HIV-Related Health Services Research Projects Click on a highlighted project title to view project information, including project descriptions, principal investigators, scope and methods, project dates, availability of data, publications, sponsors and other participants, and contact information. Access to and Outcomes of HIV Care in the U.S. M. F. Shapiro (RAND) Access to Primary Health Care for HIV Positive African Americans J. A. Juvelis (University of South Florida) Addressing Family Needs in HIV Care: A Feasibility Study S. L. Schensul (University of Connecticut) Addressing HIV Risk and Health Care Needs Under HMOs R. Robles (Universidad Central Del Caribe) Adherence Intervention for HIV+ Alcohol Users J. T. Parsons (Hunter College) Adolescent Medicine HIV/AIDS Research Network J. Birnbaum (Health Science Center at Brooklyn) Adolescent Medicine HIV/AIDS Research Network L. B. Friedman (University of Miami) Adolescent Trial Medicine Network for HIV/AIDS S. E. Abdalian (Tulane University) Adolescent Trial Medicine Network for HIV/AIDS L.B. Friedman (University of Miami) Adolescent Trial Medicine Network for HIV/AIDS L. K. Levin (Mt. Sinai School of Medicine) Adolescent Trial Medicine Network for HIV/AIDS J. Martinez (Hektoen Institute for Medical Research) Adolescent Trial Medicine Network for HIV/AIDS L. Peralta (University of Maryland, Baltimore) Adolescent Trial Medicine Network for HIV/AIDS C. L. Samples (University of Maryland, Baltimore) Adolescent Trial Medicine Network Unit for HIV/AIDS I. L. Febo (University of Puerto Rico) Adolescent Trajectories for Homelessness and Risk for HIV M. J. Rotheram-Borus (University of California, Los Angeles) Aftercare to Reduce Relapse and Risk of HIV Infection D. N. Nurco (Friends Research Institute, Inc.) AIDS Caregiving--Role of Informal and Formal Supports K. Fredriksen (University of Washington) AIDS Prevention for Women Who Abuse Cocaine D. Ross (University of Alabama at Birmingham) AIDS Risk Reduction for the Chronic Mentally Ill J. A. Kelly (Medical College of Wisconsin) Alcohol Associated Outcomes Among HIV+/Aging Veterans A. C. Justice (University of Pittsburgh) Alcohol Intervention for Needle Exchange Clients M. D. Stein (Rhode Island Hospital) Alcohol Use and HIV Outcomes J. H. Samet (Boston University) Analyses of Public Policies--Coverage of HIV Drugs R. J. Buchanan (Texas A&M University Health Science Center) Antidepressant Treatment to Reduce HIV Risk Among IDUs M. D. Stein (Rhode Island Hospital) Archive--Effective Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Programs J. L. Peterson (Sociometrics Corporation) Assessing ADM Service Needs Among Juvenile Detainees L. A. Teplin (Northwestern University Medical School) Assessing HIV Risk in Severely Mentally Ill People G. L. Wolford (Dartmouth College) Baltimore Needle Exchange Program Evaluation D. Vlahov (Johns Hopkins University) Bayesian Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of HIV Prevention A.P. Johnson-Masotti (McMaster University, Ontario, Canada) Behavioral Interventions for Women with AIDS S. Weiss (University of Miami) Behaviorally-Contingent Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Dependence R. K. Brooner (Johns Hopkins University) Better Antiretroviral Adherence: HIV+ Amphetamine Users J. H. Atkinson (University of California, San Diego) Boston HAPPENS and the Boston Adolescent Medicine Trial Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions C. L. Samples (Children's Hospital, Boston) Brief Safer Sex Intervention for HIV Outpatient Clinics J. L. Richardson (University of Southern California) Brief Targeted Behavior Intervention for HIV+ Persons T. L. Patterson (University of California, San Diego) Caregiving and Mental Health in Mothers of HIV+ Children S. Folkman (Center for AIDS Prevention Studies) Case Management of Substance