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Intentional Non-Adherence to Medications among HIV Positive Alcohol Drinkers: Prospective Study of Interactive Toxicity BeliefsSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
J Gen Intern Med 28:399-405. 2013..Antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence is key to successful treatment of HIV infection and alcohol is a known barrier to adherence. Beyond intoxication, ART adherence is impacted by beliefs that mixing alcohol and medications is toxic...
Food insufficiency, substance use, and sexual risks for HIV/AIDS in informal drinking establishments, Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
J Urban Health 89:939-51. 2012..However, the influence of hunger and substance use on sexual risks varies for men and women. Interventions to reduce HIV transmission risks may be bolstered by reducing both food insufficiency and substance use...- Use of dietary supplements among people living with HIV/AIDS is associated with vulnerability to medical misinformation on the internetSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
AIDS Res Ther 9:1. 2012..abstract:.. - Perceived HIV/AIDS prevalence, burden, and risk, Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Am J Health Behav 32:693-700. 2008..To examine perceived HIV prevalence and disease burden in high-risk adults in Cape Town, South Africa... - Co-occurrence of treatment nonadherence and continued HIV transmission risk behaviors: implications for positive prevention interventionsSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Psychosom Med 70:593-7. 2008..Research is currently testing interventions that simultaneously increase HIV treatment adherence and reduce behaviors that risk HIV transmission... - Sensation seeking and alcohol use predict HIV transmission risks: prospective study of sexually transmitted infection clinic patients, Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Addict Behav 33:1630-3. 2008..HIV prevention counseling that addresses drinking in relation to sex is urgently needed in southern Africa... - Randomized trial of a community-based alcohol-related HIV risk-reduction intervention for men and women in Cape Town South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Ann Behav Med 36:270-9. 2008..HIV is devastating southern Africa and alcohol use is closely related to HIV transmission risks... - Monitoring medication adherence by unannounced pill counts conducted by telephone: reliability and criterion-related validitySeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
HIV Clin Trials 9:298-308. 2008..Purpose: We tested the reliability and criterion-related validity of a telephone-based unannounced pill count assessment of antiretroviral adherence... - Association between health literacy and HIV treatment adherence: further evidence from objectively measured medication adherenceSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic) 7:317-23. 2008..Studies that have examined the association between literacy and medication adherence have relied on self-reported adherence, which is subject to memory errors, perhaps even more so in people with poor literacy... - Measuring AIDS stigmas in people living with HIV/AIDS: the Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma ScaleSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
AIDS Care 21:87-93. 2009..The Internalized AIDS-Related Stigma Scale appears reliable and valid and may be useful for research and evaluation with HIV-positive populations across southern African and North American cultures... - HIV/AIDS risks among men and women who drink at informal alcohol serving establishments (Shebeens) in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Prev Sci 9:55-62. 2008..These results indicate an urgent need for multi-level HIV prevention interventions targeting shebeens and the men and women who drink in these settings... 
Human immunodeficiency virus viral load in blood plasma and semen: review and implications of empirical findingsSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
Sex Transm Dis 35:55-60. 2008..HIV disease progression does not reliably influence the association between BPVL and SVL. Research is needed to determine the degree to which BPVL as well as SVL predict HIV transmission...- HIV/AIDS case managers and client HIV status disclosure: perceived client needs, practices, and servicesSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA
Health Soc Work 32:259-67. 2007..These results indicate a need for training and resources to facilitate HIV status disclosure assistance services offered by case managers... - Sexual assault, sexual risks and gender attitudes in a community sample of South African menS C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA
AIDS Care 19:20-7. 2007..Interventions are needed to address hostile attitudes toward women, sexual assault and sexual risks for HIV among South African men... - Alcohol use and sexual risks for HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review of empirical findingsSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Prev Sci 8:141-51. 2007..Sexual risk reduction interventions are needed for men and women who drink and interventions should be targeted to alcohol serving establishments... - Adherence to antiretroviral therapy assessed by unannounced pill counts conducted by telephoneSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:1003-6. 2007..Conducting unannounced pill counts by telephone may be a viable alternative for objectively assessing medication adherence... - Recent multiple sexual partners and HIV transmission risks among people living with HIV/AIDS in BotswanaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Sex Transm Infect 83:371-5. 