Published in AIDS care
This article has two main objectives. Firstly, consideration is given to the context in which certain individuals become convinced that they have been infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), despite repeated negative HIV antibody tests and reassurance. Secondly, it is to describe an intervention which is designed to escalate anxiety i...
Published in AIDS care
Published in AIDS care
Published in AIDS care
Medical students attitudes and resulting behaviors about treating HIV-infected patients are critical and will become increasingly so in the years ahead. An anonymous self-administered questionnaire of 135 first year medical students at Boston University School of Medicine conducted in May 1988 queried students' knowledge of HIV transmission; concer...
Published in AIDS care
Published in AIDS care
Published in AIDS care
The sexual behaviour of 142 clients of syringe-exchange schemes was measured using a questionnaire interview based survey method. Two to four months later the questionnaire was repeated to provide measures of behavioural change. The majority of these clients were sexually active, 77% having one or more sexual partners in the 3 months prior to the f...
Published in AIDS care
Published in AIDS care
Lifestyle factors in drug users may render them particularly vulnerable to HIV infection. This study examined a group of 74 registered drug users at a Drug Dependency Clinic and compared lifestyle factors in those who were HIV-positive and those HIV-negative. Despite HIV status, sharing was extensive (over 90%). Sharing with partners only is not fa...
Published in AIDS care
The Italian AIDS hot-line has recently completed its first two operational years. Established as an emergency service, it was initially overloaded with calls, under the emotional impact of a new disease. As the average number of calls settled to around a hundred per day, a wider approach aimed at the concerns raised by callers has been possible. A ...
