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Risk Perception and sexual risk behaviors among HIV-positive men on antiretroviral therapyRobert H Remien
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, 10036, USA
AIDS Behav 9:167-76. 2005..Prevention strategies need to be tailored to address risk perception associated with HAART...
Integrating HIV care and HIV prevention: legal, policy and programmatic recommendationsRobert H Remien
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
AIDS 22:S57-65. 2008..We offer specific recommendations for action in the domains of healthcare policy and practice in order better to utilize the advances in HIV treatment to advance HIV prevention...- Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a context of universal access, in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilR H Remien
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
AIDS Care 19:740-8. 2007.... - Depressive symptomatology among HIV-positive women in the era of HAART: a stress and coping modelRobert H Remien
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 15, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Community Psychol 38:275-85. 2006..An enhanced stress and coping model was used to explain depression among HIV-positive women in healthcare and community settings where highly active anti-retroviral treatment (HAART) was commonplace... - Adherence to medication treatment: a qualitative study of facilitators and barriers among a diverse sample of HIV+ men and women in four US citiesRobert H Remien
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY 10036, USA
AIDS Behav 7:61-72. 2003..g., cognitive, emotional, interpersonal) can have compensatory influences on behavioral outcomes. Findings are discussed in terms of social action theory, contributing to our theoretical understanding of the phenomenon of adherence... - Levels and correlates of psychological distress in male couples of mixed HIV statusR H Remien
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
AIDS Care 15:525-38. 2003..Results suggest the need for 'couple-focused' clinical interventions for HIV-discordant couples... - Medication adherence and sexual risk behavior among HIV-infected adults: implications for transmission of resistant virusRobert H Remien
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
AIDS Behav 11:663-75. 2007..There is a need for targeted interventions and integration of mental health and substance use services into primary HIV care settings... - Lack of understanding of acute HIV infection among newly-infected persons-implications for prevention and public health: The NIMH Multisite Acute HIV Infection Study: IIRobert H Remien
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
AIDS Behav 13:1046-53. 2009..There is a need to promote targeted education about AHI to reduce the rapid spread of HIV associated with acute/early infection within communities at risk for HIV... - Moving from theory to research to practice. Implementing an effective dyadic intervention to improve antiretroviral adherence for clinic patientsRobert H Remien
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University New York, NY 10032, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 43:S69-78. 2006..Finally, we discuss some of the challenges of translating findings from the randomized clinical trial of this intervention into clinical practice and offer recommendations for integration of lessons learned into ongoing clinical care... - Couple-focused support to improve HIV medication adherence: a randomized controlled trialRobert H Remien
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York 10032, USA
AIDS 19:807-14. 2005..To assess the efficacy of a couple-based intervention to improve medication-taking behavior in a clinic population with demonstrated adherence problems... - Seroconcordant sexual partnerings of HIV-seropositive men who have sex with menPerry N Halkitis
Department of Applied Psychology, Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies, New York University, 239 Greene Street, New York, NY 10003, USA
AIDS 19:S77-86. 2005..To describe the sexual behaviors of HIV-positive men with their seroconcordant partners and to determine the factors associated with unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) in these sexual partnerings... - Intention to notify sexual partners about potential HIV exposure among New York city STD clinics' clientsAlex Carballo-Dieguez
HIV Center for Clinical Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Program of the New York City Department of Health, New York, New York 10032, USA
Sex Transm Dis 29:465-71. 2002..Partner notification legislation has recently been implemented in New York State... - Multiple dimensions of HIV stigma and psychological distress among Asians and Pacific Islanders living with HIV illnessEzer Kang
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, 10032, USA
AIDS Behav 9:145-54. 2005..Future studies examining mechanisms of psychological distress among HIV-seropositive APIs are needed... - Alcohol, marijuana, cocaine use, and relationship quality among HIV serodiscordant male couplesCurtis Dolezal
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 31:593-600. 2005..Marijuana use was generally not associated with relationship quality. Alcohol and cocaine use were moderately associated with several indicators of poorer relationship quality... - Cybercartography of popular internet sites used by New York City men who have sex with men interested in bareback sexAlex Carballo-Dieguez
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York 10032, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 18:475-89. 2006..Although some consider bareback sex to represent a failure of HIV prevention, this study suggests that harm reduction strategies may be viable within bareback networks... - Sexual pleasure and intimacy among men who engage in "bareback sex"Alex Carballo-Dieguez
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
AIDS Behav 15:S57-65. 2011..HIV-prevention interventions have paid insufficient attention to libidinal drives, a crucial element of psychological functioning... - Intentional condomless anal intercourse among Latino MSM who meet sexual partners on the InternetIVAN C BALAN
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 21:14-24. 2009..Crystal methamphetamine use, prevalent only among our HIV-positive participants, was related to very high HIV risk behavior. In this sample, culture did not seem to play a large role in barebacking... - HIV behavioral research onlineMary Ann Chiasson
Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc, 40 Worth Street, Suite 720, New York, NY 10013, USA
J Urban Health 83:73-85. 2006..This paper presents a review of Internet-based research on sexual behavior in MSM, a general discussion of the methodologic and ethical challenges of Internet-based research, and recommendations for future interdisciplinary research... 
