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Direct linkMurray, Ellen R. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
According to the literature, identifying and treating tuberculosis (TB) in correctional facilities have been problematic for the inmates and also for the communities into which inmates are released. The importance of training those who can identify this disease early into incarceration is vital to halt the transmission. Although some training has…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Communicable Diseases, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons
Peer reviewedLightfoot, Marguerita; Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane; Tevendale, Heather – Behavior Modification, 2007
As the number of youth infected with HIV rises, secondary prevention programs are needed to help youth living with HIV meet three goals: (1) increase self-care behaviors, medical adherence, and health-related interactions; (2) reduce transmission acts; and (3) enhance their quality of life. This article describes an intervention program for youth…
Descriptors: Prevention, Intervention, Sexuality, Quality of Life
Hansen, Nathan B.; Tarakeshwar, Nalini; Ghebremichael, Musie; Zhang, Heping; Kochman, Arlene; Sikkema, Kathleen J. – Death Studies, 2006
This study examined the longitudinal effects of coping on outcome one year following completion of a randomized, controlled trial of a group coping intervention for AIDS-related bereavement. Bereaved HIV-positive participants (N = 267) were administered measures of grief, psychiatric distress, quality of life, and coping at baseline,…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Coping, Intervention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Roberts, Kathleen Johnston – Youth & Society, 2005
The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine, from the perspectives of both HIV-infected children and such children's primary guardians, the barriers children face in adhering to combination antiretroviral therapies. Nine HIV-infected young children and 14 guardians of HIV-positive children were interviewed about what the children's lives…
Descriptors: Young Children, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Drug Therapy, Quality of Life
McPherson-Baker, Shvawn; Jones, Deborah; Duran, Ron E.; Klimas, Nancy; Schneiderman, Neil – Behavior Modification, 2005
Recent advances in the medical management of HIV offer the potential for increased longevity, improved quality of life, and the treatment of HIV as a chronic, rather than terminal, illness. The advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has required the necessity of strict adherence to complex medication regimens. As a vital factor in…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Patient Education, Communicable Diseases, Health Promotion
Download full textEducation Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1979
Because ill-clothed, sick, or hungry migrant children learn poorly, the Task Force has emphasized the migrant health situation in 1979. Migrant workers have a 33% shorter life expectancy, a 25% higher infant mortality rate, and a 25% higher death rate from tuberculosis and other communicable diseases than the national average. Common among…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Communicable Diseases
