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Summary of Research on HIV/AIDS |
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Ami R. Moore, Sociology
Ami is an Assistant Professor of
Sociology at the University of North Texas. She has been doing
research on HIV/AIDS related issues in Togo and has collected data on
professional and informal caregivers to people living with HIV/AIDS in
Lomé. Ami’s latest research explores sexual risk behavior among
people living with HIV/AIDS in Lomé, Togo. |
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Doug Henry, Anthropology Structural Inequalities and HIV My research on AIDS as been both in Africa and the U.S., looking at how structural inequalities within society condition the spread of HIV. In West Africa, I am currently engaged in a project looking at the effects of multinational peacekeeping forces on the spread of HIV in an impoverished, war-torn country. I have done work with refugees displaced in a United Nations run refugee camp, evaluating the cultural sensitivity of education programs targeting refugee youth with information about sexually transmitted infections. I have recently collaborated with Dr. Ami Moore in Sociology on informal (family-level) caregivers and the impact of HIV is having on families. In the U.S., I have worked with groups considered at high-risk for HIV, evaluating social interventions that might reduce the risk of HIV transmission. For 2 years I directed the “Social and Environmental Interventions” study at UT Southwestern Medical Center, whose purpose has been to engage young men in articulating the social and environmental factors in their lives relevant to their current risk for HIV/ STD infection, and to enlist their participation in conceptualizing, prioritizing, and evaluating a range of potential prevention interventions that could, if realized, fundamentally address these influences, and positively impact their lives. Click here for a poster presentation, "Assessing
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Mark Vosvick, Psychology Click here for a syllabus of Dr. Vosvick's PSYCH 4300/5300 course, Psychosocial Issues in HIV/AIDS Click here for the abstract, "Correlates of Stress in People Living with HIV/AIDS" Click here for the abstract, "Correlates of HIV-related Stigma: Psychosocial and Somatic Factors" Click here for the abstract, "HIV-Related Stigma, Stress and Social Support as Predictors of Symptom Load" |
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Chwee-Lye Chng, Kinesiology, Health Promotion & Recreation Click here for a list of Dr. Chng's research and publications |
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Pratibha Shukla, Communication Studies AIDS Communication and Education remains to be a critical issue. So much so that health communication experts have identified it as a specialized branch of communication. * Shukla, P (1997) Role of Peer-Counseling in Creating Awareness of HIV/AIDS and STDs among Adolescents. The research project conducted a Communication Needs Assessment of teenaged population. The methodology consisted of focus group discussions (27) and a survey with sample size was 500 respondents. The sampling design used for the study was multi-stage Stratified sampling and included every group of teenagers from all socio-economic backgrounds. The project was a part of USAID and WHO (World Health Organization) mission in India under the global program initiative AIDSCAP (AIDS Control and Prevention). Dr. Pratibha Shukla is Assistant Professor in Department of Communication at the University of North Texas. |
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