PREVENTING HIV INFECTION THROUGH BEHAVIOR CHANGE

Summary

Principal Investigator: Michael Carey
Affiliation: Syracuse University
Country: USA
Abstract: DESCRIPTION (Applicant's Abstract): The proposed research focuses on developing and evaluating interventions to prevent HIV transmission through behavior change; and investigating the relationship between sexual risk behavior and substance use. Five projects (11 studies) are planned. Project 1 (Study 1) will evaluate a HIV risk reduction intervention with adults who have a severe mental illness; and determine whether the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model can account for variability in risk behavior in this population. Project 2 (Studies 2, 3, and 4) seeks to reduce drug abuse and its negative consequences by enhancing readiness-to-change in persons with schizophrenia. Project 3 (Studies 5 and 6) will evaluate the effects of acute alcohol intoxication on HIV risk perceptions and behavioral skills; data from these two studies will be used to conduct path analyses to determine the mechanism(s) by which alcohol influences risky sexual behavior. Project 4 (Studies 7, 8, and 9) will employ meta-analytic methods to determine the relationship between self-efficacy and HIV-risk reduction, the effectiveness of HIV-counseling and testing (CT) programs, and the effectiveness of group and community-level HIV-risk reduction programs. Project 5 (Studies 10 and 11) will evaluate the effectiveness of the applicant's motivational approach to HIV risk reduction with low-income urban women, and determine if the effectiveness of this intervention differs as a function of the treatment provider. The applicant's career developmental plan focuses on activities designed to facilitate continued progress toward senior status and leadership in the field. These activities include continuing education through formal courses and professional conferences; collaboration with community leaders as well as senior scientists; and involvement with science education provided to undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty.
Funding Period: 1998-07-01 - 2004-06-30
more information: NIH RePORT

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Group-based HIV risk reduction intervention for adolescent girls: evidence of feasibility and efficacy
    Dianne Morrison-Beedy
    School of Nursing, Center for High-Risk Children and Youth, The University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642-8404, USA
    Res Nurs Health 28:3-15. 2005
  2. ncbi Tobacco smoking among low-income Black women: demographic and psychosocial correlates in a community sample
    Monica S Webb
    Center for Health and Behavior, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 2340, USA
    Nicotine Tob Res 10:219-29. 2008
  3. ncbi Behavioral HIV risk reduction among people who inject drugs: meta-analytic evidence of efficacy
    Michael M Copenhaver
    Department of Psychology, Center for Health/HIV Intervention and Prevention, CHIP, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 06269, USA
    J Subst Abuse Treat 31:163-71. 2006
  4. ncbi Prevalence of HIV, Hepatitis B, syphilis, and chlamydia among adults seeking treatment for a mental disorder in southern India
    Michael P Carey
    Center for Health and Behavior, Syracuse University, 430 Huntington Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 2340, USA
    AIDS Behav 11:289-97. 2007
  5. ncbi Accuracy of audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) and self-administered questionnaires for the assessment of sexual behavior
    Dianne Morrison-Beedy
    School of Nursing, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
    AIDS Behav 10:541-52. 2006
  6. ncbi Sexual risk reduction for persons living with HIV: research synthesis of randomized controlled trials, 1993 to 2004
    Blair T Johnson
    Center for Health HIV Intervention and Prevention, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 41:642-50. 2006
  7. ncbi Sexual risk reduction interventions do not inadvertently increase the overall frequency of sexual behavior: a meta-analysis of 174 studies with 116,735 participants
    Natalie D Smoak
    Center for Health HIV Intervention and Prevention, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Road, Storrs, CT 06269 1248, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 41:374-84. 2006
  8. ncbi Anger as a moderator of safer sex motivation among low-income urban women
    Kerstin E E Schroder
    Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Utah 84322 2810, USA
    J Behav Med 28:493-506. 2005
  9. ncbi Screening for sexually transmitted infections at a DeAddictions service in south India
    Michael P Carey
    Center for Health and Behavior, Syracuse University, NY 13244 2340, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 82:127-34. 2006
  10. ncbi Prevalence and correlates of tobacco use and nicotine dependence among psychiatric patients in India
    Prabha S Chandra
    Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
    Addict Behav 30:1290-9. 2005

