@article{4d4165a98607476a963cb047051860d5,
title = "An exploratory behavioral intervention trial to improve rates of screening for AIDS clinical trials among racial/ethnic minority and female persons living with HIV/AIDS",
abstract = "Individuals from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds and women have not been proportionately represented in AIDS clinical trials (ACTs). There have been few intervention efforts to eliminate this health disparity. This paper reports on a brief behavioral intervention to increase rates of screening for ACTs in these groups. The study was exploratory and used a single-group pre/ posttest design. A total of 580 persons living with HIV/ AIDS (PLHA) were recruited (39% female; 56% African-American, 32% Latino/Hispanic). The intervention was efficacious: 25% attended screening. We identified the primary junctures where PLHA are lost in the screening process. Both group intervention sessions and an individual contact were associated with screening. Findings provide preliminary support for the intervention's efficacy and the utility of combining group and individual intervention formats. Interventions of greater duration and intensity, and which address multiple levels of influence (e.g., social, structural), may be needed to increase screening rates further.",
keywords = "Behavioral intervention, Gender disparities, HIV/AIDS clinical trials, Motivational interviewing, Racial/ethnic disparities, Screening",
author = "Gwadz, {Marya Viorst} and Keith Cylar and Leonard, {Noelle R.} and Marion Riedel and Nina Herzog and Arredondo, {Gricel N.} and Cleland, {Charles M.} and Michael Aguirre and Ann Marshak and Donna Mildvan",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments We would like to thank the women and men who participated in this study and the members of the Project ACT Collaborative Study Team. In addition to the paper{\textquoteright}s coauthors, the Project ACT Collaborative Study team included: Scott Barnett, Gwen Costantini, Nancy Cotto-Laboy, Rebecca de Guzman, Anthony Dig-gs, Mindy Finkelstein, Don Garmon, Emily Hardcastle, Sondra Middleton, Kamala Mantha, Aman Nakagawa, Carolina Oteiza, Amanda Ritchie, Maya Tharaken, and Darrell P. Wheeler, PhD, MPH, Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor, Hunter College School of Social Work. We also wish to thank the staff at the Beth Israel Clinical Trials Unit; the staff at Housing Works, including Patrick Dolby, Duane Ebesu, and Charles King, the President and CEO of Housing Works; the staff at AIDS Service Center NYC; Jonathan M. Kagan, Ph.D., Associate Director, Division of Clinical Research, NIAID/NIH; the staff of the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research at NDRI, including Sherry Deren, Ph.D. (Director). This study was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant # 1U01 46370 to tenth author (DM). Project ACT is dedicated to the memory of Keith Cylar (1958–2004). Mr. Cylar was the Co-founder and Co-CEO of Housing Works, and a Site Principal Investigator for Project ACT.",
year = "2010",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1007/s10461-009-9539-9",
language = "English",
volume = "14",
pages = "639--648",
journal = "AIDS and Behavior",
issn = "1090-7165",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "3",
}