Biomedical subjects

H Maslanka

Publications and source records attributed to H Maslanka.

4 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1997

One method for assessing HIV/AIDS peer-education programs.

This study offers a new evaluation methodology for peer-education programs. Peer educators' knowledge, self-esteem, peer pressure, and the number of friends, neighbors, and relatives given HIV/AIDS information were compared before and after training using self-administered questionnaires. Significant changes were observed in knowledge, peer pressure, self-efficacy, numbers of people given condoms, number of formal and informal HIV/AIDS presentations, and numbers of HIV/AIDS discussions with friends and neighbors.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1996

Burnout, social support and AIDS volunteers.

Care providers working with people with HIV have shown high levels of burnout (Maslach, 1986) as staff were required to deal with a multi-faceted disease while creating new ways of working with clients. At the same time high burnout levels were also being seen among volunteers who were supplementing the work of paid staff. This paper looks at the impact that social support from agency staff and other volunteers had on the ability of volunteers working at The Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) in New York City td deal with HIV volunteering, the rewards they experienced through volunteering and their experience of burnout.

Burnout, Professional↗

PubMed1995

GMHC volunteers and the challenges and hopes for the second decade of AIDS.

A documentation of the impact of AIDS on New York City during the first decade of the epidemic must highlight the extraordinary responses of the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) and other community-based organizations. Data collected from volunteers (n = 587) at the close of this decade are presented to address concerns about how successfully an organization such as GMHC will be able to confront the challenging future of the epidemic. Questionnaire data on demographics and prior AIDS experiences and responses to a GMHC Reasons for Volunteering Scale, developed for this study through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis strategies, are brought to bear on questions about the (1) diversity of the volunteer community, (2) the extent to which volunteers are burdened by potentially debilitating AIDS-related experiences, and (3) the promise for the continued effective and inspirational functioning of GMHC suggested by volunteers' reasons for choosing to volunteer at this time. Volunteers, 62% of whom are gay men and 28% are heterosexual women, represent a wide age range but little diversity in race/ethnicity and educational background. They arrive at GMHC 8 years after its founding with a slight majority having had significant prior experience with HIV-related events. There are six basic kinds of reasons for their volunteering, in order of importance: Joining the AIDS Cause, Personal Growth, Social Contact, Helping the Gay Family, Coping with AIDS, and Career Enhancement.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗

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An evaluation of community-based HIV services for women in New York State.

The proportion of women in New York State diagnosed with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is increasing dramatically. In 1987, only 12% of cumulative AIDS cases in New York were among women; by 1993, 26% of new cases of AIDS were. This evaluation describes community-based HIV programs that provide services to women in New York State and are funded by the State Department of Health's AIDS Institute. The evaluation assesses the success different programs have had in reaching and engaging women. It also describes the problems organizations face in serving their target populations. Four sets of data were collected and analyzed to assess the care being received by female clients. Programs appear to be reaching women who are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive or at high risk of HIV infection, and once engaged, female clients find the services helpful. However, agencies report difficulties in finding and using the strategies that are most effective with women. Agencies appear to do a better job of addressing their female clients' economic needs than those related to gender, such as reproductive health care, family services, and access to clinical trials.

Adolescent↗