Testing Lifestyle Changes to Improve Health for People with HIV
Posted 10/22/10
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Allison Webel, PhD, RN |
Allison R. Webel, a clinical research scholar and instructor at FPB, has received a one-year grant from Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Case Medical Center for AIDS Research to test ways to promote lifestyle changes in women infected with HIV.
"Many women with HIV face challenges from sleepless nights to little personal time, all activities that can negatively impact health," she says. "They have many roles in addition to having a chronic disease."
Webel's previous work found that juggling responsibilities of being mothers, employees, and caretakers, coupled with the anxiety and stigma associated with HIV, prohibited women from getting adequate rest. Also hampering a healthy lifestyle was lack of personal time to reenergize or relax, finding time to exercise, and engaging in spiritual activities.
The new grant allows Webel to test the effectiveness of a self-management intervention developed by Shirley Moore, who is FPB's associate dean of research and director of Center for Excellence for Self-Management and Research Translation (SMART Center). Webel will work with both male and female patients and their families to make and monitor environmental changes in physical and mental wellness habits.
Source: Case Western Reserve University
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