Research on Aging articles from November 1998

Research on Aging archives from November 1998

HIV/AIDS and aging: identifying a prevention research and care agenda.(Editorial)
November 1, 1998... Background Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, older individuals have been affected by the virus in a variety of ways. Some have been infected themselves, and many have taken on caregiving roles for others with HIV disease....

Middle-aged and older people with AIDS: trends in national surveillance rates, transmission routes, and risk factors.(HIV/AIDS and Aging)
November 1, 1998... The concerns of middle-aged and older people as infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS have received scant research, programmatic, or policy attention since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. This is despite the fact that in the United States,...

The survival experience of older and younger adults with AIDS: is there a growing gap in survival?(HIV/AIDS and Aging)
November 1, 1998... As people with HIV infection live longer due to more effective antiviral therapy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] 1997) and as more older people are contracting HIV (Gross 1997), the number of older people with HIV is growing....

Perceived advantages and disadvantages of age among older HIV-infected adults.(HIV/AIDS and Aging)
November 1, 1998... Psychosocial Adaptation to HIV/AIDS of Older Adults As antiretroviral and prophylactic treatments for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and its associated conditions become more effective, the survival of infected individuals is...

Aging and informal caregiving to people with HIV/AIDS.(HIV/AIDS and Aging)
November 1, 1998... By 1997, more than 600,000 AIDS cases had been diagnosed in the United States, and numerous others are currently infected with HIV (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1997). As the epidemic has grown and changed, more and more people...

Health care needs and services delivery for older persons with HIV/AIDS: issues and research challenges.(HIV/AIDS and Aging)
November 1, 1998... In addressing the needs of the population with HIV disease for health care and related services, middle-aged and older persons (those older than age 50) represent an important subpopulation. Care needs of older individuals may vary in important...

Overlooked, ignored, and forgotten: older women at risk for HIV infection and AIDS.(HIV/AIDS and Aging)
November 1, 1998... Historically, investigations of the impact of gender or age on HIV/AIDS have left postreproductive women marginalized or overlooked. Little empirical research has been conducted on women as they age, relative to their risk of contracting HIV,...

AIDs and injecting drug use in later life.(HIV/AIDS and Aging)
November 1, 1998... HIV transmission through needle use among injecting drug users (IDUs) and their sexual partners accounts for an increasingly high proportion of cases of AIDS. Although considerable research and prevention activities have been directed toward...

Measuring AIDS-related behaviors in older populations: methodological issues.(HIV/AIDS and Aging)
November 1, 1998... In the years since the development of simple tests for the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in blood products, transmission of HIV has been concentrated among younger age groups. As a result, acquired immunodeficiency...

Quality of life in older adults with HIV disease.
November 1, 1998... Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is caused through infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In the early stages of the HIV epidemic, the progression to AIDS took a fairly rapid and inevitable course. However, with...

Forecasting methods for HIV/AIDS and aging.(HIV/AIDS and Aging)
November 1, 1998... Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) has represented and continues to represent a serious challenge to the health of the U.S. population -- and to the populations of many other developed and developing countries. In history, it is rare that a...

HIV/AIDS and aging minority populations.(HIV/AIDS and Aging)
November 1, 1998... Available literature on HIV/AIDS in older minorities is sparse, even though they constitute the fastest growing segment of the population and are expected to more than double by the year 2050 (Mannheim 1994). A number of studies have included...

Comparative perspectives on living with HIV/AIDS in late life.(HIV/AIDS and Aging)
November 1, 1998... The fact that HIV/AIDS has had a global impact is seldom questioned, yet we are only beginning to explore and learn how it is reshaping the structure of different societies and the later life experiences of peoples around the world. Important...

Educational strategies and interventions targeting adults age 50 and older for HIV/AIDS prevention.(HIV/AIDS and Aging)
November 1, 1998... There is no question about the importance of education in HIV/AIDS prevention. However, if it is to be effective in preventing and controlling the spread of the disease, education must include all Americans. To date, Americans age 50 and older...