Diane Melvin

Dados Biográficos

ID1563483
NOMEDiane Melvin
PRENOMESDiane
SOBRENOMEMelvin
ASSINATURAMELVIN D
AFILIAÇÕESSt Mary's Hospital
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES1
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1993
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2020
ÍNDICE H1

  • I don't even know how to start that kind of conversation

    Open AccessCaroline Gibbs, Diane Melvin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2020Citada por: 1Referências: 17

    Young people with perinatally acquired HIV are now surviving into late adolescence and adulthood. We explored HIV communication within mother/adolescent dyads following naming of the adolescents' HIV. Five adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV (14-16 years) and their biological mothers were interviewed separately. HIV communication between mothers and children was rare. Discussion most commonly related to biomedical aspects of HIV. Onward HIV…

  • Anxiety and depression symptoms in young people with perinatally acquired HIV and HIV affected young people in England

    Open AccessMarthe Le Prevost, Alejandro Arenas‐Pinto et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2018

    Adolescents with perinatal HIV (PHIV) may be at higher risk of anxiety and depression than HIV negative young people. We investigated prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms in 283 PHIV and 96 HIV-affected (HIV-negative) young people in England recruited into the Adolescents and Adults Living with Perinatal HIV (AALPHI) cohort. We used Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) scores and linear regression investigated predictors of highe…

  • Coping and psychological adjustment in adolescents with vertically acquired HIV

    Sara Sopeña, Michael Evangeli et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2010

    Children with vertically acquired HIV face the challenges of adolescence in addition to the demands of coping with their illness. The relationship between coping and psychological adjustment has been widely studied in adults and children with chronic diseases but it is poorly understood in adolescents with HIV. This study aimed to identify whether a UK sample of adolescents with vertically acquired HIV had poor psychological adjustment and to cla…

  • Community support to families living with HIV in London

    Michelle New, Diane Melvin et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care1998

    In 1996 a structured questionnaire, relating to services provided, was completed by 12 agencies providing support to families with HIV in London. A wide range of information, practical and therapeutic services were available from these agencies but these usually had a primary focus on supporting the adults in these families. Only one agency had been set up specifically to offer a direct service for children within their own home or community. Ser…

  • Parental HIV discordancy and its impact on the family

    James White, Diane Melvin et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care1997

    There is little or no available information on the effect of HIV discordancy in heterosexual relationships on different family members. A review of case notes was carried out on all families who had a child referred to the paediatric HIV service/family clinic at St Mary's Hospital between January 1991 and March 1996. The children had been exposed to HIV infection because they were born to HIV-positive women. There was HIV discordancy in more than…

  • The child in the family—responding to Aids and HIV

    Diane Melvin, Lorraine SherrARTICLEAIDS Care1993

    This study examines the psychosocial needs of children with AIDS and HIV infection based on a cohort of 18 infected children. Fifteen of the children live with their mothers, nine of whom are single mothers. For 14 children the mother is HIV +ve and for a further 8 the father is also HIV +ve. Many children have siblings (10), but only one of these is infected. Close family and grandparents are rarely involved in care and only one child, the oldes…