Barriers to researching links between drug use among men who have sex with men (MSM)
and HIV risk fall into three categories:(1) institutional barriers,(2) lack of appropriate …

Background Although physicians recognize the importance of assessing a patient's risk for
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, many are reluctant to explore a person's …

Background The science of HIV prevention and treatment is evolving rapidly, resulting in
renewed calls to increase rates of HIV testing and, in particular, facilitate the timely and …

This paper focuses on variability in beliefs about AIDS among Latin Americans, as
compared with middle class Americans. Four geographically dispersed groups of Latin …

In nearly two decades after identification of the first case of acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS) in 1981, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS have become a …

Primary care physicians can play an important role in the prevention of HIV by using a
variety of effective interventions, including interventions directed at change in sexual …

Clinicians are uniquely well-positioned to promote health behavior change. Patients view
their physicians as trusted sources of health information (Cohen, et al., 1994; Gerbert, et al …

The authors evaluate obstetricians-gynecologists'(OB-GYNs') anxiety about clinical
uncertainty and patient, physician, and organizational factors associated with their selection …

The purpose of this study was to understand how individuals from African American families
process the HIV/AIDS-related bereavement of a loved one. A sample of African American …

This thesis examines aspects of the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in
the Australian community, with a particular emphasis on HIV/AIDS in the context of general …