Participation in HIV Behavioral Research: Unanticipated Benefits and Burdens.

HIV behavioral research has provided an invaluable knowledge base for effective approaches to behavioral challenges along the HIV care cascade. Little attention has been paid to tracking unanticipated effects of research participation, whether negative or positive. We used qualitative methods to elicit impressions of unanticipated effects of participation in behavioral research.

Medical and Mental Health Status Among Drug Dependent Patients Participating in a Smoking Cessation Treatment Study.

Substance Abusers have a large number of medical and psychiatric problems, and 70-90% are smokers. The aim of this analysis was to examine the prevalence and correlates of medical and psychiatric problems in this sample of drug dependent patients who were participants in a multi-site study of smoking cessation interventions while engaged in substance abuse treatment. Descriptive analyses showed at baseline, 72.

Factor concentrate usage in persons with hemophilia in New York State.

Background: Persons with a congenital deficiency of FVIII or F IX (hemophilia A and hemophilia B, respectively) receive factor concentrate to treat or prevent bleeding.

Study Design And Methods: A population-based study of all persons with hemophilia residing in New York State at any time during 1993 through 1998 was conducted. All available medical records for each patient were reviewed to determine type of therapy.