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Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Group-based HIV risk reduction intervention for adolescent girls: evidence of feasibility and efficacy
    Dianne Morrison-Beedy
    School of Nursing, Center for High-Risk Children and Youth, The University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642-8404, USA
    Res Nurs Health 28:3-15. 2005
    ..g., vaginal sex without a condom, giving oral sex, and alcohol and drug use before sex). Challenges to implementation and suggestions for intervention enhancement are discussed...
  2. ncbi Tobacco smoking among low-income Black women: demographic and psychosocial correlates in a community sample
    Monica S Webb
    Center for Health and Behavior, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 2340, USA
    Nicotine Tob Res 10:219-29. 2008
    ..A more complete understanding of the demographic and psychosocial factors associated with smoking among Black women can inform prevention and cessation strategies aimed at this population...
  3. ncbi Behavioral HIV risk reduction among people who inject drugs: meta-analytic evidence of efficacy
    Michael M Copenhaver
    Department of Psychology, Center for Health/HIV Intervention and Prevention, CHIP, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 06269, USA
    J Subst Abuse Treat 31:163-71. 2006
    ..Implications for future interventions are presented...
  4. ncbi Prevalence of HIV, Hepatitis B, syphilis, and chlamydia among adults seeking treatment for a mental disorder in southern India
    Michael P Carey
    Center for Health and Behavior, Syracuse University, 430 Huntington Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244 2340, USA
    AIDS Behav 11:289-97. 2007
    ..e., multiple partners, exchanging sex for money, and engagement in anal sex) were associated with infection status. Recommendations for the sexual health care of psychiatric patients in India are provided...
  5. ncbi Accuracy of audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) and self-administered questionnaires for the assessment of sexual behavior
    Dianne Morrison-Beedy
    School of Nursing, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
    AIDS Behav 10:541-52. 2006
    ..Choice of assessment mode and frequency should be based upon the research question(s), population, resources, and context in which data collection will occur...
  6. ncbi Sexual risk reduction for persons living with HIV: research synthesis of randomized controlled trials, 1993 to 2004
    Blair T Johnson
    Center for Health HIV Intervention and Prevention, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Road, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 41:642-50. 2006
    ..To conduct a meta-analytic review of interventions to reduce HIV individuals' sexual risk...
  7. ncbi Sexual risk reduction interventions do not inadvertently increase the overall frequency of sexual behavior: a meta-analysis of 174 studies with 116,735 participants
    Natalie D Smoak
    Center for Health HIV Intervention and Prevention, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Road, Storrs, CT 06269 1248, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 41:374-84. 2006
    ..To the contrary, for some subgroups, interventions that include components recommended by behavioral science theory reduce the frequency of sexual events and partners...
  8. ncbi Anger as a moderator of safer sex motivation among low-income urban women
    Kerstin E E Schroder
    Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Utah 84322 2810, USA
    J Behav Med 28:493-506. 2005
    ..In sum, the results suggest that rational knowledge- and risk-based decisions regarding safer sex may be limited to low-anger women...
  9. ncbi Screening for sexually transmitted infections at a DeAddictions service in south India
    Michael P Carey
    Center for Health and Behavior, Syracuse University, NY 13244 2340, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 82:127-34. 2006
    ..To estimate the lifetime prevalence of four sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and to identify correlates of these infections among patients seeking care for a substance use disorder at a specialized DeAddictions Unit in southern India...
  10. ncbi Prevalence and correlates of tobacco use and nicotine dependence among psychiatric patients in India
    Prabha S Chandra
    Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
    Addict Behav 30:1290-9. 2005
    ..The cultural context of these findings, and the implications for tobacco control among psychiatric patients, are discussed...