Changing Gender Norms and Reducing HIV and Violence Risk Among Workers and Students in China.

Global evidence demonstrates that inequitable gender norms negatively influence key health outcomes (e.g., violence, HIV/STI), and the importance of male involvement in prevention efforts.

Factors influencing the acquisition and correct and consistent use of the top-lit updraft cookstove in Uganda.

This study looked at the effects of select behavior change interventions on the purchase and the correct and consistent use of a locally fabricated top-lit updraft (TLUD) stove in Uganda. Behavior change interventions included training of community sales agents and village health team volunteers on household air pollution and correct use, referral of interested community members to sales agents, community cooking demonstrations, information flyers, and direct sales of TLUDs and processed wood. Qualitative and quantitative research methods shaped interventions and were used to understand attitudes and practices related to TLUD stove acquisition and use.

Applying innovative approaches for reaching men who have sex with men and female sex workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Background: In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), men who have sex with men (MSM) and female sex workers (FSW) have the highest HIV prevalence but have the least access to services due to their marginalization within Congolese society.

Methods: The Projet Intégré de VIH/SIDA au Congo (ProVIC) aims to reduce the risk and impact of HIV in the DRC through community- and facility-based prevention, counseling and testing, and treatment strategies aimed at high-risk populations, including MSM and FSW. To more effectively meet the needs of key populations, ProVIC tailored the existing interventions to better suit MSM and FSW by offering mobile counseling and rapid HIV testing services at night in MSM and FSW "hotspots," targeting outreach to and mobilizing key populations through social networks of MSM and FSW peer educators and recruiters, and referring MSM and FSW who test HIV positive to "friendly" clinics.

Putting the pieces together: private-duty home healthcare and geriatric care management: one home health agency's model.

This article examines how one home health agency successfully launched a geriatric care management program. The methods of market assessment, the necessary staff to implement the program, and an overview of geriatric care management in general are presented together with an actual case study.