2007..HIV prevalence in Botswana is among the highest in the world and sexual networking patterns represent an important dimension to understanding the spread of HIV/AIDS... - HIV transmission risk behaviours among HIV seropositive sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Eur J Public Health 20:202-6. 2010..This study examined the sexual practices and risk behaviours of men and women living with HIV/AIDS being treated for a co-occurring sexually transmitted infection (STI)... - Beliefs about treatments for HIV/AIDS and sexual risk behaviors among men who have sex with men, 1997-2006Seth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Behav Med 30:497-503. 2007..Results show that HIV prevention messages need to be updated to educate MSM about the realities of HIV viral concentrations and HIV transmission risks... - Changes in HIV treatment beliefs and sexual risk behaviors among gay and bisexual men, 1997-2005Seth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, CT 06269, USA
Health Psychol 26:650-6. 2007..This study examined changes in beliefs about the effects of HIV treatment for preventing HIV transmission and their association to sexual risk behaviors between the years 1997 and 2005... - Frequency, quantity, and contextual use of alcohol among sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 33:687-98. 2007..Interventions are needed that integrate HIV risk reduction with alcohol risk reduction in South Africa... - Repeat HIV testing and HIV transmission risk behaviors among sexually transmitted infection clinic patientsSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Clin Psychol Med Settings 15:127-33. 2008..Results support targeting high-risk untested persons for HIV testing and suggest an urgent need for interventions to reduce risk behaviors among STI clinic patients who repeatedly test for HIV... - Integrated gender-based violence and HIV Risk reduction intervention for South African men: results of a quasi-experimental field trialSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Prev Sci 10:260-9. 2009..Further research is needed to examine the potential synergistic effects of alcohol use, gender violence, and HIV prevention interventions... - Randomized clinical trial of brief risk reduction counseling for sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 06269, USA
Am J Public Health 101:e9-e17. 2011..We examined the effects of a brief counseling intervention designed to reduce HIV risk behaviors and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among patients receiving STI services in Cape Town, South Africa... - Food insufficiency and medication adherence among people living with HIV/AIDS in urban and peri-urban settingsSeth C Kalichman
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Prev Sci 12:324-32. 2011..Medication adherence interventions should address access to food, particularly for people living outside of urban centers... - Sexual HIV transmission and antiretroviral therapy: a prospective cohort study of behavioral risk factors among men and women living with HIV/AIDSSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Ann Behav Med 42:111-9. 2011..Using antiretroviral therapies for HIV prevention relies on patient adherence and avoidance of co-occurring sexually transmitted infections... - Prevalence of sexually transmitted co-infections in people living with HIV/AIDS: systematic review with implications for using HIV treatments for preventionSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, 406 Babbidge Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Sex Transm Infect 87:183-90. 2011..The prevalence of STI in people infected with HIV suggests that STI co-infections could undermine efforts to use HIV treatments for prevention by increasing genital secretion infectiousness... - Integrated behavioral intervention to improve HIV/AIDS treatment adherence and reduce HIV transmissionSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Am J Public Health 101:531-8. 2011.... - HIV super-infection beliefs and sexual practices of people living with HIV/AIDSSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Sex Health 7:420-4. 2010..HIV super-infection beliefs and sexual behaviours among people living with HIV/AIDS were examined in the present study... - Stress and poverty predictors of treatment adherence among people with low-literacy living with HIV/AIDSSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, 406 Babbidge Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Psychosom Med 72:810-6. 2010..Typical barriers to adherence may be overshadowed by poverty experiences in the most disadvantaged populations of people living with HIV/AIDS, such as people with lower-literacy skills... - Operational fidelity to an evidence-based HIV prevention intervention for people living with HIV/AIDSSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Prim Prev 31:235-45. 2010..Models of technology transfer that emphasize behavior change processes rather than specific curriculum content may advance prevention program dissemination... - "There is no proof that HIV causes AIDS": AIDS denialism beliefs among people living with HIV/AIDSSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Behav Med 33:432-40. 2010..AIDS denialism beliefs may be common among people living with HIV/AIDS and such beliefs are associated with poor health outcomes... - Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and HIV transmission risks: implications for test-and-treat approaches to HIV preventionSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 24:271-7. 2010..Programs aimed at testing and treating people living with HIV/AIDS for prevention require attention to adherence and sexual behaviors... - Health and treatment implications of food insufficiency among people living with HIV/AIDS, Atlanta, GeorgiaSeth C Kalichman
