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Laboratory
for Health Behavior
Assessment & Intervention
Peers as Family: Preventing Problem Drinking
| Funding
Agency: |
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) |
| Collaborators: |
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| Summary: |
The purpose of PAF is to translate the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model (IMB) to an alcohol risk-reduction intervention with entire wings of college students living in predominantly freshmen residence halls. Students were assigned to either the mixed-gender, single-gender, or control condition. The intervention consisted of three workshops focusing on each of the IMB constructs. Alcohol use outcomes included alcohol use (frequency, quantity), negative personal and secondhand consequences, and other wing-related measures. |
National Minority AIDS Education & Training Center (NMAETC)
| Funding
Agency: |
Health Resources Services Agency (HRSA) |
| Collaborators: |
- Howard University
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| Summary: |
The purpose of the National Minority AETC is to build capacity for HIV care and training among minority health care professionals and health care professionals serving communities of color. This is achieved through a collaborative network of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and their affiliates, Community Based Organizations, national organizations that represent minority health care professionals, and the regional AIDS Education and Training Centers. The NMAETC uses qualitative and quantitative evaluation protocols designed to generate descriptive and inferential information about the effectiveness of the NMAETC program. Theory-based evaluation activities incorporate strategies that focus on the generation of research findings to describe relationships between NMAETC activities and targeted providers' capacity to treat and care for HIV-infected minority populations.
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Delta AIDS Education Training Centers (DAETC) inactive
| Funding
Agency: |
HRSA |
| Collaborators: |
- Louisiana State University (LSU)
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| Summary: |
The DAETC provides training to health
care providers in the treatment and management of HIV/AIDS. |
Adolescent Alcohol/HIV Prevention Interventions inactive
| Funding
Agency: |
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism (NIAAA) |
| Collaborators: |
The George Washington University
Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Region |
| Summary: |
The purpose of this four year study
is to assess the effectiveness of a brief office-based intervention
to prevent or delay alcohol use in adolescents ages 12-17. |
Comprehensive AIDS Training Initiative (CATI) inactive
| Funding
Agency: |
DC Government HIV/AIDS Administration |
| Collaborators: |
- Howard University
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| Summary: |
The CATI provides informational
workshops, presentations and some skill-building training for
individuals who work directly with HIV prevention and service
programs targeting populations at risk. |
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• Laboratory for Health
Behavior Assessment