| the negative pregnancy test. an opportunity for preconception care. | to identify women who would likely benefit from preconception care. | 1995 | 7711921 |
| injected-drug use: complications and costs in the care of hospitalized hiv-infected patients. | the aim of this study was to determine the contribution of injected-drug-use complications to the utilization of inpatient care by persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). retrospective chart review was done of all hospital admissions between january 1, 1991, and december 31, 1991, with outpatient records reviewed to establish cd4 counts within 3 months of the date of admission. the participants included 284 consecutive admissions (189 patients); admissions were divided into two ... | 1994 | 8158541 |
| reliability of self-reported human immunodeficiency virus risk behaviors in a residential drug treatment population. | this study examined test-retest reliabilities of self-reported human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) sexual and drug injection behaviors among 246 prior drug users admitted to either of two residential drug treatment programs in westborough, massachusetts, and providence, rhode island, between june 1990 and september 1992. participants, selected by their date of admission, were administered admission and reliability questionnaires pertaining to hiv risk behaviors, the latter at approximately 2 week ... | 1996 | 8651235 |
| comprehensive medical care among hiv-positive incarcerated women: the rhode island experience. | our objective was to characterize the clinical presentation of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection among incarcerated women in a program that provides hiv testing and primary care to all state prisoners in rhode island. a retrospective medical chart review on all hiv-seropositive women who were incarcerated between 1989 and 1994 and had at least two medical visits with an hiv medical care provider was used. at the rhode island adult correctional institution (aci), under mandatory testin ... | 2000 | 10718506 |
| highly active antiretroviral therapy associated with improved anemia among hiv-infected women. | anemia is common during human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and is associated with increased mortality. we conducted a study to examine the impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) on anemia in a multicenter cohort of hiv-positive women, the human immunodeficiency virus epidemiology research (her) study. among women receiving haart (n = 188), non-haart monotherapy or combination antiretroviral therapy (art) (n = 111), or who had no reported treatment (n = 62), the prevalen ... | 2001 | 11587633 |
| use of complementary and alternative therapies by patients with human immunodeficiency virus disease in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. | complementary and alternative medical therapies (cam) are popular with patients who are human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) seropositive, despite effective drug treatments, potential drug interactions, and overlapping toxicities. | 2003 | 12676036 |
| backpack needle exchange: background, design, and pilot testing of a program in rhode island. | many individuals who inject drugs do not access existing needle and syringe exchange programs. the ability to obtain clean needles from needle exchanges is limited by operational difficulties, the hours of operation, the location of the programs, and a lack of transportation. providing multiple points of access to clean needles, including mobile exchange sites, may be necessary to prevent the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus and other blood-borne viruses. a novel backpack needle ... | 2008 | 18956524 |
| hiv and infectious disease care in jails and prisons: breaking down the walls with the help of academic medicine. | health care within correctional facilities has traditionally been marginalized from excellence in academic medicine. the armamentarium of a medical school, which includes excellence in research, teaching and clinical care, can be successfully applied to the correctional setting both in the united states and internationally. at any one time, there are over 2 million people incarcerated in the us who are disproportionately poor and from communities of color. rates of human immunodeficiency virus ( ... | 2009 | 19768164 |
| sexually transmitted infections and hepatitis in men with a history of incarceration. | background:: men entering correctional facilities have high rates of human immunodeficiency virus, sexually transmitted infections (sti), and hepatitis. many prisons offer screening, treatment, and vaccination services; however, little is known about the rates of these infections in men after release to the community. methods:: young men were recruited from prisons in mississippi, rhode island, and wisconsin as part of a human immunodeficiency virus/sti/hepatitis intervention study. participants ... | 2011 | 21844713 |