Jeannette Ickovics

..HIV counseling and testing should be considered one aspect of a broader program of HIV prevention. Identification of alternative interventions must be a public health priority...

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..Implications for future research and clinical practice with adolescents are addressed...

..To determine whether group prenatal care improves pregnancy outcomes, psychosocial function, and patient satisfaction and to examine potential cost differences...

..To examine the impact of group versus individual prenatal care on birth weight and gestational age...

..e., creating synergy of effort). The purpose of this commentary is to review the utilization and potential benefits of bundling in its application to HIV prevention...

..From this integration of biomedical and behavioral science, effective clinical interventions can be developed and implemented to enhance the health of patients with HIV...

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..02). CP+ improved psychosocial outcomes for high-stress women. This 'bundled' intervention has promise for improving psychosocial outcomes, especially for young pregnant women who are traditionally more vulnerable and underserved...

..Women who experienced multiple AIDS-related losses over the course of the study were significantly more anxious than those who experienced no loss or 1 loss. Implications for clinical interventions are discussed...

..This is particularly important for women with HIV because birth weight is associated with risk of HIV transmission from mother to child...

..The impact of depression on morbidity and mortality among women with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has not been examined despite the fact that women with HIV have substantially higher rates of depression than their male counterparts...

..Despite substantial attention to adherence in recent years, much more remains to be done to understand and promote adherence to HAART...

..0%), and declined significantly 3 weeks postpartum (mean = 34.1%) (p =.004). Clinical emphasis must be placed on enhancing adherence during and particularly after pregnancy when ZDV is continued for a mother's own care...

..Such tools can guide care, treatment and prevention efforts in clinical settings...

..The model offers effective and efficient care that is sustainable and can enhance the health of women, their families, health care providers, and communities...

..Current relationship with the father of the baby did mediate the effect of attachment anxiety on multiple partners and STIs. Results indicate the importance of including general relational factors, such as attachment, in HIV prevention...

..We sought to determine whether an HIV prevention program bundled with group prenatal care reduced sexually transmitted infection (STI) incidence, repeat pregnancy, sexual risk behavior, and psychosocial risks...

..Results highlight the need for interventions focusing on interpersonal issues, particularly intimate relationships, in women with HIV...

..The results suggest that preoperative consideration of attitudinal and mood factors will assist the surgeon in estimating both the speed and extent of postoperative recovery...

..To examine racial discrimination and its relation to violence involvement among a sample of urban African American men...

..The purpose of this study was to determine the relation between knowledge of partner treatment for a past STI and current infection in the index patient...

..To identify incidence and predictors of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae among postpartum adolescents. These estimates are compared to similar estimates among a cohort of non-pregnant, sexually active teens...

..Heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of autonomic function, is also an important predictor of cardiovascular outcomes...

..We explored the association of racial residential segregation with gonorrhea rates among Black persons and hypothesized that specific dimensions of segregation would be associated with gonorrhea rates...

..We were able to efficiently and effectively conduct scientifically rigorous mapping while gaining entry into some of New Haven's most research-wary and skeptical neighborhoods...

..The family system and the intergenerational dynamics within a multigenerational caregiving structure are critical to the health and well-being of both mothers and their children...

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..To describe patterns and changes in contraceptive use among pregnant adolescents in early and later postpartum compared with nonpregnant adolescents...

..Approximately half of the participants underestimated the risk of their sexual behavior. Accurate and inaccurate risk perceivers differed on risk knowledge, partnership duration, and pressure to have unprotected sex...

..The objective of the study was to describe the patient characteristics of prenatal care utilization within and outside of routine obstetric care, and the clinical and psychosocial factors that predict care utilization...

..The purpose of this study was to determine the level of high-risk sexual behaviors and the prevalence of chlamydia and gonorrhea among pregnant adolescents...

..The results of this study suggest that HIV infection is one of many stressors faced by the women in this study...

..Using Ecological Systems Theory, this study prospectively examined risk factors for teenage childbearing among a national sample of adolescent girls...

..These findings may elucidate the mechanisms by which beta blockers decrease mortality and reduce the early morning risk of sudden death after acute myocardial infarction...

..Lastly, policy implications to improve teens' access to more accurate pregnancy testing and to reproductive health services are suggested...

..To estimate how social support and social conflict relate to prenatal depressive symptoms and to generate a brief clinical tool to identify women at increased psychosocial risk...

..To determine the frequency and patterns of recurrent Chlamydia trachomatis infections, the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection in young women...

..To compare three methods of data collection on case ascertainment of past chlamydia or gonorrhea diagnoses...

..This suggests that an STD diagnosis alone is not sufficient to motivate adolescent females to reduce their sexual risk behavior and change their sexual risk attitudes and perceptions...

..g., age at initiation, partner history) and self-esteem and emotional distress (e.g., depression, anxiety, stress, hostility) and their impact on future sexual risk behavior (e.g., unprotected sex, multiple sexual partners)...

..Pregnancy may provide a critical "window of opportunity" for sexual risk reduction...

..Findings support the importance of assessments and interventions that consider the social context and relational history of pregnant and parenting adolescents...

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..Implications for early identification and intervention are discussed...

..To determine the association between new sex partner acquisition and incident STDs, to describe predictors of acquiring a new sex partner, and to compare new and established sex partnerships among adolescent females...

..This study aims to examine the effects of prenatal stress and parenting stress and the association with: (1) adolescent maternal adjustment; and (2) postpartum emotional distress...

..We assessed the impact of parity on tooth loss among American women and examined mediators of this relationship...

..7 (95% CI, 1.2-6.4) and 2.7 (95% CI, 1.3-5.7), respectively. In this population of older women, personal work history was the only social class marker predictive of mortality...

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