MD for Life is a study that will help health-care professionals and researchers learn how well an intervention works with people living with HIV. Funded by the University-wide AIDS Research Program, the intervention is designed to reduce sexual risk and substance behavior by increasing motivation and intention for behavior change among individuals living with HIV. […]
The UCLA Healthy Living Project was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and was designed to promote health-related behavior changes in adults living with HIV. This project aimed to reduce sexual and injection drug use risk behaviors among 1,200 HIV positive men and women in order to decrease the likelihood of secondary […]
There are four intersecting epidemics among pregnant women in South Africa: hazardous alcohol use (30%), HIV (27%), TB (60% of HIV+), and malnutrition (24% of infants). Unless the prevention programs for these epidemics are horizontally integrated, there will never be adequate resources to address these challenges and stigma will dramatically reduce program utilization. Furthermore, while […]
There are four intersecting epidemics among pregnant women in South Africa: hazardous alcohol use (30%), HIV (27%), TB (60% of HIV+), and malnutrition (24% of infants). Unless the prevention programs for these epidemics are horizontally integrated, there will never be adequate resources to address these challenges and stigma will dramatically reduce program utilization. Since clinics […]
The incidence of HIV is high among women of childbearing age in the U.S., and mothers living with HIV (MLH) report their greatest source of stress is combining the maternal role with the psychological and medical demands of coping with a chronic, life-threatening condition. The purpose of this R01 pilot study is to develop and […]
The Los Angeles Commission on HIV (COH), in conjunction with the Department of Public Health Office of AIDS Programs and Policy (OAPP) and the Prevention Planning Committee (PPC), developed the Los Angeles County HIV Needs Assessment (LACHNA). This comprehensive survey combined the PPC’s annual prevention survey with the COH’s assessment of service needs and gaps […]
Teens and Adults Learning to Communicate Project TALC was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and is an intervention designed to improve behavior and mental health outcomes among parents with AIDS and their adolescent children. The study sample was comprised of 307 financially-needy, AIDS-infected parents in New York City and 412 adolescent […]
The HIV Counseling and Texting (HCT) program utilizes social networks testing methodology, specifically designed to work with HIV infected and high-risk gay and bisexual men of color and transgender women. HIV infected or high-risk negative participants who either come to the Friends Community Center site for services or are contacted through street outreach and meet […]
[download id=”11230″] [download id=”11232″] Adherence to therapy is now more important than ever in HIV/AIDS care due to recent advances in HIV therapeutics. Poor adherence to antiretroviral drugs can result in the development of resistance by HIV to multiple drugs–and to whole classes of drugs. Such development of resistant HIV strains poses a potential public […]
Adherence with prescribed medication regimens is critically important for patients with HIV infection, due to recent advances in HIV therapeutics. Due to the unique nature of the drugs they take (e.g., rapid development of viral resistance when only minimal doses are missed) as well as complexity of the medication regimens, there is an urgent need […]