Ann O'Leary
Biographic Data
| ID | 4554944 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ann O'Leary |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ann |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Leary |
| SIGNATURE | LEARY A O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Poverty in the United States
HealthCall
To reduce non-injection drug use (NIDU) among HIV primary care patients, more than a single brief intervention may be needed, but clinic resources are often too limited for extended interventions. To extend brief motivational interviewing (MI) to reduce NIDU, we designed and conducted a pilot study of "HealthCall," consisting of brief (1-3 minutes) daily patient calls reporting NIDU and health behaviors to a telephone-based interactive voice resp…
The Efficacy of HIV/STI Behavioral Interventions for African American Females in the United States
Objectives. We evaluated the efficacy of HIV behavioral interventions for African American females in the United States, and we identified factors associated with intervention efficacy. Methods. We conducted a comprehensive literature review covering studies published from January 1988 to June 2007, which yielded 37 relevant studies. Data were analyzed using mixed-effects models and meta-regression. Results. Overall, behavioral interventions had …
Moral agency and the sexual transmission of HIV
Sexual transmission of HIV occurs because an infected person has unprotected sex with a previously uninfected person. The majority of HIV infections are transmitted by individuals who are unaware of their infection, and most persons who are diagnosed with HIV significantly reduce or eliminate risk behaviors once they learn they have HIV. However, a minority of known-infected individuals engage in transmission risk behavior, sometimes without disc…
Recruitment Source and Behavioral Risk Patterns of HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men
Women and Aids
Women at Risk for HIV from a Primary Partner
Women are being devastated by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. and all over the world, most infections occurring via heterosexual activity with a primary partner. Although a number of evaluations of behavioral risk-reduction interventions for women have been reported, many suffer from methodological problems that weaken confidence in their findings. It is clear that, despite statistically significant intervention effects, many women are unable t…
Impact of perceived self-efficacy in coping with stressors on components of the immune system
This experiment examined the impact of experimentally varied perceived self-efficacy in exercising control over stressors on components of the immunological system. Immunological changes while coping with phobic stressors were measured within an intrasubject control design that included a baseline phase, an efficacy-acquisition phase, and a maximal-efficacy phase. In each of these phases, perceived coping self-efficacy, level of autonomic and end…
Stress, emotion, and human immune function
This article provides a review of empirical evidence linking emotional processes to immune function in humans. Acute stressors have produced mixed effects on immunity, presumably through differential activation of physiological stress systems. Chronic stress has been associated with suppression of immune function, and there is evidence that the immune system may not adapt over time. Effects of stress accompanying social disruption and psychologic…
Perceived self-efficacy and pain control
In this experiment, we tested for opioid and nonopioid mechanisms of pain control through cognitive means and the relation of opioid involvement to perceived coping efficacy. Subjects were taught cognitive methods of pain control, were administered a placebo, or received no intervention. Their pain tolerance was then measured at periodic intervals after they were administered either a saline solution or naloxone, an opiate antagonist that blocks …
Self-efficacy and health
Stress, emotion, and human immune function
This article provides a review of empirical evidence linking emotional processes to immune function in humans. Acute stressors have produced mixed effects on immunity, presumably through differential activation of physiological stress systems. Chronic stress has been associated with suppression of immune function, and there is evidence that the immune system may not adapt over time. Effects of stress accompanying social disruption and psychologic…
Women at Risk for HIV from a Primary Partner
Women are being devastated by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. and all over the world, most infections occurring via heterosexual activity with a primary partner. Although a number of evaluations of behavioral risk-reduction interventions for women have been reported, many suffer from methodological problems that weaken confidence in their findings. It is clear that, despite statistically significant intervention effects, many women are unable t…
The Efficacy of HIV/STI Behavioral Interventions for African American Females in the United States
Objectives. We evaluated the efficacy of HIV behavioral interventions for African American females in the United States, and we identified factors associated with intervention efficacy. Methods. We conducted a comprehensive literature review covering studies published from January 1988 to June 2007, which yielded 37 relevant studies. Data were analyzed using mixed-effects models and meta-regression. Results. Overall, behavioral interventions had …
