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April 9, 2013 | Story
Economist Harold A. Pollack, PhD, studied the intersection of poverty and health policy as an RWJF Scholar in Health Policy Research. His career focuses on the role of American social policy in improving the lives of vulnerable people.
February 1, 2013 | Journal Article
This study examines whether directly observed fluoxetine treatment may be an effective strategy to reduce depression symptom severity and improve HIV treatment outcomes.
January 25, 2013 | Story
Safer therapies and solid social support are needed to help people live healthier lives with HIV/AIDS.
January 22, 2013 | Story
Clinical Scholar Mitchell H. Katz, MD, always lived by the mantra, "Be of use."
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
This cross-sectional study examined opioid analgesic receipt in HIV+ and uninfected patients to identify whether receipt varies by HIV status and to identify factors associated with opioid receipt. After adjustment, HIV+ patients were 40 percent more likely to receive opioids than uninfected patients.
November 30, 2012 | New Public Health Post
On World AIDS Day, Saturday, December 1, I’m Positive, a new documentary produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation and MTV, will introduce three young adults living with HIV. The documentary is part of a project called GYT: Get Yourself Tested, a cam ...
November 29, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of RWJF leaders, scholars, fellows and grantees.
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
A study of associations between HIV-positive people’s awareness of New Jersey’s HIV exposure law and their HIV-related attitudes, beliefs and seropositive disclosure behaviors found that awareness of the law had little effect on the disclosure behavior of HIV-positive individuals.
July 25, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The choice of Washington, D.C. as the site of the 2012 International AIDS Conference is an important one – about 3 percent of the adult and teen residents of the city are HIV positive. That exceeds the definition of an AIDS epidemic by UNAIDS – 1 pe ...
July 24, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The International AIDS Conference is taking place in Washington, D.C., this week, and the Kaiser Family Foundation recently released a quiz to test your knowledge of the disease. Some answers may surprise you, and quiz creators hope that increasing ...