Strategies to overcome type 1 diabetes-related social stigma in the Iranian society.

Background: This study explored the strategies to overcome diabetes-related social stigma in Iran.

Materials And Methods: This paper is part of an action research study which was designed in Iran in 2012 to plan and implement a program for overcoming diabetes-related stigma. Participants were people with type 1 diabetes, their family members, people without diabetes, and care providers in a diabetes center.

Knowledge of and attitudes toward mental illness among primary care providers in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is an Eastern Caribbean country with limited inpatient and outpatient resources to meet the country's mental health needs. In preparation for integrating mental health care into the primary care setting, we assessed knowledge of and attitudes toward mental illness among primary care providers in SVG. From October 24-November 11, 2011, we visited a convenience sample of District Health Centers in SVG.

Using a brief 10-item generic measure of quality of life in English and Spanish speaking diabetic patients.

Objectives: Validation of the Multicultural Quality of Life Index (MQLI), a 10-item self-rated generic multilingual quality of life (QOL) measure in ethnically-diverse diabetic patients.

Methods: Diabetic adult patients (n = 180) in New York City completed the MQLI, English or Spanish version. Its internal consistency, factorial structure, and construct validity were analyzed.

Factors associated with failure to list HIV-positive kidney transplant candidates.

With improved survival in the antiretroviral era, data from ongoing studies suggest that HIV patients can be safely transplanted. The disproportionate burden of HIV-related end-stage renal disease in minority populations may impose additional obstacles to successful completion of the transplant evaluation. We retrospectively reviewed 309 potentially eligible HIV patients evaluated for kidney transplant at our institution since 2000.