CLEAR/CHIPTS, UCLA
INSPIRE/CAPS, UCSF
SUDIS/CAPS, UCSF
Tarzana Treatment Center
Choosing Life: Empowerment, Action, Results (CLEAR)
UCLA Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services
http://chipts.ucla.edu
Target Population: yout with HIV. Choosing Life: Empowerment, Action, Results (CLEAR), funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, is a project that seeks to learn more about youth living with HIV, their relationships and health, how they cope with problems, and how drug and alcohol use impacts sexual and other risk behaviors that may lead to the transmission of HIV. CLEAR will also assess the cost effectiveness of delivering these interventions so that they may be widely disseminated to HIV/AIDS service providers across the country and around the world. No direct telephone number, e-mail CHIPTS at: chipts@mednet.ucla.edu.
Interventions for SeroPositive IDUs: Research & Evaluation (INSPIRE)
The Center for AIDS Prevention Studies,
University of California, San Francisco
http://www.caps.ucsf.eduf (downloads a PDF file)
Target Population: Intravenous drug users. INSPIRE is a behavioral intervention to lower sexual and drug use risk, increase access to care, and increase adherence to HAART (Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy) regimens. For more information call (415) 597-9267.
Seropositive Urban Drug Injectors Study (SUDIS)
The Center for AIDS Prevention Studies,
University of California, San Francisco
http://www.caps.ucsf.edu (downloads a PDF file)
Target Population: Intravenous Drug Users. The Seropositive Urban Drug Injectors Study (SUDIS), known in the Bay Area as the VENUS Study, was a descriptive multi-site study of IDUs with HIV in the San Francisco and New York metropolitan areas. SUDIS was conducted to fill a gap in the knowledge about sexual transmission risk among IDUs with HIV. For more information, call (415) 597-9100.
Tarzana Treatment Center
http://tarzanatc.com
Target Population: Individuals with HIV who are in Substance Abuse Treatment. The Tarzana Treatment Center provides prevention services to individuals who have had HIV for less than two years and who are in substance abuse treatment. For more information, call (800) 996-1051.