Abusers with HIV Infection J. L. Sorensen (University of California, San Francisco) Children of HIV-Infected Adults M. A. Schuster (University of California, Los Angeles) Clinical Outcomes of Children Born to HIV-Infected Women B. J. Turner (Jefferson Medical College) Clinical Trial of Coping Effectiveness Training M. A. Chesney (Center for AIDS Prevention Studies) Clinical Trial of Coping Effectiveness Training in HIV Infected Men M. A. Chesney (Center for AIDS Prevention Studies) Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of HIV+ Drug Abusers R. Malow (University of Miami) Combining HIV and Alcohol Interventions in STD Clinics E. G. Bing (Charles Drew University) Combining HIV and Alcohol Interventions in STD Clinics L.S. Weinhardt (Medical College of Wisconsin) Community Based Intervention at Needle Exchange Sites M. S. Kidorf (Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center) Context and Effectiveness of Two Models of SVC Delivery C. E. Grella (University of California, Los Angeles) Continuous Care for the Prevention of HIV Risk Behaviors R. R. Robles (Puerto Rico Dept. of Anti-Addiction Services) Coordinated HIV Services and Access to Research for Children, Youth, Women, and Families M. Stein-Albert (Elmhurst Hospital Center) Coordinated Services for HIV-Infected Pregnant Women, Children, and Adolescents and Their Families in San Diego County S. Spector (University of California, San Diego) Coping with HIV/AIDS in the Rural Southeast K. Whetten-Goldstein (Duke University) Cost Effectiveness of Developing Country HIV Prevention M. Sweat (Johns Hopkins University) Cost Effectiveness of HIV Primary Prevention S. D. Pinkerton (Medical College of Wisconsin) DATOS Outpatient Treatment Research Center D. D. Simpson (Texas Christian University) Decision to Treat: Dental Practice as Risk Behavior D. Sadowsky (Columbia University) Depression Treatment to Improve ARV Therapy Adherence D. R. Bangsberg (University of California, San Francisco) Development of a Coordinated Network to Provide Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Care in a Medicaid Managed Care Program W. J. Long (Tennessee Opportunity Programs, Inc.) Diffusion of Benefit Through Syringe Exchange Programs R. Heimer (Yale University School of Medicine) Disclosure Skills for HIV Positive Pregnant & Postpartum Women C. A. Mellins (New York State Psychiatric Institute) Disseminating Efficacious HIV Prevention Models to CBOs J. A. Kelly (Medical College of Wisconsin) DOMS Early Reintervention (ERI) Experiment M. L. Dennis (Research Triangle Institute) Drug Abuse Treatment--Demand Impacts in San Francisco J. R. Guydish (University of California, San Francisco) Drug Abuse Treatment System Survey T. A. D'Aunno (University of Chicago) Drug Treatment and Care During Pregnancy in HIV+ Women S. Crystal (Rutgers University) Drug Use and Health Services Utilization of HIV+ Women L. Metsch (University of Miami) Drug Use and HIV Risk: Treatment of Hispanic and Anglo Youth H. Hops (Oregon Research Institute) Each-One-Teach-One--St. Louis HIV Risk Reduction Study L. B. Cottler (Washington University) Effects of Stigma on Risk Behavior of Rural Men D. Preston (Pennsylvania State University) Enhancing Compliance with HIV Testing from the ED J. S. Haukoos (Harbor-UCLA Research & Educ. Inst.) Epidemiology and Outcome of STDs in Drug Users C. J. Fichtenbaum (Washington University) Epidemiology of U.S. Syringe Exchange Participants D. C. Des Jarlais (Beth Israel Medical Center) Evaluating the Link Between HIV Prevention and Treatment A. D. Paltiel (Yale University) Evaluation of Group Psychotherapy for People with HIV D. A. Spiegel (Stanford University) Experimental Test of In-Prison Drug Abuse Treatment D. C. McDonald (Abt Associates, Inc.) Exploring AIDS-Related Stigma in Puerto Rico N. Varas Diaz (University