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The Impact of the Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure on the Health and Human Rights of “Black” Communities [PDF]

, 2013
The criminalization of HIV non-disclosure has become a hot topic for discussion and debate amongst human rights advocates, HIV/AIDS service providers, and people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Wilson, Ciann L.
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CHALLENGES THAT THE REFERRAL SYSTEM POSES TO CARE GIVING AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE KANYE COMMUNITY HOMEBASED CARE (CHBC) PROGRAMME IN BOTSWANA

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2008
While a caregiver is generally a person who volunteers to take care or help in caring for sickpersons generally at home, whether family members, relatives or other community members,the study distinguishes between the primary caregiver who usually stays ...
Simon Kang’ethe
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Availability and accessibility of HIV self-tests and self-sample kits at community pharmacies in the Netherlands

AIDS Research and Therapy, 2023
Background In 2016 the WHO declared HIV self-testing and self-sampling an effective and safe test option that can reduce testing barriers. HIV self-tests and self-sampling kits (HIVST/HIVSS) are available for purchase at Dutch community pharmacies since ...
Chaima Kandil, Jacqueline Hugtenburg, Titia Heijman, Hanna Bos, Martina Teichert, Renee Finkenflügel, Eline Op de Coul   +6 more
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HIV prevalence among the biggest ethnic groups of MSM in Estonia: results of a pilot comparative study

Український соціум
The article is devoted to the problem of inequality between the largest ethnic groups (Estonians as the majority and Russians as the minority) exacerbarated by Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.The aouthors start with the hypothesis that Ukrainian men ...
Kasianczuk M. H., Alijev L., Kulbayev S.
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Risk factors of intimate partner violence in women attending a community-based sexual health center: Perceived discrimination as a key factor

Ψυχολογία: το Περιοδικό της Ελληνικής Ψυχολογικής Εταιρείας
Gender-based violence (GBV), specifically intimate partner violence (IPV), is a global problem that predominantly impacts women. This study aimed to investigate IPV among women visiting community sexually transmitted infections’ prevention and testing ...
Άννα Αποστολίδου, Σταυρούλα Τριανταφυλλίδου, Κλάρα Βλαχοδημητροπούλου Rodriguez, Παρασκευή Σιαμήτρου, Κωνσταντίνος Πρωτόπαπας, Γεώργιος Παπαδοπετράκης, Ανδρέας Πασπαλάκης, Ευαγγελία Ντινοπούλου, Στέργιος Μάτης, Αμαλία Μανωλοπούλου, Γεωργία Κούτση, Νίκος Βέγκος, Ανδρέας Ασλάνης, Αναστασία Αντωνιάδου, Λίσσυ Κανελλοπούλου, Αντώνης Πούλιος   +15 more
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ATTITUDES OF PLWHA AND OTHER SELECTED COMMUNITIES IN TSABONG TOWARDS OPERATIONALISING BIOMEDICAL AND TRADITIONAL THERAPIES IN TANDEM TO FACE THE AIDS EPIDEMIC

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2012
Though the broad research study from which this article is derived was designed to assess the levels of stigma and discrimination in Tsabong District, the aim and objective of this article is to assess the attitudes of Tsabong people living with HIV/AIDS,
Simon Kang’ethe
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Characterising the effects of displacement on gender-based violence among women living with HIV in Ukraine: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Global Health
Introduction Women living with HIV (WLHIV) in conflict zones are at high risk of sexual and physical violence due to instability, stigma and proximity to military personnel.
Stefan David Baral, Carrie Lyons, Althea Wolfe, Mary Anne Roach, Gnilane Turpin, Omar Syarif, Pim Looze, Katarzyna Lalak, Jean de Dieu Anoubissi, Yi-Chi Chiu, Alexandra Volgina, Sophie Brion, Keren Dunaway, Olena Stryzhak, Daria Ocheret, Laurel Sprague, Carlos Garcia de Leon Moreno, Katherine B Rucinski   +17 more
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Exploring people’s candidacy for mobile health–supported HIV testing and care services in rural Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa: qualitative study [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: The use of mobile communication technologies (mHealth: mobile health) in chronic disease management has grown significantly over the years. mHealth interventions have the potential to decentralize access to health care and make it convenient,
Adeagbo, Oluwafemi, Blandford, Ann, Estcourt, Claudia, Herbst, Carina, McKendry, Rachel, Seeley, Janet, Shahmanesh, Maryam   +6 more
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It’s not “all in your head”: critical knowledge gaps on internalized HIV stigma and a call for integrating social and structural conceptualizations

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Internalized HIV stigma is a public health concern as it can compromise HIV prevention, care and treatment. This paper has two aims. First, it highlights the urgent need for research evidence on internalized HIV stigma based on critical ...
Marija Pantelic, Laurel Sprague, Anne L. Stangl   +2 more
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HIV: how to manage low-level viraemia in people living with HIV

Drugs in Context, 2022
Background: People living with HIV (PLWH) and receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) have a goal of achieving and maintaining viral suppression; however, low-level viraemia (LLV) (HIV-RNA viral load levels of 50–999 copies/mL) persists in certain ...
Emily K Hanners, Jessica Benitez-Burke, Melissa E Badowski   +2 more
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