Publications by authors named "H P Katner"
There is growing evidence showing that patterns of individual sexual risk behaviors are insufficient in explaining the disproportionate HIV/AIDS burden borne by African Americans. Instead, dynamic features of social, economic, political, and geographic contexts play a more determining role. However, not enough studies have examined the impact of multi-level factors including neighborhood-level influences on HIV/AIDS sexual risk among African American emerging adults using a socio-ecologic perspective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSexual Behavior Patterns of Black Young Adults in Georgia: Results from a Latent Class Analysis.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
February 2023
Article Synopsis
- - Georgia leads the nation in new HIV/AIDS diagnoses, yet there is a lack of research on the epidemic's drivers outside Atlanta, hindering effective intervention programs.
- - There’s a critical need to focus on the sexual behaviors of at-risk Black youth in Georgia, as they experience a disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS.
- - A study using latent class analysis identified two distinct sexual behavior patterns in Black young adults, highlighting the importance of gender and education in understanding these behaviors.
Article Synopsis
- - A phase 3 study called FLAIR evaluated the effectiveness of switching HIV-1 suppressed participants from daily oral medication to long-acting intramuscular injections of cabotegravir plus rilpivirine over 124 weeks.
- - Participants were randomly assigned to either continue with their standard oral therapy or switch to the long-acting regimen, with the option to choose a four-week oral lead-in before the first injection.
- - Key outcomes measured included viral load levels, confirmed treatment failures, and overall safety, with results showing the non-inferiority of the new long-acting treatment compared to standard therapy.
Purpose: To test the efficacy of a theory-based behavioral intervention delivered via telephone versus clinic-based counseling to improve HIV outcomes and reduce alcohol consumption for people at-risk for treatment failure in a rural setting.
Methods: Patients receiving HIV care (N = 240) were randomized using a computer-generated scheme to one of three conditions: (a) telephone behavioral health counseling, (b) clinic-based behavioral health counseling, or (c) attention control nutrition education. Behavioral counseling was delivered by either a community nurse or a paraprofessional patient navigator, with differences examined.
BACKGROUND Neurosyphilis is a bacterial infection of the brain and the spinal cord, caused by Treponema pallidum. Its nonspecific clinical presentation includes cognitive impairment and motor and/or sensory function compromise. Neurosyphilis infections in patients with HIV have increased over the past few years and many cases of neurosyphilis manifest in patients with HIV who have low CD4 T-cell counts and high viral loads (VL).
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