Project TALC was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to evaluate the efficacy of a family-based intervention over time and to contrast the life adjustments of HIV-affected families and their non-HIV-affected neighbors in the current treatment era. Mothers living with HIV (MLH; n = 339) and their school-age children (n = 259) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Project Name: Interventions for Substance Using Youth Living with HIV Project Type: Living with HIV Substance Abuse Interventions for Substance Using Youth Living with HIV Project Description: Increasing numbers of youth are infected with HIV and are confronted with a series of challenges: stopping HIV transmission to others, maintaining health care regimens, improving their quality […]
By the year two thousand, 80,000 children will be orphaned by AIDS in the U.S. and this number will continue to rise. Parental death during one’s childhood has been consistently associated with negative outcomes for children, however, there have been no prospective studies of adolescent bereavement from any type of parental death, including death from […]
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 […]
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 […]
Targeted Risk Group: Urban Ugandan youth (UYDEL) Street Smart was an intensive HIV/AIDS program for slum youths whose behaviors place them at risk of becoming HIV infected. It was implemented in collaboration with Uganda Youth Development Link. Based on the fact that adolescence is a time of experimentation and developmental change in behavior, thoughts and […]