Depression symptoms and sexual HIV risk behavior among serodiscordant couplesMark V Bradley
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Unit 15, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, Unit 15, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
Psychosom Med 70:186-91. 2008..The relationship between depression symptoms and sexual risk behaviors within mixed HIV status couples is unknown...- Long-term psychosocial challenges for people living with HIV: let's not forget the individual in our global response to the pandemicRobert H Remien
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York City, New York 10032, USA
AIDS 21:S55-63. 2007..In the end we offer our insights into what we may expect in the future, and provide recommendations for ongoing prevention and care initiatives with adults, children, and young people affected by this disease... - The use of rectal douches among HIV-uninfected and infected men who have unprotected receptive anal intercourse: implications for rectal microbicidesAlex Carballo-Dieguez
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Unit 15, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
AIDS Behav 12:860-6. 2008..Given the popularity of pre-coital douching and its frequency, a harmless rectal douche that could deliver a rectal microbicide could have great acceptability... - A model for adapting evidence-based behavioral interventions to a new culture: HIV prevention for psychiatric patients in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilMilton L Wainberg
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 112, New York, NY 10032, USA
AIDS Behav 11:872-83. 2007..Our process may serve as a model for adapting existing efficacious interventions to new groups and cultures, whether at a local, national, or international level... - The role of HIV serostatus disclosure in antiretroviral medication adherenceMichael J Stirratt
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
AIDS Behav 10:483-93. 2006..Interventions to improve ART adherence should address the role of serostatus disclosure by providing patients with skills to maintain adherence in contexts of non-disclosure and to make informed choices regarding selective disclosure... - Couple-based HIV prevention in the United States: advantages, gaps, and future directionsNabila El-Bassel
Social Intervention Group, School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 55:S98-101. 2010..There is a particular need to develop couple-based intervention strategies for men who have sex with men and for drug-involved couples... - Gender and care: access to HIV testing, care, and treatmentRobert H Remien
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 51:S106-10. 2009..Culturally specific policy and programmatic recommendations for improving HIV prevention and treatment in the MENA region are offered... - Keeping the spirit of community partnerships alive in the scale up of HIV/AIDS prevention: critical reflections on the roll out of DEBI (Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions)Shari L Dworkin
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 15, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Community Psychol 42:51-9. 2008..Consideration of these additional factors is necessary in order to effectively document, manage, and advance the science of dissemination and technology transfer in centralized prevention efforts within and outside of HIV/AIDS... - Examining the role of partner status in an HIV prevention trial targeting HIV-positive gay and bisexual men: the seropositive urban men's intervention trial (SUMIT)Colleen C Hoff
University of California, San Francisco, 94105, USA
AIDS Behav 10:637-48. 2006..SUMIT generally produced few differences in sexual risk behaviors and did not affect several potential mediator variables of the relationship between the intervention and sexual behaviors with main and nonmain partners... - Insurance coverage, usual source of care, and receipt of clinically indicated care for comorbid conditions among adults living with human immunodeficiency virusRise B Goldstein
Center for Community Health, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA
Med Care 43:401-10. 2005.... - Crystal methamphetamine use predicts incident STD infection among men who have sex with men recruited online: a nested case-control studySabina Hirshfield
Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc, 40 Worth Street, Suite 720, New York NY 10013, USA
J Med Internet Res 6:e41. 2004..Factors that may be contributing to this resurgence include a widely reported increase in bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among HIV-positive and HIV-negative MSM, as well as unsafe sexual practices... - Effects of a behavioral intervention on antiretroviral medication adherence among people living with HIV: the healthy living project randomized controlled studyMallory O Johnson
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 95105, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 46:574-80. 2007..To examine the effect of a 15-session individually delivered cognitive behavioral intervention on antiretroviral (ART) medication adherence... - HIV transmission risk behavior among men and women living with HIV in 4 cities in the United StatesLance S Weinhardt
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 36:1057-66. 2004..In addition to the more traditional approaches of HIV test counseling and of focusing on persons not infected, intensive prevention programs for persons with HIV infection are needed to stem the future spread of the virus... - Effects of behavioral intervention on substance use among people living with HIV: the Healthy Living Project randomized controlled studyF Lennie Wong
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Addiction 103:1206-14. 2008..Reductions in substance use were examined in response to an intensive intervention with people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (PLH)... - Theory-guided, empirically supported avenues for intervention on HIV medication nonadherence: findings from the Healthy Living ProjectMallory O Johnson
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94105, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 17:645-56. 2003.... - Stigma in the HIV/AIDS epidemic: a review of the literature and recommendations for the way forwardAnish P Mahajan
UCLA Program in Global Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
AIDS 22:S67-79. 2008..Based on the literature, we conclude by offering a set of recommendations that may represent important next steps in a multifaceted response to stigma in the HIV/AIDS epidemic... - Universal access to antiretroviral therapy may be the best approach to 'Do no harm' in developing countries: the Brazilian experienceRobert H Remien