Psychology Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Urban Health 87:631-41. 2010..Interventions that provide consistent and sustained meals to people living with HIV/AIDS are urgently needed... - Sexually transmitted infections and infectiousness beliefs among people living with HIV/AIDS: implications for HIV treatment as preventionS C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
HIV Med 11:502-9. 2010..The current study examined STIs in a community sample of 490 HIV-positive men and women... - Behavioral changes associated with testing HIV-positive among sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Am J Public Health 100:714-9. 2010..We sought to examine behavioral risks and behavior changes associated with testing HIV-positive among sexually transmitted infection (STI) patients, in order to inform HIV- and STI-prevention interventions... - A simple single-item rating scale to measure medication adherence: further evidence for convergent validitySeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic) 8:367-74. 2009..Self-report measures of medication adherence are inexpensive and minimally intrusive. However, the validity of self-reported adherence is compromised by recall errors for missed doses and socially desirable responding... - Condom failure among men receiving sexually transmissible infection clinic services, Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, 406 Babbidge Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Sex Health 6:300-4. 2009..The objective of the present study was to examine condom failure and associated behavioural risk factors among men at high-risk for HIV transmission in South Africa... - Heterosexual anal intercourse among community and clinical settings in Cape Town, South AfricaS C Kalichman
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Sex Transm Infect 85:411-5. 2009..However, little information is available on the anal sex practices of heterosexual individuals in South Africa... - Prevalence and clinical implications of interactive toxicity beliefs regarding mixing alcohol and antiretroviral therapies among people living with HIV/AIDSSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 23:449-54. 2009..Clinicians should educate patients about the necessity of continuing to take ARV medications without interruption even if they are drinking alcohol... - Heterosexual anal intercourse and HIV infection risks in the context of alcohol serving venues, Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
BMC Public Health 11:807. 2011..The objective is to examine the prevalence of heterosexual unprotected anal intercourse among men and women who drink at informal alcohol serving establishments (shebeens) in South Africa... - Pillboxes and antiretroviral adherence: prevalence of use, perceived benefits, and implications for electronic medication monitoring devicesSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 19:833-9. 2005..Adherence EMD pose methodological limitations to research when pillbox users are excluded and ethical implications when pillbox users stop using their pillbox to participate... - HIV testing attitudes, AIDS stigma, and voluntary HIV counselling and testing in a black township in Cape Town, South AfricaS C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Sex Transm Infect 79:442-7. 2003..This study examined the relation between HIV testing history, attitudes towards testing, and AIDS stigmas... - Psychosocial and behavioral correlates of seeking sex partners on the internet among HIV-positive menSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA
Ann Behav Med 30:243-50. 2005..The Internet is revolutionizing how people access and use information; for some people, the Internet is also redefining interpersonal relationships, including sexual relationships... - Trauma symptoms, sexual behaviors, and substance abuse: correlates of childhood sexual abuse and HIV risks among men who have sex with menSeth C Kalichman
Center for Health HIV Intervention and Prevention, University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Child Sex Abus 13:1-15. 2004..Results of this study extend previous research to show that men who have sex with men and who have a history of child sexual abuse are more likely to be at high risk for HIV infection... - Sexual assault history and risks for sexually transmitted infections among women in an African township in Cape Town, South AfricaS C Kalichman
University of Connecticut, CT, USA
AIDS Care 16:681-9. 2004..Structural and behavioural interventions are needed to simultaneously reduce the prevalence of sexual assault against women and prevent the transmission of HIV... - Associations of poverty, substance use, and HIV transmission risk behaviors in three South African communitiesSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA
Soc Sci Med 62:1641-9. 2006..The findings suggest that HIV prevention strategies should not treat AIDS as a singled out social problem independent of other social ills... - The other side of the healthy relationships intervention: mental health outcomes and correlates of sexual risk behavior changeSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 17:66-75. 2005..Results have implications for designing the next generation of HIV prevention interventions targeted to people living with HIV/AIDS... - HIV risk reduction for substance using seriously mentally ill adults: test of the information-motivation-behavior skills (IMB) modelSeth Kalichman
Psychology Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Community Ment Health J 41:277-90. 2005.... - Internet use among people living with HIV/AIDS: coping and health-related correlatesSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 19:439-48. 2005..Searching the Internet for health information can be conceptualized as an active coping strategy, occurring with other health-related behaviors and offering potential health benefits... - Patterns of sexual risk behavior change among sexually transmitted infection clinic patientsSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
