breaking bad news is one of the most burdensome tasks physicians face in their everyday practice. it becomes even more challenging in the context of hiv + patients because of stigma and discrimination. the aim of the current study is to evaluate the quality of giving hiv seroconversion news according to spikes protocol. numbers of 154 consecutive hiv + patients from imam khomeini hospital testi...

this study was conducted to determine the effects of group counseling through transactional analysis on improvement of depression in physically disabled women (20-40 years old) in kashan. the research was performed in semi-experimentally method, thus 40 patients were selected randomly among of physicaly disabled women of kashaneh mehr center of kashan in 2014 year. then, theey were divided in t...

abstract: current data indicates that the risk of transmilssion of blood-borne pathogens in dental health care settings is low. pre-exposure hepatitis b vaccination and the use of standard precautions to prevent exposure to blood are the most effective strategies for preventing dhcp from occupational infection with hiv, hbv or hcv. dental health care facility should develop a comprehensive writ...

allows individuals to learn their HIV status through preand post-test counseling and an HIV test. VCT is client-initiated, as opposed to provider-initiated testing and counseling (PITC) when health care providers initiate discussion of HIV testing with clients who are seeking health care for other reasons. VCT can be provided through stand-alone clinics or offered through community-based approa...

This study investigated heterosexual HIV risk behaviors, changes in stage of change for safer sex and factors associated with such changes, among a diverse sample of 560 heterosexually active individuals presenting at publicly funded HIV C&T sites. Questionnaires were administrated before HIV C&T, and three months afterwards. Positive serostatus was the most significant predictor of safer behav...