Monitoring retention in care: using multiple laboratory tests as an indicator for HIV medical care.

Retention in care is an important strategy for HIV prevention. Unfortunately, surveillance systems were not designed to capture face-to-face visits with HIV health care providers to assess retention in care. Instead, HIV-related laboratory tests are used as a surrogate measure.

Population-based study of risk factors for coronary heart disease among HIV-infected persons.

Preventing coronary heart disease (CHD) is critical to further extending survival among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons. Previously published findings of CHD risk factors in HIV-infected persons have been derived from facility-based cohort studies, which have limited representativeness for the HIV-infected population. State-specific, population-based surveillance data can assist health care providers and public health agencies in planning and evaluating programs that reduce CHD among HIV-infected persons.

Integrating evidence-based practice in the child mental health agency: a template for clinical and organizational change.

This article describes a linked set of activities designed to address the present "science-to-service" gap in evidence-based practice from the perspective of the nonprofit child mental health agency: (a) implementing "systems-of-care" principles; (b) logic modeling; (c) strategic partnerships with external researchers; (d) selective, in-depth program evaluation; (e) critical comparison with a limited number of evidence-based practice models of national significance; and (f) internal and external dissemination activities oriented to evidence-based practice. Implications are drawn both for continuous quality improvement of existing clinical services and for the potential for agencies to contribute high quality, science-based information to child mental health services, singly and through the future development of a national network of experimenting child mental health agencies.

Complementary and alternative medical treatment of breast cancer: a survey of licensed North American naturopathic physicians.

Context: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is on the rise in the United States, especially for breast cancer patients. Many CAM therapies are delivered by licensed naturopathic physicians using individualized treatment plans.

Objective: To describe naturopathic treatment for women with breast cancer.

Complementary and alternative medical treatment of breast cancer: a survey of licensed North American naturopathic physicians.

Context: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use is on the rise in the United States, especially for breast cancer patients. Many CAM therapies are delivered by licensed naturopathic physicians using individualized treatment plans.

Objective: To describe naturopathic treatment for women with breast cancer.