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Health systems 'impede' HIV fight
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Former US President Bill Clinton has said that improving health services is the main challenge to fighting HIV/Aids in Africa, not a lack of money. ...
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Former Botswanan President Mogae Calls for New Vigor in Fight ...
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... City made a "passionate appeal for new vigor" in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa, South Africa's Cape Argus reports (Yeatman, Cape Argus , 8/4). ...
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Canada.com
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[PDF] Transmission, acute HIV-1 infection and the quest for strategies to prevent infection -
M Pope, AT Haase, H Cleaver - 2003 - microbicide.com
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Times ... South Africa for its lack of action in the fight against HIV/AIDS. ...
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Fighting HIV/AIDS: is success possible? -
S Okware, A Opio, J Musinguzi, P Waibale - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001 - SciELO Public Health
... Abstract The fight against HIV/AIDS poses enormous challenges ... grew to a cumulative
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Fighting HIV--Lessons from Brazil -
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A serostatus-based approach to HIV/AIDS prevention and care in Africa -
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[DOC] Keeping the education system healthy: Managing the impact of HIV/AIDS on education in South Africa -
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Estimating sexual transmission of HIV from persons aware and unaware that they are infected with the … -
G Marks, N Crepaz, RS Janssen - AIDS, 2006 - aidsonline.com
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The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Structural Inequalities, and the Politics of International Health -
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The time has come for common ground on preventing sexual transmission of HIV -
DT Halperin, MJ Steiner, MM Cassell, EC Green, N … - The Lancet, 2004 - Elsevier
... to help reduce the millions of new infections occurring each ... Stephen Lewis, UN Special
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HIV-1 infection among New York City inmates. -
IB Weisfuse, BL Greenberg, SD Back, HA Makki, P … - AIDS, 1991 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Integrating HIV prevention and treatment: from slogans to impact. -
JA Salomon, DR Hogan, J Stover, KA Stanecki, N … - PLoS Medicine, 2005 - medicine.plosjournals.org
... if there are to be long-term reductions in the number of new HIV infections and ...
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U of M researchers develop new online tool in fight against spread of HIV

A new Web-based software program is the latest tool University of Minnesota researchers are using to help fight the spread of HIV. A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Joseph Konstan, a professor in computer science and engineering, and B. R. Simon Rosser, a professor in the School of Public Health, are embarking on a clinical trial this month to test a software program that aims to reduce risk-taking behavior associated with the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

Konstan and Rosser’s research team have been working for more than five years to create computer programs that assess risks undertaken by men seeking sex with other men through online venues. The team is now testing an online intervention program designed to reduce sexual risk-taking and the spread of sexually transmitted infections.

The software program asks users questions about issues such as body image, self esteem, sexual health and risk-taking behaviors. The program then offers information about HIV/AIDS related stories. “The goal of this research is to create a genuine online experience that promotes healthier sexual behavior and encourages people to take fewer risks in sexual encounters outside of cyberspace,” Konstan said.

The research team’s work has become a multi-phased, interdisciplinary project, called the Men’s Internet Study (MINTS). The group is also partnering with a technology company -- Allen Interactions -- to develop the intervention techniques. Konstan and Rosser hope these trials will show that the Web-based program is effective in the prevention of risk-related behavior leading to sexually transmitted infections.

Rosser, director of the HIV/STI Intervention and Prevention Studies Program and the study’s principal investigator, said his work with Konstan formed out of a discussion on ways to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS using computer technology. In addition to research, their partnership has evolved into a teaching collaboration. The professors began teaching a new e-public health course at the university this fall, drawing students from the School of Public Health, the Medical School, the Institute of Technology and the College of Liberal Arts.

Rosser said it is crucial to use the Internet for disease prevention, because their research shows that seeking sex is the most popular use for the Internet among high risk populations, such as men who have sex with men. “If we don’t do [HIV prevention outreach] right or in a way that's most responsive, we're going to have a new HIV epidemic. There's enormous urgency in addressing gaps in HIV prevention,” he added.

In addition to hopes for HIV prevention, MINTS researchers also hope their online prevention model can be used for other public health purposes. “The importance of the MINTS Internet study is not just addressing HIV,” Rosser said, noting that the online prevention model could be adapted for things like cancer prevention, substance abuse interventions, and obesity prevention.

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For more information about the MINTS study, visit http://new.epi.umn.edu/research/hips/mints.shtm.

 
 
 
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