Arch Sex Behav 34:307-19. 2005..STI clinic patients with varying profiles of sexual behavior change were, therefore, differentiated by factors relevant to STI interventions... - A prospective study of sensation seeking and alcohol use as predictors of sexual risk behaviors among men and women receiving sexually transmitted infection clinic servicesSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 18:367-73. 2004..These findings replicate previous research, with the prospective design confirming directional hypotheses and supporting causal conclusions... - Group intervention to reduce HIV transmission risk behavior among persons living with HIV/AIDSSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA
Behav Modif 29:256-85. 2005..This intervention was demonstrated to be effective in a community-service delivery setting and can be adapted for implementation in HIV-related services delivered within support groups... - Perceptions of local HIV/AIDS prevalence and risks for HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections: preliminary study of intuitive epidemiologySeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA
Ann Behav Med 29:100-5. 2005..Risk perceptions are theoretically important in predicting health behavior but have only shown modest evidence in predicting sexual risk behavior... - Sexual exposure to blood and behavioural risks among STI clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, 406 Babbidge Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Sex Health 2:85-8. 2005..Exposure to blood during sexual intercourse is potentially important and yet understudied in HIV transmission... - Experimental components analysis of brief theory-based HIV/AIDS risk-reduction counseling for sexually transmitted infection patientsSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Health Psychol 24:198-208. 2005..For women, however, the motivational counseling demonstrated the most positive outcomes. Results suggest that brief single-exposure HIV prevention counseling can reduce HIV transmission risks... - Sensation seeking, alcohol use, and sexual behaviors among sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 20:298-304. 2006..These findings suggest that alcohol use is an important HIV transmission risk factor for many STI clinic patients and that interventions for individuals who are characterized as sensation seekers are urgently needed in South Africa... - Internet-based health information consumer skills intervention for people living with HIV/AIDSSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 74:545-54. 2006..The authors conclude that people with HIV infection may benefit from increased access to health information on the Internet and that vulnerability to misinformation and fraud can be reduced through behavioral interventions... - Coital bleeding and HIV risks among men and women in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:551-7. 2006..South Africa has one of the world's fastest growing HIV epidemics. Genital bleeding during sexual intercourse may play a role in facilitating HIV transmission in South Africa... - HIV treatment adherence and unprotected sex practices in people receiving antiretroviral therapyS C Kalichman
Psychology Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA
Sex Transm Infect 79:59-61. 2003..Poor HIV treatment adherence can result in the development of drug resistant strains of HIV and HIV positive people may transmit drug resistant virus to their sex partners... - Health information on the Internet and people living with HIV/AIDS: information evaluation and coping stylesSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Health Psychol 25:205-10. 2006..People who cope by avoiding health information may be vulnerable to misinformation and unfounded claims that are commonly encountered on the Internet... - HIV treatment beliefs and sexual transmission risk behaviors among HIV positive men and womenSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Behav Med 29:401-10. 2006.... - Stress, social support, and HIV-status disclosure to family and friends among HIV-positive men and womenSeth C Kalichman
Center for AIDS Intervention Research Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
J Behav Med 26:315-32. 2003..Disclosure and its association to social support and depression varied for different relationships and these differences have implications for mental health and coping interventions... - Sensation seeking, alcohol use and sexual risk behaviors among men receiving services at a clinic for sexually transmitted infectionsSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, 406 Babbidge Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
J Stud Alcohol 64:564-9. 2003..This study examined a conceptual model of sensation seeking personality and alcohol expectancies as correlates of sex-related alcohol use and sexual risk behaviors... - Poverty-related stressors and HIV/AIDS transmission risks in two South African communitiesSeth C Kalichman
University of Connecticut, Department of Psychology, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Urban Health 82:237-49. 2005..These findings extend the findings of previous research to show that poverty-related stressors are associated with HIV transmission risks in some poverty-stricken communities and that these associations are not mediated by substance use... - Sexual partner selection and HIV risk reduction among Black and White men who have sex with menLisa A Eaton
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Am J Public Health 100:503-9. 2010.... - Emotional adjustment in survivors of sexual assault living with HIV-AIDSSeth C Kalichman
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
