Clinic-Based Intervention Reduces Unprotected Sexual Behavior Among HIV-Infected Patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Results of a Pilot Study
Cornman DH, Kiene SM, Christie S, Fisher WA, Shuper PA, Pillay S, Friedland GH, Thomas CM, Lodge L, Fisher JD. Clinic-Based Intervention Reduces Unprotected Sexual Behavior Among HIV-Infected Patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Results of a Pilot Study. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2008, 48: 553-560. PMID: 18645518, PMCID: PMC2813056, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e31817bebd7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnprotected sexual behaviorPrevention interventionsClinical careBrief risk reduction interventionHuman immunodeficiency virus prevention interventionsSexual behaviorUnprotected sex eventsCare control conditionRoutine clinical careHIV prevention interventionsRoutine patient visitsSex eventsClinical care settingsRisk reduction interventionsCounselor-delivered interventionUnprotected sexual eventsPatient visitsCare settingsSelf-report questionnairesUrban hospitalPatientsHIVIntervention counselorsReduction interventionsClinical encountersAttitudes toward needle-sharing and HIV transmission risk behavior among HIV+ injection drug users in clinical care
Norton WE, Amico KR, Fisher WA, Copenhaver MM, Kozal MJ, Cornman DH, Friedland G, Fisher JD. Attitudes toward needle-sharing and HIV transmission risk behavior among HIV+ injection drug users in clinical care. AIDS Care 2008, 20: 462-469. PMID: 18449824, DOI: 10.1080/09540120701867081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-positive injection drug usersInjection drug usersRisk reduction interventionsClinical careDrug usersInjection drug use accountsHIV transmission risk behaviorsIncident HIV infectionTransmission risk behaviorsDrug-resistant HIVClinical care settingsSpread of HIVLogistic regression modelsAntiretroviral therapyHIV infectionHIV transmissionCare settingsRisk behaviorsClinical settingPast monthNegative attitudesSignificant correlatesHIVInterventionConsiderable proportion