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Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 105-113 , January 2008

Rehabilitation Professionals and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Care: Results of a National Canadian Survey

Presented in part to AIDS Impact 2005, April 4−7, 2005, Cape Town, South Africa; the Canadian Association of HIV Research, May 12−15, 2005, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and the Council on Social Work Education, February 16−19, 2006, Chicago, IL.

  • Catherine Worthington, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
    • HIV Social, Behavioural and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Catherine Worthington, PhD, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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  • Ted Myers, PhD

      Affiliations

    • HIV Social, Behavioural and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • Kelly O’Brien, BScPT

      Affiliations

    • HIV Social, Behavioural and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • Stephanie Nixon, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
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  • Rhonda Cockerill, PhD

      Affiliations

    • HIV Social, Behavioural and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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  • Tarik Bereket, MA

      Affiliations

    • HIV Social, Behavioural and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

  • Image Result

    Percentage of rehabilitation professionals serving PHAs with patients who presented with the presented impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions during assessment within the pa

    Percentage of rehabilitation professionals serving PHAs with patients who presented with the presented impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions during assessment within the past year (n=219).

  • Image Result
    Percentage of rehabilitation professionals using the presented treatment interventions to address impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions of HIV patients within the past year

    Percentage of rehabilitation professionals using the presented treatment interventions to address impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions of HIV patients within the past year (n=218).

 Supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grant no. HHP-64513); research fellowships provided by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and the Ontario HIV Treatment Network. The HIV Social, Behavioural and Epidemiological Studies Unit is funded by the AIDS Bureau, Ontario Ministry of Health, and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)01661-9

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.10.009

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 105-113 , January 2008