Research Projects

INSPIRE

Interventions with Seropositive Injectors Research and Evaluation

Project INSPIRE (Interventions for Sero Posititve IDUs-Research and Evaluation) is a 5 year collaborative project to develop intervention strategies to address the primary and secondary prevention needs of HIV-seropositive injection drug users (IDUs). This research is intended to develop, implement and evaluate strategies to:

Prevent HIV transmission due to high risk sexual and drug injection behaviors.
Increase access to, utilization of and maintenance of primary health care.
Increase access to, utilization of and adherence to HIV primary care and treament.

A randomized intervention trial tested the effectiveness of a 10 session peer mentor intervention. The intervention combined individual and group sessions.

PROJECT INSPIRE
Interventions for SeroPositive IDUs-Research and Evaluation

FUNDING SOURCE

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
“ Intervention Research Addressing the Primary and Secondary Prevention Needs of HIV-Seropositive Injection Drug Users”

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI (Investigators)

Lisa Metsch, Ph.D. Principal Investigator Phone: 305-243-3471 Fax: 305-243-3353 e-mail: lmetsch@med.miami.edu	Jay Wilkinson, M.D. Co-Principal Investigator Phone: 305-243-3022 Fax: 305-243-3353 e-mail: Jwilkins@med.miami.edu
Eduardo Valverde, MPH Project Director	Martina DeVarona Community Liaison Phone: 305-470-6945 Fax: 305-470-5750 e-mail: Martina_DeVarona@doh.state.fl.us

COLLABORATING SITES

University of California at San Francisco - Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
New York Academy of Medicine
John Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health

This study is a local collaborative project between the University of Miami School of Medicine, the Miami-Dade County Department of Health and numerous community providers.

COMPLETED 2005