Daily non-political popular news in brief.

Self-monitoring helps reduce high-risk behavior among HIV-positive people

There are many effective, albeit expensive, intervention programs aimed at encouraging HIV-positive people to practice less risky behavior. But new research has found that self-monitoring by these patients is not only an effective strategy but is inexpensive and easy to implement as well. By simply having patients answer a series of questions about their sexual behavior while waiting for regularly scheduled medical examinations, researchers found that people living with HIV took steps to change their behavior.

Read more »

Keywords: self-monitoring, high-risk, behavior, hiv-positive, people, self, monitoring, high, risk, hiv, positive

« Previous | Next »

Similar news on "Self-monitoring helps reduce high-risk behavior among HIV-positive people":

1. RAND study finds religiosity can be an important tool in preventing the spread of HIV-AIDS
   04-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
   HIV-positive people who say religion is an important part of their lives are likely to have fewer sexual partners and engage in high-risk sexual behavior less frequently than other people with the virus that causes AIDS, according to a study issued today by the RAND Corp. As a result, people with HIV who have stronger religious ties are less likely to spread the virus, according to the study by the nonprofit research organization.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
2. Different HIV rates among gay men and straight people not fully explained by sexual behavior
   09-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Differences in sexual behaviours do not fully explain why the US HIV epidemic affects gay men so much more than straight men and women, claims research published ahead of print in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.In 2005, over half of new HIV infections diagnosed in the US were among gay men, and up to one in five gay men living in cities is thought to be HIV positive.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
3. Abstinence-plus programs for HIV prevention can reduce risk behavior
   01-22-2008 · EurekAlert!
   Programs that aim to encourage sexual abstinence while also encouraging and teaching safer sex strategies for those who are sexually active can reduce short- and long-term HIV risk behavior among young people in high-income countries, according to the findings of a new Cochrane Review.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
4. Nongene DNA boosts AIDS risk
   11-10-2007 · Science News Online
   People with a newly discovered genetic variation are more vulnerable to HIV infection.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
5. Unstable housing status increases the risk of HIV transmission
   11-19-2007 · EurekAlert!
   New studies show that there is a demonstrable correlation between a person's housing status and his or her likelihood of transmitting or getting HIV. The groundbreaking research from the Centers for Disease Control and others has been reported in a special issue of the journal AIDS and Behavior.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
6. Study finds strong demand for HIV meds after high-risk sex
   11-08-2007 · EurekAlert!
   People who do not have HIV but seek antiretroviral medications following high-risk sexual encounters are very likely to complete the full month-long drug regimen, according to a new UCLA AIDS Institute study. Moreover, there is a strong demand for publicly available post-exposure prophylaxis among high-risk populations in Los Angeles County. Based on these findings, the researchers recommend that Los Angeles County make post-exposure HIV prophylaxis available to citizens who have engaged in high-risk sex.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
7. Study shows interruption of antiretroviral therapy increases risk of disease and death
   11-30-2006 · EurekAlert!
   Findings from one of the largest HIV/AIDS therapy studies show that a specific strategy of interrupting antiretroviral therapy more than doubles the risk of AIDS or death from any cause. Researchers affiliated with the Mailman School of Public Health led a large multi-center international study, known as Strategies for Management of Anti-Retroviral Therapies, or SMART, comparing two treatment strategies for people with human immunodeficiency virus. Findings demonstrate the value of continuous antiretroviral therapy.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
8. Improvement still needed in HIV testing in high-risk groups
   10-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Since 2000, the rates of HIV testing have remained relatively low and constant in the US, with about one third of Americans ever having had an HIV test, and less than a quarter of the people considered at high risk for contracting the virus that causes AIDS report having been tested in the past year.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
9. HIV drug resistance risk in mothers reduced by combination of common drugs
   11-09-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Adding a single dose of two common anti-HIV drugs can prevent HIV-positive pregnant women from developing resistance to an entire class of drugs, potentially improving future treatment options.Providing tenofovir and emtricitabine with nevirapine during labor greatly reduces the extent of resistance to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptate inhibitors, such as nevirapine, which HIV-positive women take to lower the risk of mother-to-child transmission during childbirth.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
10. Animals Resistant To Drunken Behavior Offer Clues To Alcoholism's Roots
    10-06-2006 · ScienceDaily
    Animals with a remarkable ability to hold their liquor may point the way toward the genetic underpinnings of alcohol addiction, two separate research teams reported in the October 6, 2006 issue of the journal Cell. Earlier studies have shown that people with a greater tolerance for alcohol have a greater risk of becoming alcoholics, according to the researchers.
    Similar news · Read more »