TLC (Together Learning Choices) is an HIV prevention and health promotion intervention developed for HIV-positive teens and youth (ages 13 to 29). TLC is delivered in small groups using cognitive-behavioral strategies to change behavior. It provides young people living with HIV the tools and skills necessary to live their best lives and to be able […]
SATH-CAP stands for the Sexual Acquisition and Transmission of HIV Cooperative Agreement Program. The overall goal of SATH-CAP is to better understand how patterns of sexual and drug use behaviors along with other social and environmental factors, such as other sexually transmitted diseases, places where people gather for sex and drug activities, and types of […]
There is a significant unmet need in Los Angeles County for methamphetamine-specific training, and community service agencies and outreach workers need education and training on effective approaches to engage and serve persons in the community at risk. Training and technical assistance is also needed for service providers on the latest evidence-based methamphetamine treatment approaches. More […]
Project REACH aims to create an effective recruitment and retention method for family interventions for substance abuse and adapt culturally-appropriate substance abuse programs targeting African American adolescents who are enrolled in Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) schools and their parents (parents includes an adult guardian). Targeted Risk Group: Probation youth and their families […]
Drug users have a high risk of HIV infection. Because certain neighborhoods have higher levels of substance abuse, HIV risk becomes related to geography as well. Thus, there is need for local street outreach programs such as Safety Counts. Research Methods: In a quasi experimental, cross-over design, two Los Angeles neighborhoods were randomly assigned to […]
In South Africa, where a large portion of pregnant women are HIV positive, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) is an important endeavor. To improve the effectiveness of the standard PMTCT programs, the Mamekhaya program used peer mentoring and a culturally adapted cognitive behavioral intervention (CBI). Research Methods: HIV-positive pregnant women at the Gugulethu […]
Socio-economic status plays an important role in HIV risk and prevention. Specifically, poverty can lead to survival sex and unprotected sex. The Nsindikanjake Vocational Training Project, a collaboration between UCLA and the Uganda Youth Development League (UYDEL), aims to reduce HIV risk among urban Ugandan youth through vocational education and training. From February 2005 to […]
A number of studies have informed us about the substantial risk for HIV associated with chronic homelessness among youth in both the U.S. and Australia, even though these studies have typically been cross-sectional or samples of convenience. To understand the high seroprevalence rates among older homeless youth, the developmental trajectories into and out of risk […]
Relatively few studies have addressed consumers’ potential responses after a hypothetical Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) vaccine becomes available for widespread use (e.g., vaccine acceptance, possible changes in risk behavior). Similar consumer research is used widely in the manufacturing industry to inform new product development, marketing and dissemination. We anticipate that the same type of consumer […]
China has 1 million Persons Living with HIV (PLH) and will have an anticipated 10 million PLH by the year 2010. With 1/5 of the world’s population (1.4 billion persons) in China, the risk of an epidemic is substantial. Recently, the Chinese government has recognized the substantial risk it faces in HIV and has allocated […]