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.
2. 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.
3. 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?
4. 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.
5. 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 HIVinfected Haitians.
6. 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.
7. 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: rmalow@bellsouth.net; Dr. Bronwen Lichtenstein at (205) 348 7782,
email:blichten@bama.ua.edu;or Dr. Jessy G. Dévieux at (305) 919 4205, email: devieux@fiu.edu.
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 blichten@bama.ua.edu.
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
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