Call for Papers: Trauma and HIV in HaitiTheme Issue

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care(JANAC)

Guest Editors: Robert M. Malow PhD (Florida International University)

Bronwen Lichtenstein PhD (The University of Alabama)

Jessy G. Dévieux, PhD (Florida International University)

Rhonda Rosenberg, Ph.D. (Florida International University)

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In response to recent events in Haiti, we have initiatedthis themed issue to provide clinicians, academic researchers, public health officials, and health educators with focused articles on trauma and HIV-related concerns in Haiti. We invite submission of original papers from across a variety of disciplines that broadly address the interface between trauma, HIV, and clinical services. We view this interface to be an importance aspect of the syndemic character of HIV in which multiple epidemics, neglected psychosocial problems, and resource deprivations complicate prevention and treatment. The special natureof tropical countriessuch as Haiti is that endemic infectious diseases blur the lines between acute and chronic illness, and require astute cooperation between the biological, socio-behavioral, and clinical sciences.Proposed manuscripts will be evaluated basedontheir relevance and significance, the degree to which they advance knowledge, the quality of scholarly presentation, the integrity of research methodology, and clinical content relevant to nursing practice and HIV care. The papers should provide a brief summary of main points for HIV care during recovery and reconstruction in Haiti and for long-term efforts to provide care.

We seek articles in 7 priority areas:

  1. Orphans of HIVand the Earthquake- papers focusing on psychosocial effects of parental loss; service availability, interventions, or models of care for orphaned children; HIV risk for orphaned children; foreign adoptions, child abduction, and trafficking; and future prospects for HIV orphans in Haiti. With the sudden and widespread loss of parents from the earthquake and the longer-term loss of parenting from HIV, we seek papers that address individual and multiple effects of trauma on orphaned children.
  1. Women and HIV – papers focusing on the impact of HIV and the earthquake on women; gender inequality, gender-based poverty; sexual and domestic violence as a consequence of the earthquake, empowerment issues, and models for financial independence; and papers that highlight comparison towomen in other countries and successful efforts to intervene.
  1. Trauma and HIV – Lessons learned from political upheaval, war, and natural disasters on HIV risk;antiretroviral therapy (ART) maintenance and continuity of care;and spirituality and HIV. With the Haitian experience as a foreground context, comparative and conceptual papers are invited that address psychosocial and behavioral science perspectives on trauma and HIV. Differential responses will be observed among Haitians. How do resiliency, support systems, social networks, and exposure to helping services relate to the nature, quality, and persistence of the experienced traumas?
  1. Stigma and HIV – papers focusing on stigma as a barrier to HIV testing, partner notification, referrals and care; public awareness and response to HIV-related disabilities;and the intersecting stigmas of gender, poverty, race/ethnicity, and HIV. While HIV is highly stigmatized in general, we are interested in the synergetic relationship of earthquake sequelae and continuing and cumulative stigma on HIV care delivery. We invite papers that examine the new stigma milieu and how existing stigma is modified, reshaped, or mitigated when death, injury, and destruction are part of ordinary life experiences.
  1. Comprehensive Clinical Management of HIV Care – papers on behavioral HIV prevention interventions that focus on the implementation and evaluation of programs in Haiti; HIV care for Haitian immigrants in the United States; training programs for health professionals, substance use prevention, or treatment programs for at-risk and HIV-infected persons; public education and community participatory experiences; and treatmentanddischarge planning for HIV-infected prisoners in Haiti. As preliminary data emerge on HIV care in the context of emergency relief and medical services, we welcome studies and reports onthe well-being and management of HIV-infected Haitians.
  1. Biology and Control of Tropical HIV – papers on the interaction of HIV with other infectious diseases, including neglected tropical diseases; co-infection and HIV pathogenesis; role of genomics in HIV and related tropical disease control; neurological and neurodevelopmental complications; and ramifications for public health and clinical/community services.
  1. Inductive Data and Field Reports - Not all observations and health care reports will fit neatly into the categories listed above. Practitioners and researchers on site are invited to explore their data, observations, and case reports with the Guest Editors for possible inclusion in the themed issue.

Timeline for January 2011 Publication

All inquiries about the relevance of topics and abstracts should be directed to Dr. Robert Malow at (305) 865 5935, email: ; Dr. Bronwen Lichtenstein at (205) 348 7782, email:;or Dr. Jessy G. Dévieux at (305) 919 4205, email: .

The due date for abstracts describing the concept of a proposed manuscript is Monday, March 22, 2010. Submit abstracts in an email to Dr. Bronwen Lichtenstein at .

Guest Editors will notify authors by April 1, 2010 if an abstract has been selected for development into a full paper.

A first draft of the paper will be due on 28 May 2010. Papers should be a maximum of 20 pages including references. Information about the journal is available fromError! Hyperlink reference not valid.. JANAC’s style guide can be retrieved from /journals/jana/styleguide.pdf.