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Examining the impact of the HIV-related state budget cuts: Comparing Alameda, Fresno, and Los Angeles Counties

Problem: During  the  summer  of  2009,  the  State  of  California  experienced  an  unprecedented  budget  crisis,  resulting  in  cuts  to  social  services  across  the  state.  Approximately  $85  million  was  eliminated  from the budget of the State Office of AIDS  (OA)  for  FY  2009‐2010,  about  half  of  the  allocation of $167 million in FY 2008‐2009. Following  the  cuts,  reports  in  the  local  media  and  press  releases  indicated  that  several  community‐based  organizations  (CBOs)  and  AIDS  service  organizations  (ASOs) had to close their doors or drastically  reduce  the  level  of  HIV‐related  services,  including  activities  such  as  HIV  testing  and  counseling.  The  UCSF  AIDS  Policy  Center  Rapid Response Team conducted this study  to  gather  more  details  on  the  impact  of  these budget reductions.
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Crime and Punishment: Is There a Role for Criminal Law in HIV Prevention Policy?

The Until There's A Cure Foundation has provided financial support for the UCSF AIDS Policy Research Center since 1998. One of the primary goals of this funding is to research and publish a monograph analyzing an area of current HIV/AIDS public policy.  Previous monographs have focused on the development an AIDS vaccine and the validity of abstinence-only education.  This year’s project, funded by Until There's A Cure Foundation, explores what role, if any, criminal law should have in addressing HIV transmission and what the scope of that role should be.  This monograph reviews the criminal law approach to HIV transmission, including the history and policy background to criminalization of intentional HIV exposure and the reasons that states may use such laws.  It then analyzes in detail the statutes that states have adopted to criminalize intentional HIV exposure, focusing on the specific statutory and its implications to highlight how criminal HIV exposure laws can support or undermine public health prevention efforts.
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Abstinence Only vs. Comprehensive Sex Education: What are the Arguments? What is the Evidence?

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Discovering Global Success: Future Directions for HIV Prevention in the Developing World

The National Institutes of Health’s Fogarty International Center in collaboration with a number of other agencies sponsored the Fogarty Workshop on International HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Opportunities on April 18-20, 1998. The AIDS Research Institute at the University of California, San Francisco hosted the Workshop. The purpose of the workshop was to identify a package of effective HIV prevention interventions and develop a list of priority research goals that combine biomedical, behavioral and social interventions for HIV prevention in developing countries. The goal was to encourage research that would be feasible and relevant for developing countries with limited resources.

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Designing Primary Prevention for People Living with HIV

This monograph is based largely on presentations and discussion at the June, 1999 policy forum Primary HIV Prevention: Designing Effective Programs for People Living with HIV. The Forum was hosted by the AIDS Research Institute at UCSF and the National Association of People with AIDS. The Forum was sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).