J Trauma Stress 15:289-96. 2002..Results suggest tailoring secondary prevention interventions to meet the needs of HIV-positive survivors of sexual assault... - Gender attitudes, sexual power, HIV risk: a model for understanding HIV risk behavior of South African menMichelle R Kaufman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
AIDS Care 20:434-41. 2008..A better understanding of gender roles and ideologies in combination with one's power in sexual relationships as they relate to HIV risk behavior among men could better inform future HIV prevention interventions... - Gender attitudes, sexual violence, and HIV/AIDS risks among men and women in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, 406 Babbidge Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Sex Res 42:299-305. 2005..We speculate that women's risks for STI/HIV are the product of partner characteristics and male-dominated relationships, suggesting the critical importance of intervening with men to reduce women's risks for sexual assault and STI/HIV... - Development of a brief scale to measure AIDS-related stigma in South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 06269, USA
AIDS Behav 9:135-43. 2005..Also supporting the scale's construct validity, individuals who refused to report whether they had been tested for HIV scored higher on the AIDS-Related Stigma Scale... - Altering key characteristics of a disseminated effective behavioral intervention for HIV positive adults: the "healthy relationships" experienceSeth C Kalichman
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Prim Prev 28:145-53. 2007..Research is needed to test the assumptions of other evidence-based HIV prevention programs... - Generalizing a model of health behaviour change and AIDS stigma for use with sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
AIDS Care 18:178-82. 2006..These findings parallel similar tests of the IMB model in US samples and suggest that the IMB model may generalize to South Africa and may therefore be useful in guiding HIV risk reduction interventions... - HIV transmission risk behaviours among HIV-positive persons in serodiscordant relationshipsSeth C Kalichman
Psychology Department, University of Connecticut 06269, USA
Int J STD AIDS 13:677-82. 2002..Results suggest an urgent need for HIV transmission risk reduction interventions for HIV serodiscordant couples, particularly for couples in established, regular relationships... - Motivation to reduce HIV risk behaviors in the context of the Information, Motivation and Behavioral Skills (IMB) model of HIV preventionSeth C Kalichman
University of Connecticut, USA
J Health Psychol 13:680-9. 2008.... - Multiple recent sexual partnerships and alcohol use among sexually transmitted infection clinic patients, Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Sex Transm Dis 38:18-23. 2011..Alcohol use is also closely associated with unprotected sexual behavior, but its use has not been investigated in relation to multiple recent sex partners in southern Africa... - The relationship between indicators of sexual compulsivity and high risk sexual practices among men and women receiving services from a sexually transmitted infection clinicSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Sex Res 41:235-41. 2004..Findings suggest an urgent need for interventions to help men and women with sexual preoccupations and poor sexual impulse control to reduce their risks for sexually transmitted infections... - HIV/AIDS risk reduction counseling for alcohol using sexually transmitted infections clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 44:594-600. 2007..There are no known interventions that directly target HIV risk behavior among people who drink and are at risk for HIV in Africa... - Risk compensation in HIV prevention: implications for vaccines, microbicides, and other biomedical HIV prevention technologiesLisa A Eaton
University of Connecticut, Department of Psychology, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 4:165-72. 2007..We conclude that behavioral risk compensation should be addressed by implementing adjunct behavioral risk-reduction interventions to avoid negating the preventive benefits of biomedical HIV prevention technologies... - Perceived prevalence and risks for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among women who have sex with womenLisa Eaton
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 17:75-83. 2008..Perceived prevalence was also hypothesized as being a mediator and moderator of the relationship between abnormal Pap smear and perceived risk of HPV... - Perceptions of health care among persons living with HIV/AIDS who are not receiving antiretroviral medicationsSeth C Kalichman
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 16:233-40. 2002.... - HIV transmission risk among HIV seroconcordant and serodiscordant couples: dyadic processes of partner selectionLisa A Eaton
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
AIDS Behav 13:185-95. 2009..We conclude that relationship partners are an important source of influence and, thus, intervening with partners is necessary to reduce HIV transmission risks... - Health-related Internet use, coping, social support, and health indicators in people living with HIV/AIDS: preliminary results from a community surveySeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs 06269 1020, USA
Health Psychol 22:111-6. 2003.... - Prospective study of emotional reactions to changes in HIV viral loadSeth C Kalichman
Center for AIDS Intervention Research CAIR, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 16:113-20. 2002.... - A strategy for selecting sexual partners believed to pose little/no risks for HIV: serosorting and its implications for HIV transmissionLisa A Eaton
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
