults, while harm reduction policies (e.g., court treatment programs) might have been established in response to higher drinking rates.
Research Brief
People living with HIV are much more likely to experience mental health or substance abuse problems than are people in the general population. About one in three individuals do not receive treatment services for these problems.
Journal Article
Assesses whether women, heterosexual men, and gay/bisexual men with HIV who experienced or perpetrated abuse within a close relationship were likely to engage in unprotected intercourse with that same partner.
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Parents play an important role in the sexual health of their adolescent children. Talking Parents, Healthy Teens is an intervention designed to help parents improve communication with their adolescent children, promote healthy adolescent sexual development, and reduce adolescent sexual risk behaviors.
News Release
April 3, 2007 news release: RAND Study Finds Religiosity Can Be an Important Tool in Preventing the Spread of HIV-AIDS.
News Release
February 5, 2007 News Release: RAND Study Finds Few HIV-Positive Parents Make Formal Guardianship Arrangements for Their Children.
Journal Article
Describes religiosity and denominational affiliation among the US population with HIV and tests whether linked with HIV-related risk behaviors.
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Study results suggest that integrating HIV and HCV C&T can increase disease screening rates among IDUs.
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Assesses the extent to which the RAND-36/SF-36 items measure physical and mental health (PH and MH), as implied by existing summary scoring systems.
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Medication adherence is a critical predictor of the effectiveness of antiretroviral medications in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
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AIM: To determine whether syringe exchange programs' (SEPs) dispensation policy is associated with syringe coverage among SEP clients..
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Studies report gender differences in medical service utilization among persons with HIV, although most compare women to heterogeneous groups of men.
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Efforts to increase the availability of HIV and HCV testing services at syringe exchange programs and the use of existing testing services are needed.
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The authors sought to examine whether diffusion of new HIV technologies differed by gender in the United States.
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Describes prevalence of antiretroviral resistance in the developing world, focusing on treatment naive populations, resistance consequences of regimes to prevent mother-to-child transmission, and the relationship of medication adherence to resistance.
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It is important for ART programs to develop effective mechanisms for coordinating and referring clients to support service organizations.
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Stigma profoundly affects the lives of people with HIV/AIDS.
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