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Country Lead Faculty: Dr. Juan Leyva

Background

The CGN collaboration with Spain began in 2016 when Dr. Juan Leyva came to Texas Woman’s University for six months as a Visiting Scholar. Dr. Leyva, a nursing professor at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), added to his body of HIV research while at ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ. His collaborative team approach lends well to the work that needs to be accomplished in addressing the needs of the global HIV population.

Most of the collaboration between UAB and ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ since 2016 has been in the realm of scholastic activities. While living in Houston, Dr. Leyva working on and/or initiated the following studies:

Leyva-Moral, JM; Palmieri, PA; Cesario, SK, Edwards, JE. Nursing and midwifery faculty attitudes to caring for people living with HIV/AIDS: An international multicenter survey study. Faculty from the following countries have either already participated in this study or have expressed interest in participating â€” USA, Spain, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Indonesia, Britain, Finland, United Kingdom, Mexico, and Colombia. Dr. Leyva gave a presentation on the initial findings from this research in Dublin, Ireland, July 2017.

Leyva-Moral, J., Palmieri, P., Moriña­Sole, D., Cesario, S., Feijoo­Cid, M., Piscoya­-Angeles, P., Membrillo, N., & Edwards, J.  Podium Presentation. Peruvian, Spanish, and American Nursing Faculty Attitudes to Caring for People Living with HIV/AIDS.  Sigma Theta Tau International 28^th International Nursing Research Congress, Dublin, Ireland, July 27-31, 2017

An ongoing collaborative study, Understanding reproductive decision-making in Latina women living with HIV, started in 2016 is still ‘in process’.

A recently published comprehensive meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence regarding the experience of pregnancy for women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, will hopefully be helpful in facilitating the transfer of contemporary research findings into evidence-based clinical practice.

Leyva-Moral, J., Piscoya-Angeles, P., Edwards, J. E., & Palmieri, P. (2017).  The experience of Pregnancy living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A meta-synthesis of qualitative evidence.   Journal of the Association for Nurses in AIDS Care, 28(4), 587-602, doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2017.04.002.  [July/Aug]

Other presentations and publications related to Dr. Juan Leyva and his work with the Hispanic population and with HIV can be viewed under the CGN website.