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Current AHP Research Studies
ACT on HIV-Stigma
Investigator: Matthew D. Skinta, PhD
Therapists at the University of California San Francisco AIDS Health Project often work with clients who, years after an HIV diagnosis, are still searching for ways to live with the stigma and fear of rejection that come with being HIV-positive. This group applies Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), an experiential-behavioral approach with a strong record in reducing the effect of stigma for minorities, to living with HIV-stigma. A single pilot group will be conducted with a maximum of 10 men to assess the use of this intervention at AHP and the impact of the intervention on their lives. If helpful, this data will be used to apply for a larger grant to determine if this helps men in maintaining adherence, disclosing status to romantic partners, and if this group is an improvement over peer-led groups more common in HIV mental health centers.
To participate in this group, or if you are currently enrolled and wish to find out more about how the data from this study will be used, please call the research hotline at (415) 502-3500, or email Dr. Skinta at Matthew.Skinta@ucsf.edu
(Funded by the New Investigator award of the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies Innovative Grants program, 2010).
Replicating Effective Behavioral Interventions
Investigators: Allen and Loeb Associates and James W. Dilley, MD
This tranlational research grant from the CDC supports the creation of a full range of training materials in designed to take AHP's successful counseling intervention, known as Personalized Cognitive Counseling, and giving programs "everything they need" to learn and implement the counseling intervention in their program. In the second year of the project, we will work with two counseling and testing programs who want to implement the intervention, train them using the materials developed to conduct the intervention in their clinical site and ask them to evaluate the training and the materials developed. (Supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007)
