How newly diagnosed HIV-positive MSM look at HIV/AIDS is consequential and is potentially associated with their risk behaviors and mental health problems. Illness representation has been used to define patients' beliefs and expectations on an illness, and the revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (...
Challenges included economic hardship; insufficient social support from providers, peers and bosses; and HIV stigma. Collaboration among providers, mothers and partners; a community-based social support system; and recasting notions of traditional masculinity were identified as ways to foster male partner...
Healthcare providers may not understand the special issues and needs of older persons with HIV. This article directs particular attention to the unique reactions of older women to an HIV-positive diagnosis. Through their participation in a support group, some older HIV-positive women have been abl...
If you areHIV-positive, you can still havesex. In some cases, you can even have unprotected sex without putting your partner or partners at risk forHIV. The steps you need to take to protect yourself and your partner depend on several things. These include whether you’re treating your HI...
HIV positive: a book for caregivers to help children cope emotionally with HIV / AIDS: sickness sadness stigma death grief. The people whom I live with discriminate against me because I am infected with HIV. They do not want to share their lives with me anymore; they do not even... S ...
Aboriginal families are disproportionately involved with Children's Aid Societies (or CAS), which is of concern given the history of colonization, assimilation, and child welfare policies that fail to recognize Indigenous practices within Canada. There is no historical data regarding HIV-positive ...
Find HIV Care If you have a primary health care provider, that person may have the knowledge to treat your HIV. A primary health care provider is someone who manages your regular medical care and annual tests. Start HIV Treatment As Soon As Possible After Diagnosis ...
Who Will Know My HIV Status Upon My Diagnosis? In the U.S., you have many options to be tested for HIV confidentially and anonymously, including via an at-home self-test. If you test HIV positive at most sites outside your home, that site is required by law to report the results to...
This opinion is sometimes enhanced by a reference to the myth of "the two matching halves." It states that once we find the right person, it will become completely obvious to us that we do not need anyone else: If two so-called matching halves meet–which happens rarely at first attempt...
Cervical cancer is an AIDS-defining illness, and HIV-positive women are at high risk. The present study aimed to determine the magnitude of the problem, co