AIDS Care 21:1279-88. 2009..Risk reduction messages should also highlight the limitations of relying on one's own and partner's HIV status in making sexual risk decisions... - Brief behavioral self-regulation counseling for HIV treatment adherence delivered by cell phone: an initial test of concept trialSeth C Kalichman
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 25:303-10. 2011..05). We conclude that the outcomes from this test of concept trial warrant further research on cell phone-delivered self-regulation counseling in a larger and more rigorous trial... - Sexual exposure to blood and increased risks for heterosexual HIV transmission in Cape Town, South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Afr J Reprod Health 8:55-8. 2004..Modern medical care providers as well as traditional healers should be encouraged to advise their clients to refrain from sexual intercourse during menstruation and other types of genital bleeding... - Assessing medication adherence self-efficacy among low-literacy patients: development of a pictographic visual analogue scaleSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Health Educ Res 20:24-35. 2005..Distributions of self-efficacy scores approximated normal. This newly developed pictographic scale may be useful in assessing medication adherence self-efficacy in lower-literacy populations... - Alcohol expectancies and risky drinking among men and women at high-risk for HIV infection in Cape Town South AfricaSeth C Kalichman
Department of Psychology, 406 Babbidge Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, United States
Addict Behav 32:2304-10. 2007..Sexual risk reduction interventions for those at greatest risk for HIV/AIDS should directly address alcohol expectancies... - Correlates of nonparticipation in an HIV prevention program for MSME Roberto Orellana
School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105-6020, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 18:348-61. 2006..Innovative methods to reduce barriers to engaging high-risk, sexually active MSM in risk reduction counseling are needed... - Internet access and Internet use for health information among people living with HIV-AIDSSeth C Kalichman
Center for AIDS Intervention Research CAIR, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Patient Educ Couns 46:109-16. 2002..A digital divide therefore exists among people living with HIV-AIDS, and the benefits of the Internet appear better achieved with home access... - Theory-based HIV risk reduction counseling for sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaLeickness C Simbayi
Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Sex Transm Dis 31:727-33. 2004..South Africa has the world's fastest growing AIDS epidemic. There is an urgent need for effective HIV risk reduction interventions in South Africa... - Sensation seeking and alcohol use as markers of sexual transmission risk behavior in HIV-positive menSeth C Kalichman
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Ann Behav Med 24:229-35. 2002..Prevention interventions may be improved by tailoring them for alcohol-using HIV-infected men, particularly by challenging beliefs and expectations that alcohol enhances sexual performance and sexual pleasure... - Male circumcision in HIV preventionSeth C Kalichman
Lancet 369:1597; author reply 1598-9. 2007 - Alcohol and risks for HIV/AIDS among sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in Cape Town, South AfricaLeickness C Simbayi
Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Subst Abus 27:37-43. 2006.... - Alcohol use and sexual risks for HIV infection among men and women receiving sexually transmitted infection clinic services in Cape Town, South AfricaLeickness C Simbayi
Social Aspects of HIV AIDS and Health, Human Sciences Research Council, P Bag X9182, Cape Town, South Africa
J Stud Alcohol 65:434-42. 2004..To examine the association of alcohol use and sexual risks for HIV infection in South Africa... - Stress management interventions for HIV+ adults: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, 1989 to 2006Lori A J Scott-Sheldon
Center for Health and Behavior, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 2340, USA
Health Psychol 27:129-39. 2008..Therefore, the current meta-analysis examines the impact of stress-management interventions at improving psychological, immunological, hormonal, and other behavioral health outcomes among HIV+ adults... - Marketing the 'Sex Check': evaluating recruitment strategies for a telephone-based HIV prevention project for gay and bisexual menMichael B McKee
School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, 98105, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 18:116-31. 2006..Resource allocation and costs are also presented for each channel... - HIV/AIDS risks among South African men who report sexually assaulting womenLeickness C Simbayi
Behavioural and Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
Am J Health Behav 30:158-66. 2006..Sexually assaultive men were also more likely to endorse rape myths. CONCLUSIONS: Interventions that target men as the agents of change in reducing sexual assaults and HIV transmission are urgently needed... - Lowering obstacles to HIV prevention services: effects of a brief, telephone-based intervention using motivational enhancement therapyJoseph F Picciano
School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle 98105, USA
Ann Behav Med 34:177-87. 2007..Brief and low-burden HIV risk reduction counseling interventions are needed for populations at greatest risk for HIV infection... - Risk factors for HIV-AIDS among youth in Cape Town, South AfricaLeickness C Simbayi
Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health, Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
AIDS Behav 9:53-61. 2005..There is an urgent need for behavioral interventions targeted to young South Africans living in the most economically disadvantaged areas...
