The CHRP Reentry Rapid Response Study aims to examine and identify current processes, gaps, and best practices that link or reconnect individuals with HIV, HCV, and substance use treatment needs to community-based services upon release for a correctional facility and how these practices differed among various types of community-based reentry service organizations including HIV/medical providers, […]
The CHRP Reentry Rapid Response Study aims to examine and identify current processes, gaps, and best practices that link or reconnect individuals with HIV, HCV, and substance use treatment needs to community-based services upon release for a correctional facility and how these practices differed among various types of community-based reentry service organizations including HIV/medical providers, […]
A new study from the California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers finds that less than 30% of safety net providers in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program in Southern California offered smoking cessation services, and more than 50% do not offer smoking cessation services or referrals. Most providers’ (83%) websites did not list any smoking cessation information. […]
A new study from the California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers, in collaboration with the Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, Birth Control Pharmacist, and the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists, finds that more than 90% of California pharmacists surveyed believed that access to HIV prevention medications in pharmacies is important. Researchers examined attitudes, knowledge, […]
Infographic from data from the HIV Surveillance Report 2020. The Continuum of HIV Care reports from 2016 to 2020, and the HIV and Transgender People Fact Sheet 2020 published by the California Department of Public Health.
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) observes November 20th to honor the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence annually. Black transgender women are most impacted by these acts of violence. At least 32 transgender Americans have been killed this year. We the People, an HIV Policy Center for […]
Little is known about how payment affects individuals’ decisions to participate in HIV research. Using data from a U.S. survey of people living with HIV (N = 292), we examined potential research participants’ attitudes toward payment, perceived study risk based on payment amount, and preferred payment forms, and how these factors vary by sociodemographic characteristics. This infographic […]
This new infographic from CHIPTS and CHPRC illustrates the research finding that single mothers in U.S. states with more generous Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) engaged in significantly less HIV risk behaviors compared to those in states with less generous (or nonexistent) EITCs. The effect of a refundable state EITC on HIV risk behavior was […]
In the fall of 2021, the California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers conducted an online survey to document the direct impact of COVID-19 on healthcare and social services providers working to address HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Survey respondents included 30 organizations that submitted complete surveys. As a response to the COVID-19 physical […]
In response to the 2022 mpox (monkeypox) outbreak, collaborators from the Southern California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center and the University of Southern California adapted a validated microsimulation model to understand the dynamics of mpox disease transmission. Results estimate the impact of vaccination, treatment, and risk reduction strategies on Los Angeles County’s communities of gay, bisexual, and […]