of Puerto Rico) Family Planning Promotion in HIV Infected Zambians S. M. Allen (University of Alabama, Birmingham) Gender and HIV Consequences: Health Care and Risk C. E. Bird (RAND) Grief Interventions for PLAs, Adolescents and Guardians M. J. Rotheram-Borus (University of California, Los Angeles) Group Intervention for Male Couples of Mixed HIV Status R. H. Remien (New York State Psychiatric Institute) Group Interventions to Prevent HIV in High-Risk Women D. A. Spiegel (Stanford University) Harlem AIDS Treatment Group--CPCRA W. M. El-Sadr (Columbia University) HCSUS2: Long-term Outcomes of HIV Care in the HAART Era S. Bozzette (RAND) Health Care Use Patterns among Drug Users with HIV/AIDS S. Crystal (Rutgers University) Health Care Utilization Among Injection Drug Users M. D. Stein (Rhode Island Hospital) Health Promotion Among Homeless Women at Risk for AIDS A. M. Nyamathi (University of California, Los Angeles) Healthcare Needs of Addicted Criminal Offenders P. J. Goldstein (University of Illinois, Chicago) Help Seeking Pathways Among HIV+ Puerto Rican Women S. Chase (Rutgers University) HIV Abuse and Psychiatric Disorders Among Youth L. K. Brown (Rhode Island Hospital) HIV/AIDS Education Program for Vietnamese Adolescents B. F. Stanton (West Virginia University) HIV/AIDS Prevention for Women in Drug Treatment R. D. Strombeck (Healthcare Education Associates) HIV/AIDS Risk in Clinically Disturbed Adolescents G. R. Donenberg (Northwestern University) HIV and Domestic Violence--An Intervention Pilot Study A. C. Gielen (Johns Hopkins University) HIV and Severe Mental Illness--Service Integration J. P. Douglas (Oregon Health & Science University) HIV-Associated Dementia--Caregiver Training Project M. P. Calkins (Innovative Designs in Environments for an Aging Society (IDEAS), Inc.) HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study (HCSUS) M. F. Shapiro (RAND, University of California, Los Angeles) S. A. Bozzette (RAND, Veterans Affairs Medical Center) HIV Disease Outcomes in Drug Users in Clinical Practice R. D. Moore (Johns Hopkins University) HIV Prevention for Homeless Men and Women J. A. Kelly (Medical College of Wisconsin) HIV Prevention for Seriously Mentally Ill Adults and Their Networks A. M. Somlai (Medical College of Wisconsin) HIV Prevention for Seriously Mentally Ill Outpatients L. S. Weinhardt (Medical College of Wisconsin) HIV Prevention for Youth with Severe Mental Illness L. K. Brown (Rhode Island Hospital) HIV Prevention in African-American Adolescent Families R. J. DiClemente (Emory University) HIV Prevention, Severely Mentally Ill Latinas S. Loue (Case Western Reserve University) HIV Prevention Trial Units K. Mayer (Fenway Community Health Center) HIV Prevention with At Risk Battered Women M. R. Yoshioka (Columbia University) HIV Prevention with Drug-Involved Women and Their Main Sex Partners M. Sormanti (Columbia University) HIV Prevention with Minority Women and Male Sex Partners N. El-Bassel (Columbia University) HIV Risk of Mental Illness Clients Across Service Sites E. R. Wright (Indiana University/Purdue University) HIV Risk Reduction Among Young Gay Men R. D. Stall (University of California, San Francisco) HIV Risk Reduction for Black Drug-Using Women L. S. Jemmott (University of Pennsylvania) HIV Risk Reduction for Persons with Mental Illness L. L. Otto-Salaj (Medical College of Wisconsin) HIV Risk Reduction for Women with Alcohol Use Disorders L. S. Weinhardt (Medical College of Wisconsin) HIV Service Delivery Models: Coordinated Care Systems in Primary Care J. Dempsey (Missouri Department of Health) HIV Service Delivery Models: Reduction of Cultural, Linguistic, and/or Organizational Barriers to Care G. Smereck (Well Being Institute) HIV Service Needs and Access in High Risk Criminal Justice Populations S. R. Belenko (Treatment Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania) HIV/STD Risk Reduction for African American Adolescents K. Sly (Jackson State University) HIV Testing Among Adolescents with Substance Abuse D. Pugatch (Rhode Island Hospital) HIV Treatment Adherence for Persons with Low-Literacy S. C. Kalichman (Medical College of Wisconsin) Homeless Drug Abuse--Service Use, Costs, Consequences C. S. North (Washington University) Homeless High Risk Youth Community Integrated Service System T. L. Brown (Empire State Coalition of Youth and Family Services) Identifying Targeted Strategies to Increase HIV Testing J. L. Lauby (Education Development Center, Inc.) IDU Access to HIV/HCV Prevention G. E. Macalino (Brown University) Impact of Housing on Health Services Use in HIV+ Women K. S. Yu-Isenberg (Johns Hopkins University) Impact of Primary Care on Substance Abusing Patients in Detoxification Unit J. H. Samet (Boston University) Impacts of Needle Exchange Programs on IDUs' HIV Risk L. Ouellet (University of Illinois) Improving Health Care Outcomes Among the Homeless M. B. Kushel (UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital) Improving Health Care Utilization in HIV+ Drug Users K.A. Gebo (Johns Hopkins University) Improving HIV Treatment for the Seriously Mentally Ill D. E. Kanouse, P. Koegel (RAND) G. Sullivan (University of Arkansas Medical Science) Improving Physical Sexual Risk Assessment/Counseling B. J. Gerbert (University of California, San Francisco) Increasing Drug Users' Adherence to HIV Therapeutics R. S. Broadhead (University of Connecticut Storrs) Increasing Dual Protection in Low Income Minority Women T. Exner (New York State Psychiatric Institute) In-depth Longitudinal Study of HIV-Infected Women P. E. Stevens (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) Intervention for Coping with AIDS Related Bereavement K. J. Sikkema (Yale University) Intervention to Reduce HIV/STD Risk in Teen Pregnancy J.R. Ickovics (Yale University) Interventions for HIV+ Mothers with Drinking Problems M. Gwadz (National Development and Research Institutes) Interventions for Substance Using Youth Living with HIV M. J. Rotheram-Borus (University of California, Los Angeles) Linkage of Alcohol Abusers to Primary Care J. H. Samet (Boston Medical Center) Maintaining HIV Risk Reduction Among Needle Exchangers M. D. Stein (Rhode Island Hospital) Major Mental Disorders and HIV--Health Services Use S. Crystal (Rutgers University) Male Concerns & Prevention of HIV/STDs in India S. L. Schensul (University of Connecticut) Medical and Substance Abuse Care for HIV+ Drug Users B. J. Turner (Jefferson Medical College) Medical Van Outreach to Homeless Drug Users at HIV Risk A. Rosenblum (National Development and Research Institutes) Medication Compliance Improvement Project for People with HIV Infection A. Vargas (Columbia University) Medication Management of HIV Positive Drug Abusers J. L. Sorensen (University of California, San Francisco) Mental Health and Services Among Adults with HIV A. M. Burnam (RAND) Methamphetamine Abuse--Natural History, Treatment Effects M. Brecht (University of California, Los Angeles) Modifying Facilitators and Barriers to HIV Adherence S. M. Bunting (Medical College of Georgia) Motivational Therapy/Reduce Risk Behaviors/HIV/Youth S. Naar-King (Wayne State University) Moving a Research-Based Intervention into Practice S. M. Kegeles (University of California, San Francisco) Multicity Study of Quality Care for HIV-Related TB C. L. Bennett (Northwestern University) National Study of Syringe Exchange Programs D. C. Des Jarlais (Beth Israel Medical Center) Natural History and Access to Care Study R. M. Greenblatt (University of California, San Francisco) Natural History of HIV Infection Among Drug Users D. Vlahov (Johns Hopkins University) Nursing Intervention to Improve Antiviral Adherence