Category Archives: Population(s)

Key take-home messages HIV-positive individuals are already at increased risk for experiencing stressful and traumatic events, including AIDS-related losses and grief, which increase their risk of substance use and abuse....

Key take-home messages ACT has been used in several chronic conditions, including anxiety, depression, physical health problems (e.g., pain) epilepsy, and diabetes. However, there is limited research on how ACT...

Key take-home messages Findings from five systematic reviews evaluating mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) — specifically mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) — have found beneficial effects on mental...

Key take-home messages HIV-positive intravenous drug users (IDUs) are at greater risk of non-adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) compared to the general HIV population. Psychological problems, active drug...

Key take-home messages Telemedicine models range from simple telephone consultations to complete “virtual hospitals” offering a full range of home care for people living with HIV. Telemedicine has been well...

Key take-home messages Rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted and bloodborne infections are high among Indigenous women and women who inject drugs. For women who use drugs, centres that...

Key take-home messages Probability information alone may not be an effective way of communicating HIV risk information. Information about what causes a health problem, how severe the consequences of that...

The prevalence of HIV is substantially higher among prisoners than the general population, while the incidence varies considerably in different regions around the world. If we consider Sub-Saharan Africa as...

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS are the major public health problems in many parts of the world particularly in resource limited countries like Ethiopia. Although studies have been conducted on the...

The study determined the prevalence of acute respiratory infections and diarrhoea among sub-Saharan African children. It also examined if there was any significant morbidity benefit conferred by three doses of...

Migrants, defined as individuals who move from their country of origin to another, account for 40% of newly-diagnosed cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the European Union/European Economic Area...

Key take-home messages The Internet is a feasible channel to deliver HIV prevention and intervention. With the internet increasingly used not only for meeting sex partners but also for finding...