Joseph Lunievicz

TL;DR: Analysis of data collected from providers in 7 hospital-based HIV care centers in the New York City metropolitan area in 2007 suggests the importance of educating all HIV care providers about both the negative impact of excessive alcohol use on patients with HIV and the importance and value of alcohol SBIs.

TL;DR: How the emerging recognition of sexual health in the older adult is informed by research on the growing aging HIV population in the USA and globally is illustrated is illustrated.

TL;DR: Implementing an engaging and interactive HCV training for social workers and other substance abuse treatment program staff has the potential to increase their HCV knowledge, self-efficacy, and the HCV-related assistance provided to patients both in the short and longer term.

TL;DR: Examination of the correlates of providers' role legitimacy as patients' alcohol reduction supporters indicates that providers responsible for a very large number of patients and those with limited confidence in their own ability to give this assistance, were less likely to have a high level of role legitimacy.