A. B. Williams (Yale School of Nursing) Nutrition Intervention in AIDS Wasting S. Gorbach (New England Medical Center Hospitals) Office Based Prevention of Adolescent STD/HIV Infection B. Boekeloo (George Washington University) Oral Health/Care Disparities in HIV Minority Populations M. Marcus (University of California, Los Angeles) Organizational Determinants of HIV Care Improvement P. D. Cleary (Harvard Medical School) Organizational Factors in the Early Detection of HIV O. Grusky (University of California, Los Angeles) Organizational Influences on HIV Prevention Among SMI J. A. Encandela (University of Pittsburgh) Outcomes and Health Services in Drug Use Disorders B. M. Booth (University of Arkansas) Outcomes of Pharmaceutical Therapy of HIV Disease R. D. Moore (Johns Hopkins University) Outpatient Treatment for IV Drug Abusers M. L. Stitzer (Johns Hopkins University) Over the Counter Syringe Purchase in Five Communities W. M. Compton (Washington University) Patients Infected with HIV Virus and Presentation for Medical Care J. H. Samet (Boston University) Peer Education and Adherence to HIV Therapy in Children J. J. Farley (University of Maryland) Peer Mentors for Early Adolescents in HIV-Affected Families S. Magura (National Development & Research Institutes) Peer Support to Enhance Antiretroviral Adherence J. M. Simoni (University of Washington) Permanency Planning Intervention for Families with AIDS L. J. Bauman (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) Persons Without HAART: Characteristics and Determinants C. Del Rio (Emory University) Physician and Site of Care Determinants of Quality of Care for AIDS B. E. Landon (Harvard Medical School) Physician-Delivered Intervention for HIV+ Individuals J. D. Fisher (University of Connecticut Storrs) Physicians' Role in Reducing Patients' Alcohol/HIV Risks B. J. Gerbert (University of California, San Francisco) Pilot Adherence Intervention for HIV-infected Youth" S.G. Hosek (DePaul University) Postexposure Prophylaxis: Feasibility and Consequences T. J. Coates (University of California, San Francisco) Predictors of Medication Adherence in HIV Infected Youth S. G. Hosek (DePaul University) Prevention of HIV Among New IDUs and Non-IDUs in Harlem David Vlahov (New York Academy of Medicine) Prevention of Infectious Disease--Injection Drug Users C. L. Masson (University of California, San Francisco) Primary Care Providers' Role in HIV/STD Prevention D. E. Montano (Battelle Centers/Public Health Resources and Evaluation) Project Safe--Reducing Risk Among Adolescents L. J. Bauman (Yeshiva University) Promoting Adherence to Antiretroviral Regimens P. G. Greene (University of Alabama) Promoting Adoption of Safer Sex Practices in Young Women D. Scholes (Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound) Promoting Safer Sex/High Risk Repeat HIV Testers J. W. Dilley (University of California, San Francisco) Protease Inhibitors in the Homeless--Provider Attitudes D. R. Bangsberg (University of California, San Francisco) Psychosocial Impact of Caregiving for Inner City C. A. Latkin (Johns Hopkins University) Psychosocial Treatment Dose--A Prospective Study R. A. Rawson (Matrix Center) Public Health Impact and Cost Effectiveness of HIV Intervention D. Thomsen (Societal Institute of the Math Sciences) Quality of Life Outcomes for Oral Health Care G. D. Slade (University of North Carolina) Quality of Life: Children with HIV Infection D. S. Storm (University of New Jersey Medical/Dental) Randomized Controlled Trial for Evaluating and Modifying Interpersonal Care for Persons with HIV Disease I. B. Wilson (Tufts University) Randomized Trial--Training Pharmacists in STD Prevention K. K. Holmes (University of Washington) Raven Study--Advancing HIV Prevention for Injection Drug Users H. C. Hagan (Seattle-King County Public Health