Publications by authors named "Yvonne Henley"

Article Synopsis
  • Young men of color who have sex with men (yMSM) living with HIV face challenges in staying in care, which leads to poor health outcomes despite available treatment options.
  • A new approach called early palliative care management was introduced to outpatient HIV staff to better address the complexities of yMSM patients, resulting in improved quality of life scores at the intervention site compared to a control site.
  • The study highlighted that outpatient staff experience more stress from environmental factors than from patients' health issues, and community stakeholder input played a crucial role in shaping the study's practices and educational messages.
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Context: Pain management (PM) has not been routinely incorporated into HIV/AIDS care and treatment in resource-constrained settings.

Objectives: We describe training for multidisciplinary teams tasked with integrating care management into HIV clinics to address pain for persons living with HIV in Nigeria.

Methods: Education on PM was provided to mixed-disciplinary teams including didactic and iterative sessions following home and hospital visits.

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To combat morbidity and mortality from the worldwide epidemic of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the United States Congress implemented a President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in 30 resource-limited countries to integrate combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) for both prevention and cure. Over 35% of eligible persons have been successfully treated. Initial legislation cited palliative care as an essential aspect of this plan but overall health strengthening became critical to sustainability of programming and funding priorities shifted to assure staffing for care delivery sites; laboratory and pharmaceutical infrastructure; data collection and reporting; and financial management as individual countries are being encouraged to assume control of in-country funding.

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