Impact of body mass index on the effectiveness of a disease management-health promotion intervention on disability status.

Purpose: To examine the impact of body mass index (BMI) on the effectiveness of a disease management-health promotion intervention among community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities.

Design: Secondary data analyses of a randomized controlled trial.

Settings: Nineteen counties in upstate New York and on the West Virginia-Ohio border.

Employment, Social Support, and HIV Sexual-Risk Behavior in Puerto Rican Women.

This study examined psychosocial factors associated with HIV-risk behavior among Latina women at self-disclosed heterosexual risk for HIV infection. Data were collected via structured interviews for 187 Puerto Rican women, aged 18-35, who attended a health clinic in the Bronx, New York. Over 64% of all participants reported unprotected vaginal sex with primary sexual partners.