Tuberculosis (TB) researchers and clinicians, by virtue of the social disease they study, are
drawn into an engagement with ways of understanding illness that extend beyond the strictly …

Adherence to HIV treatment, including adherence to antiretroviral (ART) medication
regimens, is paramount in the management of HIV. Self-efficacy for treatment adherence has …

Background Technology-based interventions (TBIs) can improve asthma management by
facilitating patient education, symptom monitoring, environmental trigger control, comorbid …

Background Achieving optimal asthma control relies upon several behavioral factors (self-
monitoring, treatment adherence) that may be influenced by asthma self-efficacy (ASE) …

Background Epidemiological studies have shown that asthma is positively associated with
depression. Most of this evidence stems from individual studies conducted in Western …

BACKGROUND: Low-income African American adults in Chicago have disproportionately
high asthma morbidity and mortality rates. Interventions that improve asthma self-efficacy for …

Una de las tareas más desafiantes que afrontan todos los clínicos (psicólogos, psiquiatras,
enfermeros y demás trabajadores de la salud mental) es la de diseñar el mejor plan de …

Background Adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are a vulnerable group at the
intersection of poverty and health disparities. The family is a vital microsystem that provides …

Advances in miniaturized computing, storage and communication resources for personal
wearable electronics devices, as well as the availability of diverse sensors for state …

Psychosocial factors have been found to impact airway pathophysiology in respiratory
disease with considerable consistency. Influences on airway mechanics have been studied …