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2003

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Understanding Novel Therapeutic Agents For Multiple Myeloma, Joseph D. Tariman Phd Aug 2003

Understanding Novel Therapeutic Agents For Multiple Myeloma, Joseph D. Tariman Phd

Joseph D Tariman PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAAN

No abstract provided.

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The Love And Belonging Healthcare Needs Of Hiv Infected African-American Men Upon Admission To An Aids Dedicated Nursing Home., Sheldon Fields May 2003

The Love And Belonging Healthcare Needs Of Hiv Infected African-American Men Upon Admission To An Aids Dedicated Nursing Home., Sheldon Fields

Sheldon D. Fields

The purpose of this study was to describe the love and belonging healthcare needs of HIV infected African-American men upon admission to an AIDS dedicated nursing home. Subjects were 73 (N=73) African-American men 26 to 60 years of age that were admitted to an AIDS dedicated nursing home in the Southern New England area between 1995 and 1999. Most of the men were single (n = 39) and estranged from their immediate families. Many of these men did not have a family member supportive of discharge (n = 60) and did not desire discharge back out into the community (n …

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Thalidomide: Current Therapeutic Uses And Management Of Its Toxicities, Joseph D. Tariman Phd Feb 2003

Thalidomide: Current Therapeutic Uses And Management Of Its Toxicities, Joseph D. Tariman Phd

Joseph D Tariman PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAAN

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Factors Influencing Women’S Use Of Health Services For Sexually Transmitted Infections In Eastern Nepal, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Krishna Poudel, Colin Macdougall Dec 2002

Factors Influencing Women’S Use Of Health Services For Sexually Transmitted Infections In Eastern Nepal, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Krishna Poudel, Colin Macdougall

Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar

This paper explores low levels of women’s health service utilization for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in Nepal.
We interviewed 120 women individually and 53 in focus groups. Predictors of lower utilisation were self-medication, consultation with faith healers, inadequate knowledge of STIs, beliefs about causes, fear, social taboos and stigmatisation, women’s secondary status, and presence of male health professionals. Results indicate the importance of people’s beliefs in their decisions about health care. Strategies to improve access to health services in Nepal should
systematically investigate the role of all these factors to improve access to and utilisation of health services for STIs.

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The Physiologic Health Care Needs Of Hiv-Infected Black Men On Admission To An Aids-Dedicated Nursing Home., Sheldon Fields Dec 2002

The Physiologic Health Care Needs Of Hiv-Infected Black Men On Admission To An Aids-Dedicated Nursing Home., Sheldon Fields

Sheldon D. Fields

The purpose of this study is to describe the physiologic health care needs of HIV-infected Black men on admission to an AIDS-dedicated nursing home. Participants were 68 Black men aged 26 to 60 years who were admitted to an AIDS-dedicated nursing home in the southern New England area between 1995 and 1999. The participants were very ill and weak on their admission to the nursing home, with most having diagnoses of AIDS (n = 65), an average Karnofsky Performance Scale score of 44 (SD = 14.90), and some degree of mental impairment. The late-stage of disease of the participants was …

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