The UCLA Service Systems for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS Research Training Program provides innovative and rigorous training in the application of the social and behavioral health sciences to HIV issues. The goal of the program is to train new scholars for academic and non-academic independent research careers focusing on service systems for persons with HIV infection and AIDS. A coordinated multidisciplinary training program is designed and led by HIV scholars from medicine, psychology, psychiatry, community health sciences, sociology, health services, epidemiology, nursing, and social welfare. The program provides strong leadership, excellent HIV science mentors, and an extensive and supportive research environment. It includes a three-year sequence for advanced students pursuing a Ph.D. in the social sciences or psychology and public health and a two-year training sequence for those with a doctorate in the social sciences or psychology. The program features a bi-weekly core seminar, foundation training in HIV/AIDS research, trainee participation under faculty supervision in HIV research projects, bio-statistical and epidemiological methods training, health evaluation methods training, training in the responsible conduct of research, and field experience with a community-based HIV organization. The program, which has thus far received two competitive renewals, has successfully recruited and trained a total of 62 students (34 predoctoral and 28 postdoctoral) since the program began in 1989. Faculty mentors are experienced HIV researchers recruited from UCLA, Drew University, and RAND. The program has been strengthened by adding eight new HIV researchers and two resource faculty, by modifying the program's administrative structure, and by adding a new optional international HIV/AIDS training track.. The program has close ties to the Center for HiV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services, an NIMH-sponsored prevention research center. ? ?
| Erausquin, Jennifer Toller; Duan, Naihua; Grusky, Oscar et al. (2009) Increasing the reach of HIV testing to young Latino MSM: results of a pilot study integrating outreach and services. J Health Care Poor Underserved 20:756-65 |
| Swendeman, Dallas T; Grusky, Oscar; Swanson, Aimee-Noelle (2009) HIV partner notification: predictors of discussion and agreements from provider reports. AIDS Behav 13:573-81 |
| Roberts, Kathleen Johnston; Grusky, Oscar; Swanson, Aimee-Noelle (2008) Client encounters in alternative HIV testing sites: counselors'perceptions and experiences. Behav Med 34:11-20 |
| Grusky, Oscar; Roberts, Kathleen Johnston; Swanson, Aimee-Noelle (2007) Failure to return for HIV test results: a pilot study of three community testing sites. J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic) 6:47-55 |
| Leibowitz, Arleen A; Taylor, Stephanie L (2007) Distance to public test sites and HIV testing. Med Care Res Rev 64:568-84 |
| Roberts, Kathleen Johnston; Grusky, Oscar; Swanson, Aimee-Noelle (2007) Outcomes of blood and oral fluid rapid HIV testing: a literature review, 2000-2006. AIDS Patient Care STDS 21:621-37 |
| Taylor, Stephanie L; Leibowitz, Arleen; Simon, Paul A et al. (2006) ZIP code correlates of HIV-testing: a multi-level analysis in Los Angeles. AIDS Behav 10:579-86 |
| Grusky, Oscar; Roberts, Kathleen Johnston; Swanson, Aimee Noelle et al. (2005) Anonymous versus confidential HIV testing: client and provider decision making under uncertainty. AIDS Patient Care STDS 19:157-66 |
| Paxton, Keisha Carr; Myers, Hector F; Hall, Naomi M et al. (2004) Ethnicity, serostatus, and psychosocial differences in sexual risk behavior among HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative women. AIDS Behav 8:405-15 |
| Grusky, Oscar; Duan, Naihua; Swanson, Aimee-Noelle et al. (2004) Evaluating the accessibility of HIV testing organizations. Eval Health Prof 27:189-205 |
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