HIV / AIDS

Rasheeta Chandler, PhD, RN, emphasizes including of black women in efforts to end the HIV epidemic and discusses an app she is developing to help women access information about sexual health.

Many African men have a deeply rooted aversion to learning their HIV status. A new study sheds light on their fears and how we can counter them.

A poster presented at ANAC2019 detailed a trauma-informed care education program for nurses providing inpatient care to people living with HIV which received a positive reception from nursing professionals.

Several key populations with heightened risk for HIV face criminalization in Botswana. The Botswana Family Welfare Association targeted efforts to improve care for these key populations.

Heather Alt, BSN, RN, ACRN, CPH, discusses research on a nurse-led model for same-day initiation of antiretroviral therapy for people newly diagnosed with HIV.

An educational research study reveals positive attitudes and a willingness to provide care among pre-licensure Bachelor of Science nursing students.

Inmates at an NJ facility have their HIV treatment needs met while incarcerated but the lack of transitional care coordination has led many individuals to fall off of the care continuum upon release.

Focus groups in 3 Mbarara schools identified adolescent knowledge, attitudes, and suggestions for HIV prevention in Uganda.

A retrospective review reveals that 8 weeks may be enough time to eliminate HCV in black patients co-infected with HIV, a population which faces barriers to longer treatment courses.

Black MSM who use drugs face substantial barriers to HIV treatment and prevention. A recent study analyzed their needs first-hand by conducting in-depth interviews.

Timothy Ray Brown is the first person to ever be cured of HIV. He discusses his decision to no longer remain anonymous and why he shares his story with the world.

As HIV treatment shifts into primary care, it is important to educate NPs on HIV care and prevention in order to maintain recent gains towards ending the HIV epidemic.

Perceived and actual risk of cardiovascular disease is only weakly associated in people living with HIV. An analysis reveals that provider CVD risk discussion is significantly associated with perception of CVD susceptibility.

A new study examined young adults with perinatally acquired HIV living in South Florida in order to shed light on their lived experiences.

“My story is important only because it proves that HIV can be cured. And if something has happened, once in medical science, it can happen again,” Brown told Contagion®.

Neither infectious disease specialists nor primary care providers appear to consider PrEP care to fall within their practice, and similar debates have taken place between nurses and physicians.

A new protocol for nurse care management called NCM4HIV is designed to meet the needs of youth experiencing homelessness.

Shannon Weber, MSW, delivered the opening keynote at ANAC 2019 on the importance of empathy when working with people living with HIV.

People living with HIV are twice as likely as those who do not have HIV to develop cardiovascular disease, yet recent data suggest this population does not meet recommended levels of physical activity.

There is a vast unmet need for non-pharmacological treatment strategies to protect and improve cognitive function in the approximately 50% of adults living with HIV who experience HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder.

A recent study suggests that smokers living with HIV were willing to transition to electronic cigarettes and had lower carbon monoxide levels after doing so.

San Francisco has seen HIV prevention and control success, however how people experiencing homelessness present unmet needs which require transforming traditional models of care.

The number of STI screenings increased exponentially from 369 rectal and pharyngeal swabs performed in 2015 prior to policy implementation to 865 swabs in 2016, 1474 swabs in 2017, and 1889 swabs in 2018.

Sexually-transmitted Campylobacter clusters were genetically similar in the Seattle and Montreal regions. Campylobacter can be associated with “a bad week or 2” and even Guillain-Barre syndrome.

The Cooper Early Intervention Program Expanded Care Clinic observed that the gap in retention in care among patients with HIV was reduced from 15% to 10% over a span of 3 months.

A team of investigators from Indiana University set out to examine levels of PrEP awareness among black men in a rural midwestern city to identify barriers and facilitators to PrEP uptake and access.

Among participants in the study arm, the app resulted in significant changes, particularly in fatigue intensity and overall fatigue-related functioning

Investigators at Northeastern conducted a trial that evaluated if a video series designed for the viewer to identify with characters and “transport” themselves into the storyline lead to an increase in HIV testing.

Nurses and other providers should incorporate safety planning into PrEP care for women experiencing intimate partner violence.

An online survey found that people living with HIV who had lower incomes are at a higher risk for household material hardships and poorer health outcomes.