Issue 15.3
Editorial
Welcome to the autumn issue of HIV Nursing. As I write this editorial, the NHIVNA annual conference seems a distant memory. It is always inspirational to come across like-minded nurses in the same field sharing their expertise and knowledge, and innovative ideas.
Linda Panton
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
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Injecting drug users
People who inject drugs (PWID) certainly have to be considered as a ‘hard-to-reach’ population at risk of HIV transmission. They often come from marginalised groups in society, such as sex workers, MSM or prisoners, and once they are diagnosed with HIV, often are stigmatised further, driving them more underground, and away from any support services.
Linda Panton
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
A hepatitis B-screening outreach clinic for the Chinese community
An estimated 2 billion people worldwide have been infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and more than 350 million have chronic infections. HBV infection is an established cause of both acute and chronic hepatitis.
Sara Davis
Sexual health nurse, 56 Dean St Clinic
From Preston to Zambia: what can student children’s nurses learn from a two-week placement?
Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) promotion aimed at children and young people is particularly relevant in Zambia as a high proportion of the population of children and adolescents are HIV positive (150,000) or AIDS orphans (600,000).
Linda Sanderson, James Meek, Debbie Brittain, Abigail Heath, Zoe Wood
Senior Lecturer,Senior Lecturer,Senior Lecturer,Student Nurse,Student Nurse, University of Central Lancashire
Seeking support in Liverpool: issues and barriers for asylum seekers and refugees who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or intersex
The following article highlights significant issues and barriers that lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers and refugees can experience when seeking asylum in the UK and accessing relevant support services in Liverpool.
Jennifer New
University of Liverpool
Waverley Care: developing HIV services that are inclusive, responsive and accurately meet the needs of Africans in Scotland
In this article I describe how Waverley Care has developed services that are relevant to and inclusive of Africans living with and affected by HIV in Scotland.
Martha Baillie
Deputy Chief Executive, Waverley Care
Impact of nursing intervention on improving HIV, hepatitis knowledge and mental health among homeless young adults (Nyamathi et al. 2013)
The article reports on the results from a pilot study considering the impact of two interventions on improving homeless young adults’ knowledge of HIV and hepatitis, and their mental health.
Enmma Jones & James Meek
Lecturer & Lecturers, University of Central Lancashire
