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A Pilot Self-Care Group Intervention for Low-Income HIV-Positive Women

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors described the development of a self-care intervention and examined its effi cacy with low-income HIV-positive women (n=34) in the Midwestern United States.
Abstract: This article describes the development of a self-care intervention and examines its effi cacy with low-income HIV-positive women (n=34) in the Midwestern United States. Adapted from an individual nurseled intervention, this eff ort focused on increasing self-care behaviors through enhancing self-esteem and social support. The investigators used a community-based participatory approach and partnered with three HIV-positive women to adapt and pilot test the new group intervention. A within-group, repeated-measures, pre-/post-test design, together with participant interviews, was used to evaluate the intervention. Mean scores on measures of self-care behaviors, self-esteem, social support and depressive symptoms all changed in the clinically desirable direction. Group interventions, such as the one described here, could

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TL;DR: Interventions aimed at helping mature HIV-infected women cope as they age, education about the normal aging process, consumer information about appropriate timing of health care screenings, and mechanisms to facilitate the creation of social support networks to decrease isolation seem to be needed in this population.

24 citations


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  • ...All of the women in the study were also participating in a group intervention study with other women living with HIV (Enriquez et al., 2006), and all expressed that being in the intervention study and interacting with women who were living with HIV was a great source of support....

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  • ...A result that resounded from this qualitative study and its parent intervention study (Enriquez et al., 2006) was the enormous desire for social support among the women and their profound feelings of isolation....

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TL;DR: Results from this study suggest that efforts are needed to break the silence surrounding HIV and to reduce HIV-related stigma in smaller Midwestern Hispanic communities.
Abstract: This qualitative study was conducted to better understand the health needs and concerns of immigrant HIV-infected Latinas residing in the Midwest United States. Individual interviews (n = 18) were conducted in Spanish with Latinas in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. Women were at different stages of acceptance about their HIV diagnosis and four common themes emerged from the data: pregnancy as a death sentence, HIV is taboo, God as their only resource, and living in isolation. Silence was an over-arching theme present throughout all the narratives and many women had never shared their stories about HIV with anyone. Depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation were common. These findings have implications for strategies to address the HIV prevention and HIV-related healthcare needs of this population of women. Results from this study further suggest that efforts are needed to break the silence surrounding HIV and to reduce HIV-related stigma in smaller Midwestern Hispanic communities.

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  • ...Previous research has shown that HIV-infected women benefit substantially from interaction and participation in such social networks [25]....

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TL;DR: This intervention has promise as a strategy to reduce HIV among low-income women; however, a controlled study is indicated to further examine intervention efficacy.
Abstract: This article outlines the development and feasibility of an HIV and IPV prevention intervention. Researchers formed a partnership with a group of women representative of the population that the intervention was intended to reach using methods derived from participatory action research. The use of health protective behaviors changed from pre- to postintervention in the clinically desirable direction. Results indicated that intervention delivery was feasible in the novel setting of a large urban day care center. This intervention has promise as a strategy to reduce HIV among low-income women; however, a controlled study is indicated to further examine intervention efficacy.

11 citations


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  • ...Consistent with previous research (Enriquez et al., 2006; Holtgrave & Curran, 2006; Kalichman et al., 2001; Kalichman, Rompa, & Cage, 2005; Otto-Salaj, Kelly, Stevenson, Hoffmann, & Kalichman, 2001; Peragallo et al., 2005; Romero et al., 2006), this study demonstrated that women respond in a positive manner to small group interventions that use social support to enhance health....

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  • ...89 for the total scale with higher IR scores associated with use of more self-care behaviors (Enriquez, Gore, O’Connor, & McKinsey, 2004; Enriquez et al., 2006)....

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  • ....89 for the total scale with higher IR scores associated with use of more self-care behaviors (Enriquez, Gore, O’Connor, & McKinsey, 2004; Enriquez et al., 2006)....

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  • ...Consistent with previous research (Enriquez et al., 2006; Holtgrave & Curran, 2006; Kalichman et al., 2001; Kalichman, Rompa, & Cage, 2005; Otto-Salaj, Kelly, Stevenson, Hoffmann, & Kalichman, 2001; Peragallo et al., 2005; Romero et al., 2006), this study demonstrated that women respond in a…...

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TL;DR: A case study approach is used to heighten awareness among nurse practitioners about the challenges experienced by low-income, African-American women who are living with HIV/AIDS and raising young children, and show how research findings can be used to inform practical clinical strategies that optimize health outcomes for patients.

6 citations

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