Alan Berkman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4486197 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Berkman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Berkman |
| SIGNATURE | BERKMAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Structural barriers to ART adherence in Southern Africa
Structural barriers to antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence are economic, institutional, political and cultural factors, that collectively influence the extent to which persons living with HIV follow their medication regimens. We identify three sets of structural barriers to ART adherence that are salient in Southern Africa: poverty-related, institutional, and political and cultural. Examples of poverty-related barriers are competing demands in…
HIV prevalence among men and women admitted to a South African public psychiatric hospital
In settings with low seroprevalence, people with severe mental illness have a higher prevalence of HIV infection compared to the general population. In the high-prevalence countries of southern Africa, where the pandemic taxes resources for HIV prevention, care, and treatment, the needs of people with mental illness can be easily overlooked if they are not identified as vulnerable to infection. Yet, few African studies have investigated HIV serop…
HIV prevention with severely mentally ill men
We conducted a randomised clinical trial to test the efficacy of an enhanced version of an intervention previously shown to reduce HIV sexual risk behaviours among men with severe mental illness. One-hundred-and-forty-nine subjects aged 18-59 years were randomly assigned to the experimental or control conditions. Sexual risk behaviours were assessed every three months for 12-months. The primary analysis compared experimental and control groups wi…
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a context of universal access, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Adherence is integral to improving and maintaining the health and quality of life of people living with HIV. Two-hundred HIV-positive adults recruited from teaching hospitals and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Rio de Janeiro City were assessed on socio-demographic factors, adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and psychosocial factors hypothesized to be associated with ART. Predictors of non-adherence were analyzed using bivariate a…
The impact of substance dependence on HIV sexual risk-reduction among men with severe mental illness
We explored the impact of substance dependence on the efficacy of an HIV sexual risk reduction intervention previously shown to be effective among men with severe mental illness by comparing rates of high-risk sexual behaviors among men with (n = 26) and without (n = 31) a lifetime history of substance dependence. We sub-divided subjects by alcohol and drug dependence status, comparing each intervention sub-group to the corresponding control sub-…
A Critical Analysis of the Brazilian Response to HIV/Aids
The Brazilian National AIDS Program is widely recognized as the leading example of an integrated HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment program in a developing country. We critically analyze the Brazilian experience, distinguishing those elements that are unique to Brazil from the programmatic and policy decisions that can aid the development of similar programs in other low- and middle-income and developing countries. Among the critical issues…
Confronting Global Aids
The era of apathy in the face of the HIV pandemic may be ending. A global groundswell of grassroots AIDS activism focusing on treatment access has challenged the inertia of policymakers, public health experts, and private industry. The campaign has won significant price concessions from the large pharmaceutical companies and forced changes in US trade policies that opposed efforts to produce generic versions of AIDS-related drugs. As prices dropp…
Evaluating supervised haart in late-stage HIV among drug users
Prison health
Prison health: the breaking point. A BerkmanCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.85.12.1616 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Prisoner/Patient Struggles
Hauling Up the Morning
A Critical Analysis of the Brazilian Response to HIV/Aids
The Brazilian National AIDS Program is widely recognized as the leading example of an integrated HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment program in a developing country. We critically analyze the Brazilian experience, distinguishing those elements that are unique to Brazil from the programmatic and policy decisions that can aid the development of similar programs in other low- and middle-income and developing countries. Among the critical issues…
Prison health
Prison health: the breaking point. A BerkmanCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.85.12.1616 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Confronting Global Aids
The era of apathy in the face of the HIV pandemic may be ending. A global groundswell of grassroots AIDS activism focusing on treatment access has challenged the inertia of policymakers, public health experts, and private industry. The campaign has won significant price concessions from the large pharmaceutical companies and forced changes in US trade policies that opposed efforts to produce generic versions of AIDS-related drugs. As prices dropp…
Evaluating supervised haart in late-stage HIV among drug users
Hauling Up the Morning
Prisoner/Patient Struggles
Prison health
Prison health: the breaking point. A BerkmanCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.85.12.1616 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Evaluating supervised haart in late-stage HIV among drug users
Confronting Global Aids
The era of apathy in the face of the HIV pandemic may be ending. A global groundswell of grassroots AIDS activism focusing on treatment access has challenged the inertia of policymakers, public health experts, and private industry. The campaign has won significant price concessions from the large pharmaceutical companies and forced changes in US trade policies that opposed efforts to produce generic versions of AIDS-related drugs. As prices dropp…
The impact of substance dependence on HIV sexual risk-reduction among men with severe mental illness
We explored the impact of substance dependence on the efficacy of an HIV sexual risk reduction intervention previously shown to be effective among men with severe mental illness by comparing rates of high-risk sexual behaviors among men with (n = 26) and without (n = 31) a lifetime history of substance dependence. We sub-divided subjects by alcohol and drug dependence status, comparing each intervention sub-group to the corresponding control sub-…
A Critical Analysis of the Brazilian Response to HIV/Aids
The Brazilian National AIDS Program is widely recognized as the leading example of an integrated HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment program in a developing country. We critically analyze the Brazilian experience, distinguishing those elements that are unique to Brazil from the programmatic and policy decisions that can aid the development of similar programs in other low- and middle-income and developing countries. Among the critical issues…
HIV prevention with severely mentally ill men
We conducted a randomised clinical trial to test the efficacy of an enhanced version of an intervention previously shown to reduce HIV sexual risk behaviours among men with severe mental illness. One-hundred-and-forty-nine subjects aged 18-59 years were randomly assigned to the experimental or control conditions. Sexual risk behaviours were assessed every three months for 12-months. The primary analysis compared experimental and control groups wi…
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a context of universal access, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Adherence is integral to improving and maintaining the health and quality of life of people living with HIV. Two-hundred HIV-positive adults recruited from teaching hospitals and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Rio de Janeiro City were assessed on socio-demographic factors, adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and psychosocial factors hypothesized to be associated with ART. Predictors of non-adherence were analyzed using bivariate a…
HIV prevalence among men and women admitted to a South African public psychiatric hospital
In settings with low seroprevalence, people with severe mental illness have a higher prevalence of HIV infection compared to the general population. In the high-prevalence countries of southern Africa, where the pandemic taxes resources for HIV prevention, care, and treatment, the needs of people with mental illness can be easily overlooked if they are not identified as vulnerable to infection. Yet, few African studies have investigated HIV serop…
Structural barriers to ART adherence in Southern Africa
Structural barriers to antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence are economic, institutional, political and cultural factors, that collectively influence the extent to which persons living with HIV follow their medication regimens. We identify three sets of structural barriers to ART adherence that are salient in Southern Africa: poverty-related, institutional, and political and cultural. Examples of poverty-related barriers are competing demands in…
Medicine (9 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (7 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Family medicine (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Public health (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works)