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December 1, 2008 | Journal Article
There is evidence that interpersonal experiences of minority patients with HIV care providers can be positive. While access to care facilities is less readily available to minorities, African-American patients report favorable communication with care providers.
August 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The present article investigated risky sexual behavior, and the role intoxication before intercourse may play in such behavior, for male veterans. The study sample consisted of 1,719 men from the Veterans Aging Cohort 5-Site Feasibility Study (VACS ...
August 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The present article focused on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected veterans and the prevalence of homelessness and alcohol use among this population. Additionally, the study explored how homelessness and alcohol use were related to health ca ...
November 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The present study examined what factors were related to antiretroviral adherence for men and women who were HIV-seropositive. It was part of the HIV Epidemiologic Research on Outcomes (HERO) study that involved individuals in a methadone maintenance ...
February 1, 2008 | Journal Article
In this study, the authors use data from the HIV Cost Services Utilization Study, a longitudinal study of 2,864 non-hospitalized HIV-infected persons in the United States, to assess the effect of different care team compositions on quality of care.
June 1, 2007 | Journal Article
For HIV-positive individuals, smoking is associated with increased disease progression.
August 1, 2007 | Journal Article
A survey of 1,027 HIV-infected patients was used in this research to examine how patient preference in decision-making affected outcome. The study population was mostly young African-American males. Respondents were asked to select one of these cate ...
September 1, 2007 | Journal Article
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertisements for HIV antiretrovirals are controversial and have been criticized in the past for including deceptive images and underplaying HIV drug limitations. The authors sought to describe the state o ...
November 12, 2007 | Journal Article
Kidney functioning for HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals as measured by levels of cystatin C and creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rates were compared in this article. Participants were 1,008 HIV-positive individuals from the Fat Redistribution and Metabolic Change in HIV Infection study along with a control sample of 290 individuals from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study.
July 23, 2009 | Story
One man's story illustrates how trauma can become a risk factor for HIV.