The Wall-Las Memorias Project

HIV/AIDS Among Mexican Migrants and Recent Immigrants

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:40:00 -0700

This special issue contains original review articles by researchers from the University of California and the Secretariat of Health of Mexico. The articles on epidemiology, prevention,and health care services review available published data and selected unpublished data on Mexican migrants in California specifically and across the United States.

Authors:
MarÄ±a Teresa Hernandez, MPH,* George F. Lemp, DrPH, MPH,* Xochitl Castaneda, MPH,
Melissa A. Sanchez, MA,* Bart K. Aoki, PhD,* Roberto Tapia-Conyer, MD, MPH, MSc, and
Michael V. Drake, MD*

Hispanic/Latinos, Substance Use, and HIV/AIDS

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:30:00 -0700

At the end of 2006, an estimated 353,825 male adults and adolescents
were living with HIV/AIDS, 17% had been exposed through injection drug use and 7% had been exposed through both male-to-male sexual contact together with intravenous drug use.

National Latino AIDS Awareness Day - www.nlaad.org

Alcohol Consumption and HIV Disease Progression

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:30:00 -0700

To assess the relation between alcohol consumption and laboratory markers of HIV disease progression.

Authors:
Samet, Jeffrey H MD, MA, MPH; Cheng, Debbie M ScD; Libman, Howard MD; Nunes, David P MD; Alperen, Julie K DrPh; Saitz, Richard MD, MPH

HIV Prevention Research for Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:10:00 -0700

A systematic review of HIV prevention reports published or distributed in the United States as of June 1998 yielded 9 rigorous controlled trials reporting intervention effects on unprotected sex for men who have sex with men

*Wayne D. Johnson, Larry V. Hedges, Gilbert Ramirez, *Salaam Semaan, Lisa R. Norman, *Ellen Sogolow, Michael D. Sweat, and Rafael M. Diaz

Poblaciones Hispanas o Latinas

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:30:00 -0700

Los hispanos o latinos son personas de origen cubano, mexicano, puertorrique, de Suramica, Centroamica o de cualquier otra cultura espala u origen espal, independientemente de su raza.

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:10:00 -0700

Although sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have been largely controlled in the vast majority of countries in the developed world, they tragically remain a serious health problem in the developing world and in many regions of the United States.

Nancy Van Devanter, DrPH, Virginia Gonzales, EdD, Cheryl Merzel, DrPH, Nina S. Parikh, MPH, David Celantano, PhD, and Judith Greenberg, PhD

Substance Use Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Comparison With a National Household Survey

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:40:00 -0700

Compare substance use among men who have sex with men (MSM) at high risk for HIV infection to a nationally representative sample of heterosexual men.

University of Pennsylvania/Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; University of Chicago and the Howard Brown Health Center, Chicago, Illinois; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington; and Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts and Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.

G. Seage is currently affiliated with the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., and M. Gross is currently affiliated with the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to George E. Woody, Treatment Research Institute; 600 Public Ledger Building; 150 Independence Mall, West; Philadelphia, PA 19106-3475; e-mail: woody@ tresearch.org

The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government.

Manuscript received May 30, 2000; accepted March 12, 2001.

Perinatal HIV Counseling and Rapid Testing in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico: Seroprevalence and Correlates of HIV Infection

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:00:00 -0700

To evaluate the acceptance of counseling and rapid HIV testing and to determine the associated risk factors for HIV infection in pregnant women in Baja California, Mexico

Author Information
From *Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine; UCSD Mother Child and Adolescent HIV Program; and â¥Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Pediatrics, Tijuana General Hospital, Tijuana, Mexico.

Received for publication November 29, 2004; accepted June 6, 2005.

Presented in part at the 11th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, February 2004, San Francisco, CA, abstract #898; Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, May 2004, San Francisco, CA, abstract #1870; and at the XV International AIDS Conference, July 2004, Bangkok, Thailand, abstract #ThPeC7301.

Supported by the NIH CFAR Supplement 2 P30 AI36214-09A1, State of California's University-wide AIDS Research Program IS02 SD 701 and ID03 SD 029, and AI3614 (Virology Core of the UCSD Center for AIDS Research). Also partially supported by the San Diego EXPORT Center, National Center of Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH P60 MD00220.

Reprints: Rolando M. Viani, Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0672, La Jolla, CA 92093-0672 (e-mail: rviani@ucsd.edu).

HIV-Positive Men's Sexual Practices in the Context of Self-Disclosure of HIV Status

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:50:00 -0700

To examine whether disclosure of HIV-positive status to sex partners at risk for HIV infection is associated with safer sex practices and to examine the prevalence and correlates of specific disclosure/sexual behavior patterns.

Author Information
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

Address correspondence to Gary Marks, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E-45, Atlanta, GA, 30333, U.S.A.; e-mail: gmarks@cdc.gov

Manuscript received October 2, 2000; accepted February 2, 2001.

Individual, Social, and Environmental Inﬂuences Associated With HIV Infection Among Injection Drug Users in Tijuana, Mexico

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:50:00 -0700

We examined correlates of HIV infection among injection drug users (IDUs) in Tijuana, Mexico, a city bordering the United States, which is situated on major migration and drug trafï¬cking routes.