B -- LITERATURE REVIEW ON CONSCIENTIOUSNESS AND HEALTH IN HIV

Notice Date

November 15, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21224

ZIP Code

21224

Solicitation Number

LPCPSC02011

Response Due

December 14, 2001

Point of Contact

Patricia Meise, Purchasing Agent, Phone 410-558-8043, Fax 410-558-8319, Email meisep@grc.nia.nih.gov -- Patricia Meise, Purchasing Agent, Phone 410-558-8043, Fax 410-558-8319, Email meisep@grc.nia.nih.gov

Description

Provide literature review on the relationship of the personality dimension of conscientiousness and immune functioning and health outcomes. Discuss pathways by which conscientiousness might mediate long-term survival from human immunodeficinecy virus (HIV) through adherence to HART medication regimens, coping with stress, and engaging in risky behaviors such as recreational drug use. Provide one-year follow-up immune functioning data for 177 ethnically diverse HIV seropositive (HIV+) men and women. Provide 1-year follow-up health data on 177 HIV+ men and women.

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011119/BSOL001.HTM (D-319 SN5130P3)