title: Positive self-management program for women living with HIV: a descriptive analysis.
abstract: There is an increasing need for community-based interventions to help women living with HIV better manage their symptoms and self-care. The investigators conducted a small descriptive pilot study to assess whether women living with HIV needed and wanted a community-based symptom management workshop, such as the Positive Self-Management Program (PSMP). A total of 7 HIV-infected adult women participated in five, 2-hour semi-structured focus groups and completed a brief survey on demographic information, HIV medications, HIV symptoms, and self-efficacy. Quantitative and qualitative data are presented. This pilot study suggests that urban-dwelling, HIV-infected women are interested in participating in a community-based, peer-led intervention and that the program may facilitate symptom management. Nurses caring for women living with HIV should consider referring their patients to community-based, peer-led programs that teach symptom management strategies.
authors.affiliation: Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, USA.
authors.forename: Allison R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Webel
authors.forename: William L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Holzemer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012648:Self Care