This document offers guidance for how community co-authors without scientific writing expertise can meet the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommended criteria.
Climate Crisis and Maintaining HIV and related care.
We conducted a rapid response qualitative study to better understand climate-related disruptions to HIV, STI, and harm reduction services, and provide recommendations for policy action (L Moran, K Koester, S Joshi, W Steward, E Arnold CAPS/PRC)
Use our 2021 Research for HIV Testing booklet to stay up-to-date on our latest studies.
✅ Stay up-to-date on our latest research
✅ Provide materials in training and presentations
✅ Advocate for services and funding
✅ Write grants
✅ Develop new or modify existing HIV prevention programs
✅ Connect with us. The investigators are listed for each study.
Transgender Women and HIV Prevention and Care
‘Transgender women’ is an umbrella term to refer to persons who identify as women or trans women, or who have a feminine gender identity that differs from the male sex they were assigned at birth. Transgender women may identify with certain terms and not others and may express gender in a variety of ways.
In the United States, more than 161,200 individuals – 13% of the 1.1 million people living with HIV (PLWH) – are unaware of their HIV infection.¹ Estimates say these individuals account for 30% of all new annual infections.2
What are Black Men’s HIV Prevention Needs?
Who are Black men?
In the U.S., Black men include different ethnic groups from the African Diaspora. They are friends and diverse family members: fathers, grandfathers, husbands, partners, brothers, uncles, sons, nephews, and cousins. They are colleagues working in professional and blue-collar jobs.
The DriSti (DRIve Against STIgma) CDC EBI intervnetion is a brief, scalable, mhealh, HIV stigma-reduction intervention for nursing students and ward staff (i.e., staff who assist with hospital patient care, including transporting patients and changing bed sheets) in Bangalore, Mysore, and Mangalore in Karnataka state, India.
Heterosexual men are affected by HIV
HIV is a concern for heterosexual men, as almost 14% of new male HIV cases in 2016 occurred among heterosexuals, through sex with a woman (9.5%) and injecting drug use (3.9%). Most of those cases were among Black (63%) and Latino (22%) men, and men living in the Southeast (62%) and Northeast (19%) of the US.[1]
Research & Resources
This brochure lists research projects with youth or young adults, as well as helpful resources produced by CAPS/PRC. You might use it to:
What Are Heterosexual Men’s HIV Prevention Needs?
Prepared by Joshua Middleton and Reverend William Francis
Community Engagement (CE) Core | March 2018
Heterosexual men are affected by HIV
HIV is a concern for heterosexual men, as almost 14% of new male HIV cases in 2016 occurred among heterosexuals, through sex with a woman (9.5%) and injecting drug use (3.9%).
This brochure lists research focusing on HIV testing and helpful resources produced by CAPS/PRC.
You might use it to:
Stay up-to-date on research and learn what we found out from research
Use the materials in trainings/presentations
Advocate for services/funding
Write grants
Develop new or modify existing HIV prevention programs
Evaluate current programs
Connect with CAPS/PRC to develop new projects.
Lead re
Health disparities and HIV/AIDS
Health disparities exist across race/ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic and/or geographically defined population groups.
This brochure lists research focusing on HIV testing and helpful resources produced by CAPS/PRC.
You might use it to:
Stay up-to-date on research and learn what we found out from research
Use the materials in trainings/presentations
Advocate for services/funding
Write grants
Develop new or modify existing HIV prevention programs
Evaluate current programs
Connect with CAPS/PRC to develop new projects.
Lead re
How can Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) help in HIV prevention?
Prepared by Pamela DeCarlo and Kimberly Koester, CAPS/PRC/CHPRC Community Engagement (CE) Core | May 2017
