Joachim G Vo

Biographic Data

ID3597985
NAMEJoachim G Vo
GIVEN NAMESJoachim G
FAMILY NAMEVo
SIGNATUREVO J G
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Washington
ORCID0000-0002-8072-6244
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS17
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR17
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1971
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Evaluation of a Phone-Based Program to Increase Adherence to Antiretrovirals Among PLWH

    Open AccessSri Yona, Rita Ismail et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

  • Strategies to Strengthen Nursing PhD Enrollment

    Rachel E Wood, Ellyn E Matthews et al.ARTICLEJournal of Nursing Education2023

    BACKGROUND: Nurses with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree are essential to developing nursing knowledge, promoting health outcomes, and educating the next generation of nurses. Declining enrollment in nursing PhD programs calls for purposeful action. Guided by Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Framework, this article outlines barriers and facilitators, and offers strategies to increase PhD enrollment. METHOD: Extant literature and the authors…

  • Working status and seasonal meteorological conditions predict physical activity levels in people living with HIV

    Tongyao Wang, Joachim G Vo et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2022

    447) from six cities in the United States and matched their activity data with abstracted local meteorological data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather reports. Participants were purposively recruited in 3-month blocks, from December 2015 to October 2017, to reflect physical activity engagement across the seasons. We calculated total physical activity (minutes/week) based on 7-day physical activity recall. Mild cor…

  • Sleep and immune function among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

    Monique S Balthazar, Allison R Webel et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2021

    People living with HIV are at increased risk for sleep disturbances. Up to 75% of the HIV-infected individuals in the United States experience sleep disturbances of some kind. Previous studies have suggested an association between patient-reported sleep disturbances and impaired immune function. This study evaluates data obtained via sleep actigraphy to evaluate the relationship between objectively measured sleep, HIV viral load, and immune funct…

  • Physical and Mental Health Impacts of Household Gardens in an Urban Slum in Lima, Peru

    Open AccessAbigail Korn, Susan Bolton et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2018

    Rural poverty and lack of access to education has led to urban migration and fed the constant growth of urban slums in Lima, Peru. Inhabitants of these informal settlements lack land rights and access to a public water supply, resulting in poor sanitation, an inability to grow food, and suboptimal health outcomes. A repeated measures longitudinal pilot study utilizing participatory design methods was conducted in Lima between September 2013 and S…

  • Reaching the First 90 in Uganda

    Open AccessKatherine Buhikire, Joachim G Vo et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018

  • Self-Management Strategies for Coping with Adverse Symptoms in Persons Living with HIV with HIV Associated Non-Aids Conditions

    Open AccessSarah Iribarren, Karolynn Siegel et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2017

  • Depressive symptoms, self-esteem, HIV symptom management self-efficacy and self-compassion in people living with HIV

    Lucille Sanzero Eller, Marta Rivero‐Méndez et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2014

    The aims of this study were to examine differences in self-schemas between persons living with HIV/AIDS with and without depressive symptoms, and the degree to which these self-schemas predict depressive symptoms in this population. Self-schemas are beliefs about oneself and include self-esteem, HIV symptom management self-efficacy, and self-compassion. Beck's cognitive theory of depression guided the analysis of data from a sample of 1766 PLHIV …

  • Glycemic Control in US Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Black Youth with Type 1 Diabetes

    Open AccessM Rebecca O’connor, Alexandra Dobra et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2014

  • Use of a brief version of the self-compassion inventory with an international sample of people with HIV/Aids

    Jeanne Kemppainen, Jeanne K Kemppainen et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2013

    The objective of this study was to extend the psychometric evaluation of a brief version of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS). A secondary analysis of data from an international sample of 1967 English-speaking persons living with HIV disease was used to examine the factor structure, and reliability of the 12-item Brief Version Self-Compassion Inventory (BVSCI). A Maximum Likelihood factor analysis and Oblimin with Kaiser Normalization confirmed a t…

  • Mediators of antiretroviral adherence

    Inge B Corless, A J Guarino et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2013

    The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of stressful life events (SLE) on medication adherence (3 days, 30 days) as mediated by sense of coherence (SOC), self-compassion (SCS), and engagement with the healthcare provider (eHCP) and whether this differed by international site. Data were obtained from a cross-sectional sample of 2082 HIV positive adults between September 2009 and January 2011 from sites in Canada, China, Namibia, P…

  • Associations between the legal context of HIV, perceived social capital, and HIV antiretroviral adherence in North America

    Open AccessJ Craig Phillips, Allison R Webel et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    Treatment approaches offer clear advantages in controlling HIV and reducing HIV transmission at the population level. These advantages, however, will have limited benefit for adherence to treatments without also addressing the social and structural challenges that allow HIV to continue to spread among society's most vulnerable populations

  • A cross-sectional description of social capital in an international sample of persons living with HIV/Aids (PLWH)

    Open AccessAllison R Webel, Allison Webel et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    This is the first report to describe levels of total social capital in an international sample of PLWH and to describe its relationship to self-reported health in this population

  • Does “asymptomatic” mean without symptoms for those living with HIV infection

    Suzanne Willard, William L Holzemer et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2009

    Throughout the history of the HIV epidemic, HIV-positive patients with relatively high CD4 counts and no clinical features of opportunistic infections have been classified as "asymptomatic" by definition and treatment guidelines. This classification, however, does not take into consideration the array of symptoms that an HIV-positive person can experience long before progressing to AIDS. This short report describes two international multi-site st…

  • Symptom management and self-care for peripheral neuropathy in HIV/Aids

    Patrice K Nicholas, Jeanne Kemppainen et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2007

    Peripheral neuropathy is the most common neurological complication in HIV and is often associated with antiretroviral therapy. As part of a larger study on self-care for symptoms in HIV disease, this study analyzed the prevalence and characteristics of peripheral neuropathy in HIV disease, sociodemographic and disease-related correlates and self-care strategies. A convenience sample of 1,217 respondents was recruited from data collection sites in…

  • Unhealthy behaviours for self-management of HIV-related peripheral neuropathy

    Patrice K Nicholas, Joachim G Vo et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2007

    The prevalence of peripheral neuropathy is frequent in HIV disease and is often associated with antiretroviral therapy. Unhealthy behaviours, particularly substance-use behaviours, are utilized by many HIV-positive individuals to manage neuropathic symptoms. As part of a larger study on self-care for symptoms in HIV disease, this study analyzed the prevalence and characteristics of unhealthy behaviours to self-manage peripheral neuropathy in HIV …

  • Gerichtsverfassung und Rechtsauffassung im progressistischen Guinea

    Open AccessJoachim G Vo, Joachim Vo et al.ARTICLEVerfassung in Recht und Übersee1971

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