Nationally and locally Blacks and Latinos have the highest incidences of HIV/AIDS. When stratifying incidence by gender, Blacks and Latino women have higher rates of HIV infection compared to their White counterparts. A recent “mainstream” hypothesis for the rise in numbers among minority women is that Black and Latino men in concurrent secret sexual relationships […]
Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this project is a collaboration between In The Meantime Men’s Group, Inc. (ITMT) and Los Angeles County Department of Public Health HIV Epidemiology Program. The objectives of the project are to recruit and enroll 530 African American MSM, ages 18-29 years, for a randomized controlled […]
PQUAD is a pilot project to evaluate the acceptability, safety, and feasibility of delivering community-based HIV post-exposure prophylaxis in diverse Los Angeles County communities. It is a joint venture of UCLA, the Los Angeles Office of AIDS Programs and Policy (OAPP), the Department of Public Health Sexually Transmitted Disease Program, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), […]
To ascertain the feasibility and acceptability of an intervention among Black men who have sex with men (MSM), to prepare for a community-level randomized trial to test the efficacy of the intervention in reducing HIV incidence among Black MSM. Approximately 2136 “first wave” participants (267 per site at eight sites) and approximately 400 referred partners […]
Project Name: ¡Tu Vales!: An HIV Testing Campaign for Latino Day Laborers Some Latino men involved in high risk behaviors have been found to be more likely to choose to get tested for HIV when the HIV test is “bundled” with other tests. A recent study of Latino male immigrant day labors in Los Angeles […]
This CDC-funded project is a collaboration between AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) and CHIPTS aimed to deliver capacity building assistance (CBA) services to community based organizations (CBOs) and health departments in the areas of (1) organizational infrastructure and program sustainability, (2) evidence based interventions and public health strategies, and (3) monitoring and evaluation. The project […]
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 […]
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 […]