Michael Vernon Relf

Journal article Journal of health communication · April 2008 Featured Publication This article examines health literacy among a group a HIV-positive persons at risk for receiving suboptimal health care due to histories of substance abuse, mental illness, incarceration, and unstable housing or homelessness. Participants receiving service ... Full text Cite

Utilization of health care services in hard-to-reach marginalized HIV-infected individuals.

Journal article AIDS patient care and STDs · March 2007 Featured Publication To benefit from HIV treatment advances individuals must utilize ambulatory primary care services. Few studies focus on marginalized populations, which tend to have poor health care utilization patterns. This study examined factors associated with health ca ... Full text Cite

Program design and evaluation strategies for the Special Projects of National Significance Outreach Initiative.

Journal article AIDS patient care and STDs · January 2007 Featured Publication Through its Targeted HIV Outreach and Intervention Model Development (Outreach Initiative), the Health Resources and Services Administration's Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) program funded ten demonstration sites to implement and evaluate ... Full text Cite

Ensuring NCLEX-RN success for first-time test-takers.

Journal article Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing · September 2006 Featured Publication A major indicator of baccalaureate nursing program effectiveness is the pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examinations, Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN) among first-time candidates. This article highlights the scope, instructional methods, and outcome ... Full text Cite

HIV and pregnancy: considerations for nursing practice.

Journal article MCN. The American journal of maternal child nursing · July 2006 Featured Publication This article describes current nursing practice for pregnant women with HIV. In the United States, the number of new cases of HIV continues to rise in women of childbearing age. Women often learn of their HIV status when a pregnancy involves them in the he ... Full text Cite

Maintaining normalcy: a grounded theory of engaging in HIV-oriented primary medical care.

Journal article ANS. Advances in nursing science · July 2005 Featured Publication Despite advances in the medical treatment of HIV disease, marginalized populations continue to shoulder a disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS-related morbidity and mortality. This study explored the process by which clients at HIV-oriented primary care cli ... Full text Cite

Gay identity, interpersonal violence, and HIV risk behaviors: an empirical test of theoretical relationships among a probability-based sample of urban men who have sex with men.

Journal article The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC · March 2004 Featured Publication The highest absolute number of new HIV infections and AIDS cases still occur among men who have sex with men (MSM). Numerous theoretical approaches have been used to understand HIV risk behaviors among MSM; however, no theoretical model examines sexual ris ... Full text Cite

The value of certification in HIV/AIDS nursing.

Journal article The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC · January 2004 Featured Publication Full text Cite

Battering victimization among a probability-based sample of men who have sex with men.

Journal article American journal of public health · December 2002 Featured Publication ObjectivesThis study measured the prevalence of battering victimization (i.e., experience of psychological/symbolic, physical, and sexual battering) among men who have sex with men (MSM) and identified characteristics of these men.Methods ... Full text Cite

The social injustice of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Journal article The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC · November 2002 Featured Publication Full text Cite

Childhood sexual abuse in men who have sex with men: the current state of the science.

Journal article The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC · September 2001 Featured Publication The experience of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) among men, particularly men who have sex with men (MSM), is poorly understood. Consequently, the long-term psychological and behavioral consequences of this phenomenon are unclear. This article provides a crit ... Full text Cite

Battering and HIV in men who have sex with men: a critique and synthesis of the literature.

Journal article The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC · May 2001 Featured Publication Recent empirical evidence demonstrates the relationship between HIV and battering victimization in men who have sex with men (MSM). Although there is an abundance of literature examining domestic violence among heterosexual couples, there is minimal empiri ... Full text Cite

Illuminating meaning and transforming issues of spirituality in HIV disease and AIDS: an application of Parse's theory of human becoming.

Journal article Holistic nursing practice · October 1997 Featured Publication Although numerous supportive therapies are available to challenge human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), no cure exists. Those with HIV disease and its sequelae must confront the reality of living with a c ... Full text Cite

Xenotransplantation of baboon bone marrow cells: a historical review of the protocols as a possible treatment modality for HIV/AIDS.

Journal article The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC · September 1996 Featured Publication Despite great advances and a significant understanding of HIV pathogenesis, no curative treatment modality currently exists. Since baboon bone marrow cells (BBMC) are believed to be resistant to the human immunodeficiency virus, researchers have recently t ... Full text Cite

Increasing job satisfaction and motivation while reducing nursing turnover through the implementation of shared governance.

Journal article Critical care nursing quarterly · November 1995 Featured Publication In today's cost-conscious, changing health care environment, health care agencies must identify and implement strategies to promote fiscal responsibility while maintaining employee satisfaction and retention. The cost to recruit professional nurses is high ... Full text Cite

Surgical intervention for tricuspid valve endocarditis: vegetectomy, valve excision, or valve replacement?

Journal article The Journal of cardiovascular nursing · January 1993 Featured Publication Illegal drug use predisposes the intravenous drug abuser to bacterial endocarditis, primarily of the tricuspid valve. The prevalence and clinical symptomatology of tricuspid valve endocarditis is reviewed, as are surgical options available to these patient ... Full text Cite