Richard Sowell
Biographic Data
| ID | 8925181 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Sowell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Sowell |
| SIGNATURE | SOWELL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Carolina, Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Domestic Violence in Hispanics in the Southeastern United States
Development and Testing of a Contextually and Culturally Relevant Measure of Coping for use with Women Infected with HIV
In this article, we describe the development and initial testing of a contextually and culturally relevant measure of coping. The instrument was developed and tested during several stages of a longitudinal study of 264 women with HIV infection carried out in rural and urban areas of a southeastern state. During the development phase, qualitative descriptions of how the participants were coping with HIV disease were collected in the first of five …
Coping Strategies used by HIV Infected Women
The purpose of this study was to describe the coping strategies used by women to deal with the experience of being infected with HIV, and to develop a typology of coping strategies for this population. The sample of 264 HIV infected women was recruited from eight AIDS/HIV treatment sites serving both urban and non-urban clients in one state in the south eastern United States. Coping strategies were assessed through two open-ended questions: “How …
Experiences of disclosure in women infected with HIV
In this qualitative focus group study, we explored issues of disclosure for women infected with HIV. The sample included 19 women who participated in one of four focus group sessions. Participants talked about and described their experiences sharing information about their HIV infection with others. Content analysis was used to code the data and identify major issues. Participants uniformly expressed concern about disclosing their HIV status beca…
Inpatient Nursing Case Management as a Strategy for Rural Hospitals
Increasingly, hospitals are facing the dual challenges of cost containment and a nursing shortage. These challenges are especially problematic for rural hospitals where nursing staff must be recruited and quality standards maintained within the financial limitations of lower DRG reimbursement rates when compared with urban centers. Therefore, it has become necessary for rural administrators to find new approaches to maximizing the utilization of …
Inpatient Nursing Case Management as a Strategy for Rural Hospitals
Increasingly, hospitals are facing the dual challenges of cost containment and a nursing shortage. These challenges are especially problematic for rural hospitals where nursing staff must be recruited and quality standards maintained within the financial limitations of lower DRG reimbursement rates when compared with urban centers. Therefore, it has become necessary for rural administrators to find new approaches to maximizing the utilization of …
Experiences of disclosure in women infected with HIV
In this qualitative focus group study, we explored issues of disclosure for women infected with HIV. The sample included 19 women who participated in one of four focus group sessions. Participants talked about and described their experiences sharing information about their HIV infection with others. Content analysis was used to code the data and identify major issues. Participants uniformly expressed concern about disclosing their HIV status beca…
Coping Strategies used by HIV Infected Women
The purpose of this study was to describe the coping strategies used by women to deal with the experience of being infected with HIV, and to develop a typology of coping strategies for this population. The sample of 264 HIV infected women was recruited from eight AIDS/HIV treatment sites serving both urban and non-urban clients in one state in the south eastern United States. Coping strategies were assessed through two open-ended questions: “How …
Development and Testing of a Contextually and Culturally Relevant Measure of Coping for use with Women Infected with HIV
In this article, we describe the development and initial testing of a contextually and culturally relevant measure of coping. The instrument was developed and tested during several stages of a longitudinal study of 264 women with HIV infection carried out in rural and urban areas of a southeastern state. During the development phase, qualitative descriptions of how the participants were coping with HIV disease were collected in the first of five …
Domestic Violence in Hispanics in the Southeastern United States
Medicine (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Coping (psychology (3 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (3 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works)