Research Projects
Project HOPE
Hospital visit is an Opportunity for Prevention and
Engagement with HIV-positive Crack Users
Project HOPE uses a two-arm randomized experimental design to evaluate the efficacy of a brief, theoretically-guided, “Prevention Care Advocate” intervention with HIV-positive crack users. Study participants are recruited from the HIV inpatient hospital wards of two inner-city hospitals that serve a similar population of HIV-positive patients: Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH) in Miami, Florida and Grady Memorial Hospital (GMH) in Atlanta, Georgia.
SPECIFIC AIMS
Aim 1: To evaluate the efficacy of a brief, theoretically-based intervention in reducing unprotected sexual intercourse by HIV-positive crack users recruited from the inpatient/hospital setting. The impact of the intervention on secondary outcomes including the increased use of HIV primary outpatient care and readiness for and entry to drug treatment, will also be evaluated.
This is a collaborative study between the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Departments of Epidemiology and Public Health, Medicine, and the Developmental Center for AIDS Research (DCFAR), and Emory University’s Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and the Emory Center for AIDS Research (CFAR).
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FUNDING SOURCE
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI (Investigators)
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