Research Grants
- Multilevel Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Prevention in South AfricaSeth Kalichman; Fiscal Year: 2007..This research will determine social and alcohol contextual influences at the community level that predict individual behavior change over-time. ..
- Brief HIV Prevention Counseling in South AfricaSeth Kalichman; Fiscal Year: 2007..Results of this research will therefore test a clinic-based HIV prevention intervention model that is urgently needed in South Africa. ..
- Gender Violence and HIV Risk Reduction in South AfricaLeickness Simbayi; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Training in Social Processes of HIV/AIDSSeth Kalichman; Fiscal Year: 2007..Trainees will work with a community based AIDS service organization to conduct a field study that will serve as a rich training experience for them and will directly benefit the partner organization. ..
- Alcohol-Related HIV Risks among South African WomenKathleen J Sikkema; Fiscal Year: 2010..Guided by Social Action Theory, we will examine structural, social, and individual level influences on women's drinking and HIV risks. ..
- HIV Treatment Adherence Intervention for People with Poor Literacy SkillsSeth C Kalichman; Fiscal Year: 2010..Effective strategies for improving adherence in patients with poor health literacy must be tailored to achieve optimal adherence and therefore viral suppression. ..
- Brief HIV Prevention Counseling in South AfricaSeth Kalichman; Fiscal Year: 2009..Results of this research will therefore test a clinic-based HIV prevention intervention model that is urgently needed in South Africa. ..
- HIV Treatment Adherence/Risk Reduction IntegratedSeth Kalichman; Fiscal Year: 2009..If shown effective, the intervention model will have implications for community and clinical services for people living with HIV-AIDS. ..
- HIV Treatment Adherence Intervention for People with Poor Literacy SkillsSeth Kalichman; Fiscal Year: 2009..Effective strategies for improving adherence in patients with poor health literacy must be tailored to achieve optimal adherence and therefore viral suppression. ..
- HIV TREATMENT ADHERENCE FOR PERSONS WITH LOW-LITERACYSeth Kalichman; Fiscal Year: 2002..Results of the proposed research will provide critical information about improving HIV treatment adherence with low-literacy populations that is needed prior to conducting larger and more expensive clinical trials. ..
- BRIEF HIV RISK REDUCTION COUNSELINGSeth Kalichman; Fiscal Year: 2002..Results of the proposed study will guide the allocation of HIV prevention resources in establishing brief and effective HIV risk reduction counseling services for populations vulnerable to HIV infection. ..
- Alcohol and HIV Risk Reduction in South AfricaSeth Kalichman; Fiscal Year: 2006..Results of the proposed research will provide critical information about the role of alcohol in HIV transmission risks and will offer urgently needed strategies for improving HIV prevention interventions in South Africa. ..
- Intervention to Close Digital Divide in AIDS CareSeth Kalichman; Fiscal Year: 2004..If successful, the experimental intervention could be readily implemented as a community-based program by AIDS Service Organizations, health centers, and community-based Internet access providers. ..
- Multilevel Alcohol-HIV/AIDS Prevention in South AfricaSeth C Kalichman; Fiscal Year: 2010..This research will determine social and alcohol contextual influences at the community level that predict individual behavior change over-time. ..