CAPS International Program:
Research
Current
Research Projects (January 2004)
Asia
Cambodia
- Reproductive health education and STD Intervention for
the Prevention of HIV Infection among Beer Promotion Girls in Cambodia
(Sun,
Page-Shafer)
- Phase
III Trial of Pharmacological HIV-1 Prevention
(PREP) in Cambodia (Page-Shafer) [project temporarily suspended]
- Evaluation of the risk behavior
of female sex workers participating in the tenofovir pre-exposure
prophylaxis
study in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Sopheab, Page-Shafer)
China
- Tongzhi Men’s Health Project in China (Choi)
- HIV risk reduction and methadone maintenance treatment in
Shanghai, China (Zhen, Choi)
India
- An Intervention for Male STD Patients in Mumbai, India
(Lindan, Setia, Kumta)
- AIDS
Stigma & Gender: Health Consequences in Urban
India (Ekstrand, Krishnan)
- Examining Prevention Needs of HIV Positive Men in India
(Setia, Ekstrand, Lindan)
- Evaluation of a New Less-Sensitive EIA Testing Strategy
to Determine HIV Incidence in Subtype C Populations in India (Lindan)
- Evaluation of STIs and HIV using new diagnostic
techniques in Mumbai (Kumta, Lindan)
- Behavioral Intervention among
HIV serodiscordant couples (d’Souza, Lindan, van der Straten)
- Prevalence of and factors associated with disclosure of
HIV positive status among men having sex with men in Mumbai (Deshmukh,
Lindan)
- Sexual practices among males having sex with males in
Chennai, Tamilnadu (Menon, Ekstrand)
Nepal
- The acceptability of PMTCT among HIV-positive commercial
sex workers returning from India to Kathmandu, Nepal (Bhatt, Pitter,
Mandel)
Thailand
- Reducing drop-outs and increasing adherence-rates among
PLHA on HAART in Northern Thailand (Rumakom, Lindan)
- A pilot study of the use of an
Interactive Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Game as an Educational
Tool to
Educate Injecting Drug Users about HIV Prevention (Kittikraisek,
Page-Shafer)
Vietnam
Africa
South Africa
- Randomized Trial for a Community STI Screening Program in
Cape Town (Altini, McFarland)
- The seroprevalence of HHV8 in blood donors in Durban,
South Africa (Dawood, Martin)
Uganda
- Social
Factors, Sexual Activity and Risk Behavior among
Gay/Bisexual Men in Uganda (Kajubi, Rutherford, McFarland)
- Prevalence of oral thrush among children born to HIV
positive mothers (Ssali, Page-Shafer)
- Impact of condom use skills education on condom
acquisition and use in Kampala, Uganda (Kajubi, McFarland)
- The potential use of traditional healers for family
planning and HIV prevention in Kiboga District, Uganda (Ssali,
McFarland)
Zimbabwe
Latin
America
Brazil
- Feasibility
of Data Collection from Clients and their
Sexual Partners, Brazil (Bacon, Page-Shafer)
- HIV transmission in bisexual
men in Rio de Janeiro: an intervention for risk reduction (do Lago,
Page-Shafer)
- Safe sex and perceptions about HAART among young MSM in
Sao Paulo, Brazil (da Silva, Page-Shafer)
- Impact of recently acquired HIV infection on
tuberculosis-specific and cytomegalovirus-specific IFN-gamma production
by T
cells: Comparison of persons with recently acquired HIV infection vs.
HIV
negative persons (Turcato, Page-Shafer)
- High risk human papilloma viruses in anal lesions and
their association with HIV-1 subtypes B and C in men and women from
southern
Brazil (Herrera, Page-Shafer)
- Evaluation of the relationship between motivational
factors for blood donation and HIV risks (Goncalez, Rutherford,
McFarland)
- Survey of HIV seroprevalence, markers for hepatitis and
syphilis, and asessment of correlated risk behaviors in young women
residing in
three health regions in Vitoria, Brazil (Espinosa, Page-Shafer)
Eastern
Europe
Croatia
- Prevalence of risk sexual behavior among HIV infected
patients under medical care in Croatia (Zekan, Novotny)
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