hiv prevention Tag

26 Jun

Posted at 16:37h in Author Interviews, CDC, HIV, University of Michigan
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: [caption id="attachment_42366" align="alignleft" width="200"]Rogério M. Pinto, LCSW, Ph.D. Associate Professor Associate Dean for Research School of Social Work University of Michigan Ann Arbor, USA Dr. Pinto[/caption] Rogério M. Pinto, LCSW, Ph.D. Associate Professor Associate Dean for Research School of Social Work University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: This research, published in Health Education & Behavior (https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198118760681),highlights the crucial role of providers of social and public health services in helping patients to access lifesaving HIV services. Before 2012, providers were encouraged and trained to link patients to behavioral interventions to help patients modify their behaviors to protect themselves against HIV transmission and infection. A shift in policy from targeting anyone at risk to those at highest risk (called “High Impact Prevention”) made these interventions less available (they were actually discontinued) and new policy dictated that providers should have as many people as possible access HIV testing and link them to HIV primary care in order to receive antiretroviral medication.

28 Feb

Posted at 00:19h in Author Interviews, CDC, HIV, JAMA

MedicalResearch.com Interview With Jacek Skarbinski, MD Medical officer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Dr. Skarbinski: Previous research has indicated that HIV diagnosis and viral suppression are important prevention tools that can help reduce continued transmission. However, this analysis is the first...

11 Jul

Posted at 23:55h in HIV

HIV prevention must be better targeted, according to David Holtgrave from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US, and colleagues. Health care professionals need a more detailed analysis and understanding of the interplay between HIV risk behavior, access to treatment and treatment success among those living with...