High-risk Establishments and Women’s HIV Prevention in Southern China
Research Method: Intervention Research
Principal Investigators: Margaret R. Weeks, Ph.D., PI (ICR), Susu Liao, Ph.D., Co-PI (Peking Union Medical College)
Grant: National Institute on Mental Health
Partners: Department of Epidemiology, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), Hainan Province Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Guangxi Province CDC
Dates of Study: 2007-2012
Project Summary
This 5-year study is a Phase I/Phase II study of HIV risk and social dynamics in sex-work establishments, and the development and evaluation of a multi-level, site-based intervention conducted within those establishments to promote use of the female condom (FC) for HIV/STD prevention among women who work there. Based on a collaboration developed through an AIDS-FIRCA study, U.S. and Chinese investigators will work with Hainan and Guanxi provincial CDCs and local communities to conduct the study in two rural and two mid-sized urban towns in these provinces.
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Place-based Social Marketing to Prevent Party Drug Use among Urban Youth: Xperience Project
Research Method: Intervention Research
Principal Investigator: Jean J. Schensul, Ph.D., ICR, Leslie Snyder, Ph.D., UConn Center for Health Communication & Marketing (Co-PI), Sarah Diamond, Ph.D., ICR (Co-PI)
Grant: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 P01 CD000237-01.
Partners: Center for Health Communication and Marketing at the University of Connecticut, Young Studios, Mi Casa Family Services and Educational Center
Dates of study: 2006-2008
Project Summary
The Xperience project is designed to support Connecticut youth between ages 14-20 in their decision not to use drugs by working with them to create alternative drug-free entertainment events. In 2006-2007, Xperience produced 5 live entertainment shows containing drug prevention messages. These free performances featured 16 different performing artists (individuals and groups) and were attended by over 200 youth from in and around Hartford. The Xperience project also produces professionally recorded and mastered CDs featuring young up-and-coming artists who promote drug-free lifestyles through their works of art.
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Longitudinal Study of the RAP Peer Intervention for HIV Prevention
Research Method: Intervention Research
Principal Investigator: Margaret R. Weeks, PhD.
Grant: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) 1 R01 DA13356
Partners: Community residents (Peer Health Advocates)
Dates of Study: 2005-2008
Project Summary
This 3-year study is a continuation of ICR's Risk Avoidance Partnership (RAP), a peer-delivered intervention study that trained active injection drug users (IDUs) and crack cocaine users to disseminate prevention messages and materials to their drug and sex risk networks at drug-use and community sites. The Longitudinal Study of the RAP Peer Intervention for HIV Prevention will continue to evaluate RAP by assessing: the long-term effects of the Peer Health Advocate (PHA) training program and intervention on HIV risk reduction attitudes and behaviors among PHAs, their drug using networks and the larger drug using community in Hartford, CT; and the factors that will successfully sustain the intervention over time. The project's integration of qualitative and quantitative methods includes re-interviewing trainees from the original study and their contacts with a risk behavior and health attitudes survey, continued observation of drug use sites, periodic in-depth interviews with PHAs and their drug using peers, and a community-wide survey of 500 members of Hartford's drug using population during the project's third year.
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RISHTA: Male Sexual Concerns and Prevention of HIV/STDs in India
Research Method: Basic Research, Intervention Research
Principal Investigators: Stephen L. Schensul, Ph.D., University of Connecticut School of Medicine, (PI); Bonnie K. Nastasi, Ph.D., ICR (Co-PI), Dr. Ravi Verma, Population Council, New Delhi, India (Co-PI); Drs. T. K. Roy, G. Rama Rao, & N. Saggurti, International Institute for Population Studies, Mumbai, India (Co-PIs).
Grant: National Institute of Mental Health
Partners: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, International Institute for Population Studies (Mumbai, India)
Dates of Study: 2002-2007
HIV/STD rates in India are increasing at a dramatic rate, causing health officials and national policy makers to seek new approaches to prevention and treatment. This study addresses the difficulty encountered in trying to engage males in reproductive health education, sexual risk and early HIV/STD treatment in three urban communities in Mumbai, India. The project is testing an intervention approach that addresses culturally-based perceptions of masculinity, vitality, sexual performance and fertility as HIV/STD risk indicators.
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