Secondary Prevention Program
Overview
This program supports research to understand, prevent, and delay adverse health outcomes among individuals already infected with HIV. This program supports research to develop enhanced HIV prevention and coping strategies in treatment and other public health settings. There are important research gaps in basic, behavioral science, medical, and policy areas that need to be addressed.
Areas of Emphasis
- Increase the understanding of associations among HIV treatment response, treatment adherence, risk behavior, and other psychosocial factors that are likely to impact these variables (e.g., housing instability, substance abuse, depression, domestic violence).
- Develop innovative approaches to risk behavior change based in treatment settings, especially interventions that combine behavioral and medical/biological components.
- Identify optimal mechanisms for referral to services for prevention needs that are not feasible in medical settings.
- Identify strategies to improve linkages to health care for newly diagnosed persons with HIV.
- Improve utilization of systems to facilitate partner notification.
Contact
Cynthia Grossman, Ph.D.
Program Officer
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 6201, MSC 9619
301-443-8962, grossmanc@mail.nih.gov