Dept.) Reducing High Risk Behavior in HIV Positive Drug Abusers S. K. Avants (Yale University) Reducing HIV Risk in Female Teens: A Tailored Approach R. J. DiClemente (Emory University) Reducing HIV Risk in Urban Women by Using Paraprofessionals M. P. Carey (Syracuse University) Risk and Resiliency in Young Men Who Have Sex With Men M. C. Clatts (National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.) Risk Reduction Intervention for HIV Positive Men S. C. Kalichman (Medical College of Wisconsin) Risk Taking and Adjustment in Women Affected by HIV G. E. Wyatt (University of California, Los Angeles) Safer Sex Groups for Women S. Baker (University of Washington) San Francisco Youth Cohort: At-Risk and HIV+ A. Moscicki (University of California, San Francisco) Secondary Prevention Among HIV-Positive Alcohol Abusers J. T. Parsons (New Jersey City University) Sexual Risk Reduction Among Men with Mental Illness E. S. Susser (New York State Psychiatric Institute) Social and Psychological Aspects of AIDS Volunteerism M. Snyder (University of Minnesota) Social Course of Adherence to HAART in Active Drug Users N. C. Ware (Harvard Medical School) Social Network Influence and HIV Risk in High Risk Youth C. M. Lakon (University of North Carolina) START Program: Success Through Anti-Retroviral Therapy C. Porillo (AIDS Healthcare Foundation) State and Federal Policy and Outcomes for HIV+ Adults D. Goldman (RAND) STD Prevention for At-Risk African American Women L. N. Marion (University of Illinois, Chicago) STD Recognition and Care Seeking Among Women in Vietnam V. F. Go (Johns Hopkins University) Strengthening Family Problem Solving to Cope with AIDS B. D. Rapkin (Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research) Study of the Impact of Medical Workforce Composition and Organization on the Care of People with HIV P. D. Cleary (Harvard Medical School) Substance Use and Sexual Risk Among HIV Positive Adults R. Collins (RAND) Survey on the Impact of HIV/AIDS on U.S. Hospitals D. Andrulis (National Public Health and Hospital Institute) Sustaining Abstinence in Dually Diagnosed Homeless J. B. Milby (University of Alabama) Symptom Management with HIV Infected Older Persons K. M. Nokes (Hunter College) Syringe Access and Risk Factors on HIV Transmission M. Schechter (University of British Columbia) Tampa Bay Adolescent Medicine Trials Unit P. J. Emmanuel (University of South Florida) TB Prevention and HIV in the Homeless--An Intervention A. R. Moss (University of California, San Francisco) Telephone Based Coping Program for Rural People with HIV T. G. Heckman (Medical College of Wisconsin) Transcultural Case Management (TCM) Integrated HIV Health Care and Support Services J. Ferreira-Pinto (University of California, San Francisco) Trust and HIV Related Health Behavior Among Connecticut Inmates F. Mostashari (Yale University) Understanding Health Values of HIV Infected Patients J. Tsevat (University of Cincinnati) Using Social Networks to Increase Early HIV Testing S. H. Vargo (Education Development Center, Inc.) Using Social Networks to Reduce Risky Sex in HIV+ Women R. J. DiClemente (Emory University) Utilization and Cost Effectiveness of New HIV Tests K. A. Phillips (University of California, San Francisco) Utilization and Outcome of Needle Exchange in Women IDUs J. Rich (Miriam Hospital and Brown University) Woman Focused HIV Prevention with African Americans W. M. Wechsberg (Research Triangle Institute) Women with STDS: HIV Risk Reduction in an HMO (PSST) S. R. Wilson (Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute) Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) A. M. Levine (University of Southern California) Young Men's Survey: HIV Seroprevalence/Risk Behavior Of Gay/Bisexual D. Celentano (Johns Hopkins University)

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