Publications by authors named "Adey Nyamathi"
Objective: This article highlights key lessons learned while conducting a nurse-led community-based HIV prevention trial with youth experiencing homelessness (YEH), focusing on sexually transmitted infections testing and treatment, intervention sessions, community partnerships, and participant recruitment and retention.
Design: The insights and experiences shared aim to inform future research and the design of interventions targeting populations at high risk, particularly when facing unanticipated challenges. By addressing these areas, the article contributes to the decision-making for the design and delivery of effective strategies to improve the health outcomes among marginalized populations.
Article Synopsis
- - Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood condition that negatively impacts children’s health and quality of life, both physically and mentally.
- - A study in Oman analyzed data from 72 parent and child pairs to determine what factors influence health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children with the disease.
- - Key findings suggest that parents' knowledge and self-efficacy about the illness, along with children's age and hydroxyurea treatment, significantly impact children's HRQoL; this highlights the need for supportive programs in healthcare.
Background: Cancer treatment has a significant impact on a patient's sexual health and function. However, numerous communication barriers deter healthcare professionals from initiating a sexual health conversation with patients.
Objectives: This study assessed the effects of a nurse-focused sexual health education workshop on change in knowledge of sexual concerns, barriers to discussing sexuality, and frequency of bringing up sexual concerns.
Background: Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) has been shown to improve depressive symptoms in older adults with comorbid insomnia and depression. However, it remains unclear whether brief CBT-I is effective for improving depressive symptoms in community-dwelling older adults with insomnia symptoms of varying severity.
Aim: This study sought to examine the effectiveness of a brief CBT-I intervention delivered by public health nurses to improve depressive symptoms among older adults recruited from a community setting.
HIV stigma continues to be a barrier to physical and mental health among people living with HIV globally, especially in vulnerable populations. We examined how stigma is associated with health outcomes and quality of life among rural women living with HIV in South India (N = 600). Interviewer-administered measures assessed multiple dimensions of stigma, as well as loneliness, social support, ART adherence, time since diagnosis, and quality of life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcceptability and Feasibility of a Sexual Health Intervention for Young Adult Black Women.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs
November 2018
Objective: To assess the acceptability and feasibility of S2S, a newly adapted behavior intervention to address high-risk sexual behavior.
Design: Pilot randomized controlled trial.
Setting: The Internet and text messages with no in-person interactions.
Background: Despite high rates of postcardiac surgery depression, studies of depression treatment in this population have been limited.
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate early cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in a home environment in patients recovering from cardiac surgery.
Methods: : From July 2006 through October 2009, we conducted a randomized controlled trial and enrolled 808 patients who were screened for depressive symptoms using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) in the hospital and 1 month later.