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AIDS-Related Stigma and Health Professionals in Puerto Rico.

Revista interamericana de psicologia = Interamerican journal of psychology

Ruiz-Torres Y, Cintrón-Bou FN, Varas-Díaz N.
PMID: 21423837
Interam J Psychol. 2007 Apr;41(1):49-56.

This study addresses an important issue in the AIDS epidemic in Puerto Rico: AIDS stigma among health professionals and health profession students. AIDS stigma has been documented among health services providers such as doctors, nurses, psychologists, and social workers....

FAMILY INTERACTION AND SOCIAL STIGMATIZATION OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS IN PUERTO RICO.

Global social work

Rivera-Díaz M, Varas-Díaz N, Padilla M, de Los Ángeles Vargas-Cancel M, Serrano N.
PMID: 29355248
Glob Soc Work. 2017;7(13):3-26. Epub 2017 Dec 20.

This article aims to describe the manifestation of HIV stigma in the family context and how this could impact the life of people living with HIV (PLWH). The data derive from a larger phenomenological study addressing manifestations of stigma...

EXPERIENCIAS Y PROCESO DE DUELO ENTRE PROFESIONALES DE ENFERMERÍA ONCOLÓGICA PEDIÁTRICA: EXPERIENCES AND GRIEVING PROCESS AMONG PEDIATRIC CANCER NURSES.

Revista Puertorriquena de psicologia

Rosado-Pérez G, Varas-Díaz N.
PMID: 32362997
Rev Puertorriquena Psicol. 2019 Jul-Dec;30(2):290-306.

Explore how nursing professionals handle the death of a pediatric patient with cancer under their care and identify needs that they face in the workplace. An exploratory qualitative design was used, under the phenomenological framework and the Model of...

Potentially inappropriate prescriptions of antipsychotic and anticholinergic drugs in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Neurodegenerative disease management

Valladales-Restrepo LF, Peña-Verjan NM, Vargas-Díaz K, Machado-Alba JE.
PMID: 34525848
Neurodegener Dis Manag. 2021 Oct;11(5):361-371. doi: 10.2217/nmt-2021-0021. Epub 2021 Sep 16.

No abstract available.

Adaptation of PhotoVoice methodology to promote policy dialog among street-based drug users in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Arts & health

Padilla M, Matiz-Reyes A, Colón-Burgos JF, Varas-Díaz N, Vertovec J.
PMID: 31038444
Arts Health. 2018 Mar 02;1-16. doi: 10.1080/17533015.2018.1444647. Epub 2018 Mar 02.

BACKGROUND: Like other epidemics, the current heroin epidemic in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic is a largely invisible and devastating social problem linked to numerous structural and social determinants of health.METHODS: In this article, we connect a community-based participatory research...

Effect of Mental Fatigue on Postural Sway in Healthy Older Adults and Stroke Populations.

Brain sciences

Varas-Diaz G, Kannan L, Bhatt T.
PMID: 32575383
Brain Sci. 2020 Jun 19;10(6). doi: 10.3390/brainsci10060388.

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of mental fatigue on postural sway under different sensory conditions in healthy older adults and in persons with chronic stroke (PwCS). Thirty healthy older adults (> 60 years old),...

Methods of mapping ethnographic data on migration, tourism labor, and health risk in the Dominican Republic.

The Florida geographer

Livingston K, Padilla M, Scott D, Colón-Burgos JF, Reyes AM, Varas-Díaz N.
PMID: 27656039
Fla Geogr. 2016;47.

This paper focuses on a mixed-method approach to quantifying qualitative data from the results of an ongoing NIDA-funded ethnographic study entitled "Migration, Tourism, and the HIV/Drug-Use Syndemic in the Dominican Republic". This project represents the first large-scale mixed method...

Revista Puertorriquena de psicologia

Varas-Díaz N, Neilands TB, Guilamo-Ramos V, Cintrón Bou FN.
PMID: 20333258
Rev Puertorriquena Psicol. 2008;19:183-215.

HIV/AIDS stigma continues to be an obstacle for primary and secondary HIV prevention. Its consequences for the lives of people living with the disease have been well documented and continue to be of great concern for health care providers...

Patients with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury Exhibit Reduced Autonomic Modulation during an Emotion Recognition Task.

Frontiers in human neuroscience

Varas-Díaz G, Brunetti EP, Rivera-Lillo G, Maldonado PE.
PMID: 28228721
Front Hum Neurosci. 2017 Feb 08;11:59. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00059. eCollection 2017.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating event for individuals, who frequently develop motor and sensory impairment as well as autonomic dysfunction. Previous studies reported that autonomic activity plays a major role in social cognition and that difficulties in...

Does Exercise-Based Conventional Training Improve Reactive Balance Control among People with Chronic Stroke?.

Brain sciences

Kannan L, Vora J, Varas-Diaz G, Bhatt T, Hughes S.
PMID: 33374957
Brain Sci. 2020 Dec 22;11(1). doi: 10.3390/brainsci11010002.

BACKGROUND: Exercise-based conventional training has predominantly benefited fall-associated volitional balance control domain; however, the effect on reactive balance control is under-examined. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of exercise-based conventional training on reactive balance...

[EXPERIENCES RELATED TO AN INTERVENTION TO REDUCE STIGMA RELATED TO HIV / AIDS AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS IN PUERTO RICO].

Revista interamericana de psicologia = Interamerican journal of psychology

Cintrón-Bou F, Varas-Díaz N, Marzán-Rodríguez M, Neilands TB.
PMID: 27829690
Interam J Psychol. 2016;50(1):137-148.

HIV-related stigma exists. People with HIV/AIDS have their rights violated and mental/ physical wellbeing hindered. Health professionals (HP) are a primary source of support, however these can also be sources of stigma. Therefore, it is useful to train HP...

Effect of robotic-assisted ankle training on gait in stroke participants: A case series study.

Physiotherapy theory and practice

Varas-Diaz G, Cordo P, Dusane S, Bhatt T.
PMID: 34424126
Physiother Theory Pract. 2021 Aug 23;1-10. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2021.1964658. Epub 2021 Aug 23.

BACKGROUND: Robotic rehabilitation therapy has grown rapidly during the last two decades allowing researchers and clinicians to deliver high-intensity training to persons with sensorimotor disorders caused by neurological injuries and diseases.METHODS: This case series reports the effect of robot-assisted,...

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