Impact of perceived self-efficacy in coping with stressors on components of the immune system
This experiment examined the impact of experimentally varied perceived self-efficacy in exercising control over stressors on components of the immunological system. Immunological changes while coping with phobic stressors were measured within an intrasubject control design that included a baseline phase, an efficacy-acquisition phase, and a maximal-efficacy phase. In each of these phases, perceived coping self-efficacy, level of autonomic and end…
Perceived self-efficacy and pain control
In this experiment, we tested for opioid and nonopioid mechanisms of pain control through cognitive means and the relation of opioid involvement to perceived coping efficacy. Subjects were taught cognitive methods of pain control, were administered a placebo, or received no intervention. Their pain tolerance was then measured at periodic intervals after they were administered either a saline solution or naloxone, an opiate antagonist that blocks …
Moral agency and the sexual transmission of HIV
Sexual transmission of HIV occurs because an infected person has unprotected sex with a previously uninfected person. The majority of HIV infections are transmitted by individuals who are unaware of their infection, and most persons who are diagnosed with HIV significantly reduce or eliminate risk behaviors once they learn they have HIV. However, a minority of known-infected individuals engage in transmission risk behavior, sometimes without disc…
Self-efficacy and health
Perceived self-efficacy and pain control
In this experiment, we tested for opioid and nonopioid mechanisms of pain control through cognitive means and the relation of opioid involvement to perceived coping efficacy. Subjects were taught cognitive methods of pain control, were administered a placebo, or received no intervention. Their pain tolerance was then measured at periodic intervals after they were administered either a saline solution or naloxone, an opiate antagonist that blocks …
Impact of perceived self-efficacy in coping with stressors on components of the immune system
This experiment examined the impact of experimentally varied perceived self-efficacy in exercising control over stressors on components of the immunological system. Immunological changes while coping with phobic stressors were measured within an intrasubject control design that included a baseline phase, an efficacy-acquisition phase, and a maximal-efficacy phase. In each of these phases, perceived coping self-efficacy, level of autonomic and end…
Stress, emotion, and human immune function
This article provides a review of empirical evidence linking emotional processes to immune function in humans. Acute stressors have produced mixed effects on immunity, presumably through differential activation of physiological stress systems. Chronic stress has been associated with suppression of immune function, and there is evidence that the immune system may not adapt over time. Effects of stress accompanying social disruption and psychologic…
Women at Risk for HIV from a Primary Partner
Women are being devastated by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. and all over the world, most infections occurring via heterosexual activity with a primary partner. Although a number of evaluations of behavioral risk-reduction interventions for women have been reported, many suffer from methodological problems that weaken confidence in their findings. It is clear that, despite statistically significant intervention effects, many women are unable t…
Women and Aids
Recruitment Source and Behavioral Risk Patterns of HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men
The Efficacy of HIV/STI Behavioral Interventions for African American Females in the United States
Objectives. We evaluated the efficacy of HIV behavioral interventions for African American females in the United States, and we identified factors associated with intervention efficacy. Methods. We conducted a comprehensive literature review covering studies published from January 1988 to June 2007, which yielded 37 relevant studies. Data were analyzed using mixed-effects models and meta-regression. Results. Overall, behavioral interventions had …
Moral agency and the sexual transmission of HIV
Sexual transmission of HIV occurs because an infected person has unprotected sex with a previously uninfected person. The majority of HIV infections are transmitted by individuals who are unaware of their infection, and most persons who are diagnosed with HIV significantly reduce or eliminate risk behaviors once they learn they have HIV. However, a minority of known-infected individuals engage in transmission risk behavior, sometimes without disc…
HealthCall
To reduce non-injection drug use (NIDU) among HIV primary care patients, more than a single brief intervention may be needed, but clinic resources are often too limited for extended interventions. To extend brief motivational interviewing (MI) to reduce NIDU, we designed and conducted a pilot study of "HealthCall," consisting of brief (1-3 minutes) daily patient calls reporting NIDU and health behaviors to a telephone-based interactive voice resp…
Poverty in the United States
Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Psychological intervention (5 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (3 works)