AIDS 17:786-7. 2003 - Affect regulation, stimulant use, and viral load among HIV-positive persons on anti-retroviral therapyAdam W Carrico
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0848, USA
Psychosom Med 69:785-92. 2007..The present study examined the associations among affect regulation, substance use, non-adherence to anti-retroviral therapy (ART), and immune status in a diverse sample of HIV-positive persons... - Perceived adverse effects of antiretroviral therapyMallory O Johnson
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 74 New Montgomery, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 29:193-205. 2005..Increasing adaptive coping self-efficacy among patients experiencing nausea may be a particularly effective strategy in increasing medication adherence... - The role of self-efficacy in HIV treatment adherence: validation of the HIV Treatment Adherence Self-Efficacy Scale (HIV-ASES)Mallory O Johnson
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, 50 Beale Street, Suite 1300, San Francisco, CA 94105, US
J Behav Med 30:359-70. 2007..Findings support the use of the HIV-ASES and provide guidance for further investigation of adherence self-efficacy in the context of treatment for HIV and other diseases... - Positive provider interactions, adherence self-efficacy, and adherence to antiretroviral medications among HIV-infected adults: A mediation modelMallory O Johnson
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94105, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 20:258-68. 2006..Results suggest implications for improving provider interactions in clinical care, and future directions for clarifying interrelationships among provider interactions, adherence self-efficacy, and medication adherence are supported... - Increased high risk sexual behavior after September 11 in men who have sex with men: an Internet surveyMary Ann Chiasson
Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc, NY 10013, USA
Arch Sex Behav 34:527-35. 2005..Counseling about substance abuse and risky sexual behavior should be incorporated into trauma-related programs for adolescents and adults... - Health and health care among male-to-female transgender persons who are HIV positiveRita M Melendez
San Francisco State University, Human Sexuality Studies and Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality, 2017 Mission St, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1034-7. 2006..Male-to-female transgender persons were less likely than the control group to take highly active antiretroviral therapy... - The Healthy Living Project: an individually tailored, multidimensional intervention for HIV-infected personsCheryl Gore-Felton
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53202, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 17:21-39. 2005..However, the intervention was designed to be useful for prevention case management, settings where repeated one-on-one contact is possible, and where a structured but highly individualized intervention approach is desired... - Psychosocial correlates of transmission risk behavior among HIV-seropositive gay and bisexual menAnn O'Leary
Divisions of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E 37, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS 19:S67-75. 2005..We also sought to identify contextual influences that might contribute to initial levels of SCT factors such as self-efficacy... - A comparison of on-line and off-line sexual risk in men who have sex with men: an event-based on-line surveyMary Ann Chiasson
Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, New York 10013, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 44:235-43. 2007..To assess whether men who have sex with men (MSM) are more likely to report unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) with partners met on-line compared with those met off-line... - Illicit substance use, sexual risk, and HIV-positive gay and bisexual men: differences by serostatus of casual partnersDavid W Purcell
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E 37, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS 19:S37-47. 2005.... - Predicting HIV transmission risk among HIV-infected men who have sex with men: findings from the healthy living projectStephen F Morin
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 40:226-35. 2005..To examine the predictors of transmission risk among HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) in 4 US cities... - Correlates of suicidal ideation among HIV-positive personsAdam W Carrico
Health Psychology Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, 3333 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
AIDS 21:1199-203. 2007.... - [HIV infection among pregnant women attended in testing and counseling centers for AIDS]Antônio José Costa Cardoso
Diretoria Regional de Brasília, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Brasilia, DF, Brasil
Rev Saude Publica 41:101-8. 2007..To estimate HIV prevalence and identify high-risk sexual behavior for infection in pregnant women who were given prenatal assistance... - Receipt of prevention services among HIV-infected men who have sex with menWayne T Steward
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 50 Beale St, Suite 1300, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1011-4. 2008..Greater efforts should be made to ensure that prevention counseling is delivered to all HIV-infected persons, especially men who have sex with men... - Adherence to research protocols in a clinical context: challenges and recommendations from behavioral intervention trialsMallory O Johnson
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Am J Psychother 57:348-60. 2003..We provide guidance for setting frames for the intervention and clinical relationship, conducting training and supervision of clinical staff, and structuring quality-assurance procedures in order to meet these challenges... - Ischemic stroke and depressionDavid W Desmond
Department of Neurology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 9:429-39. 2003..SIGH-D item analyses suggested that a reliance on nonsomatic rather than somatic symptoms would result in the most accurate diagnoses of depression after ischemic stroke... - Mixed HIV status couples. Moving from research to practiceJosé María Medellín
Body Posit 17:20-1. 2004
Research Grants
- A Multimedia Social Support Intervention: Adherence to HIV Care in South AfricaRobert Remien; Fiscal Year: 2007..Process variables, including barriers and facilitators of feasibility and acceptability will be collected from patients and clinic staff. The findings can be used to inform larger-scale effectiveness studies in similar settings. ..