HIV and hepatitis C knowledge among individuals with serious mental illness.

Goldberg, Richard W.; Tapscott, Stephanie; Calmes, Christine; Wolfe, Rosemarie

doi:10.2975/33.1.2009.47.49

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“…The prevalence of HIV positivity in people with SMI is generally higher than in the general population, but varies substantially (1.3–23.9%) 347,348,349,350,351,352,353,354,355,356,357,358,359,360,361,362,363,364,365,366,367,368,369,370. The high frequency of substance abuse, sexual risk behaviors (e.g., sex without a condom, trading sex for money and drugs), and a reduced knowledge about HIV‐related issues contribute to this high HIV prevalence 364,371,372,373,374,375,376. Therefore, it is important that patients with SMI are tested for HIV 377.…”

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Physical illness in patients with severe mental disorders. I. Prevalence, impact of medications and disparities in health care

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Physical illness in patients with severe mental disorders. I. Prevalence, impact of medications and disparities in health care

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“…To date, a handful of studies evaluate or compare lay understanding (knowledge, beliefs or attitudes) of HIV and HCV in the general population or in at‐risk communities (injection drug users, for example). These studies suggest that the public has variable understanding of these infections and that beliefs tend to be more concordant with the biomedical model for HIV than for HCV [14–21]. At present, we are not aware of studies that formally compare health beliefs about HIV and HCV in the United States using a theory‐based model of health beliefs.…”

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HIV and HCV health beliefs in an inner-city community

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Federman

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Journal of Viral Hepatitis

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Chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is more prevalent than human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, but more public health resources are allocated to HIV than to HCV. Given shared risk factors and epidemiology, we compared accuracy of health beliefs about HIV and HCV in an at-risk community. Between 2002 and 2003, we surveyed a random patient sample at a primary care clinic in New York. The survey was organized as domains of Common Sense Model of Self-Regulation: causes ('sharing needles'), timeline/consequences ('remains in body for life', 'causes cancer') and controllability ('I can avoid this illness', 'medications may cure this illness'). We compared differences in accuracy of beliefs about HIV and HCV and used multivariable linear regression to identify factors associated with relative accuracy of beliefs. One hundred and twenty-two subjects completed the survey (response rate 42%). Mean overall health belief accuracy was 12/15 questions (80%) for HIV vs 9/15 (60%) for HCV (P < 0.001). Belief accuracy was significantly different across all domains. Within the causes domain, 60% accurately believed sharing needles a risk factor for HCV compared to 92% for HIV (P < 0.001). Within the timeline/consequences domain, 42% accurately believed HCV results in lifelong infection compared to 89% for HIV (P < 0.001). Within the controllability domain, 25% accurately believed that there is a potential cure for HCV. Multivariable linear regression revealed female gender as significantly associated with greater health belief accuracy for HIV. Thus, study participants had significantly less accurate health beliefs about HCV than about HIV. Targeting inaccuracies might improve public health interventions to foster healthier behaviours and better hepatitis C outcomes.

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“…The prevalence of unhealthy behaviors also extends to sexual activity, with more than 50% of Australian women with SMI reportedly not using condoms with casual sexual partners (Davidson et al., ). Recent reports also suggest the knowledge gap for people with SMI regarding human immunodeficiency virus risks and consequences is significant and there is an urgent need for education (Goldberg, Tapscott, Calmes, & Wolfe, ).…”

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Reduced Ambivalence to the Role of the Cardiometabolic Health Nurse Following a 6-Month Trial

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Stanton

Hoey

et al. 2014

Perspect Psychiatr Care

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HIV and hepatitis C knowledge among individuals with serious mental illness.

Abstract: These results indicate that there is a specific gap in knowledge about HCV among individuals with serious mental illness, suggesting the need for intervention development to increase disease-related knowledge.

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

Physical illness in patients with severe mental disorders. I. Prevalence, impact of medications and disparities in health care

Physical illness in patients with severe mental disorders. I. Prevalence, impact of medications and disparities in health care

HIV and HCV health beliefs in an inner-city community

Reduced Ambivalence to the Role of the Cardiometabolic Health Nurse Following a 6-Month Trial

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