The ever-growing and evolving HIV epidemic in both the US and the developing world continues to pose numerous critical ethical and policy issues. These are becoming all the more acute as researchers begin work in unfamiliar settings and with new populations in the developing world. Further, given the particular vulnerability of people living with or at high risk of HIV, it is especially crucial that HIV-related research be conducted according to stringent ethical standards. The Ethics and Policy Core (EPC) will enhance the Center's ability to address these issues through three overall functions of providing consultation, fostering education, and conducting empirical research on two broad areas: 1) policy issues at multiple levels- international, national, local, institutional and professional (i.e., including policies in various health care institutions and settings), and 2) ethics of research with people who are infected with or at risk for infection with HIV. The EPC builds on the past work of the HIV Center in ethics and policy and will also incorporate new emphases on research ethics and the relationship between policy and economics. The EPC will consult with Center investigators concerning policy implications and research ethics related to their work as they conduct research, develop new research initiatives, prepare grants and IRB applications, analyze findings, and write manuscripts. The EPC will also provide and enhance education on ethical and policy issues among investigators and trainees in the Center and in broader communities through seminars, conferences and roundtable discussions, as well as a Program in Applied Ethics for newer investigators. The Core will also conduct research either through stand-alone studies or by adding studies of ethical and policy questions onto existing Center research studies. The Core will help identify ethical and policy issues that need to, and can, be studied empirically, and can be pursued by Pis (either from the Core or the rest of the Center). Thus, the Core will add significantly to the Center as a whole, infusing into the Center critical expertise and activities in these areas that can help expand understandings and approaches in policy, research ethics, and numerous other domains within the broad area of HIV prevention and treatment. Specifically, the Core will enable Center investigators, in key ways they would not otherwise, develop policy implications of their work, promote the practice and understanding of research ethics, examine crucial policy issues using empirical approaches.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
3P30MH043520-24S1
Application #
8550990
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZMH1-ERB-D)
Project Start
1997-02-01
Project End
2013-01-31
Budget Start
2012-09-12
Budget End
2013-01-31
Support Year
24
Fiscal Year
2012
Total Cost
$26,622
Indirect Cost
$9,962
Name
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Department
Type
DUNS #
167204994
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10032
Kelvin, Elizabeth A; George, Gavin; Mwai, Eva et al. (2018) Offering Self-administered Oral HIV Testing as a Choice to Truck Drivers in Kenya: Predictors of Uptake and Need for Guidance While Self-testing. AIDS Behav 22:580-592
Davis, Alissa; Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn; Dasgupta, Anindita et al. (2018) Risk factors associated with sexually transmitted infections among women under community supervision in New York City. Int J STD AIDS 29:766-775
Hampanda, Karen M; Rael, Christine Tagliaferri (2018) HIV Status Disclosure Among Postpartum Women in Zambia with Varied Intimate Partner Violence Experiences. AIDS Behav 22:1652-1661
Parcesepe, Angela; Tymejczyk, Olga; Remien, Robert et al. (2018) HIV-Related Stigma, Social Support, and Psychological Distress Among Individuals Initiating ART in Ethiopia. AIDS Behav 22:3815-3825
Winhusen, Theresa; Feaster, Daniel J; Duan, Rui et al. (2018) Baseline Cigarette Smoking Status as a Predictor of Virologic Suppression and CD4 Cell Count During One-Year Follow-Up in Substance Users with Uncontrolled HIV Infection. AIDS Behav 22:2026-2032
Meyers, Kathrine; Wu, Yumeng; Qian, Haoyu et al. (2018) Interest in Long-Acting Injectable PrEP in a Cohort of Men Who have Sex with Men in China. AIDS Behav 22:1217-1227
Bauermeister, José A; Giguere, R; Leu, C S et al. (2018) Patterns of a Rectal Microbicide Placebo Gel Use in a Preparatory Stage for a Phase I Trial Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men. AIDS Behav 22:412-420
Fogel, Jessica M; Sandfort, Theodorus; Zhang, Yinfeng et al. (2018) Accuracy of Self-Reported HIV Status Among African Men and Transgender Women Who Have Sex with Men Who were Screened for Participation in a Research Study: HPTN 075. AIDS Behav :
Davis, Alissa; McCrimmon, Tara; Dasgupta, Anindita et al. (2018) Individual, social, and structural factors affecting antiretroviral therapy adherence among HIV-positive people who inject drugs in Kazakhstan. Int J Drug Policy 62:43-50
Carballo-Dieguez, Alex; Giguere, Rebecca; Lentz, Cody et al. (2018) Rectal Douching Practices Associated with Anal Intercourse: Implications for the Development of a Behaviorally Congruent HIV-Prevention Rectal Microbicide Douche. AIDS Behav :

Showing the most recent 10 out of 714 publications