Seek, Test and Retain (STAR): Linkages for Black HIV-Positive, Substance-Using MSM, New York City, 2012-2015 (ICPSR 39794)
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Wafaa M. El-Sadr, Columbia University;
Sharon Mannheimer, Columbia University
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39794.v1
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The Seek, Test, Treat and Retain (STTR) Collaboration Project involved over twenty studies in the fields of HIV and drug abuse (a list of the studies is given below).
These studies were independently developed, but were chosen for the collaboration because they focused on one or more steps of the HIV treatment cascade: Seek, Test, Treat and Retain. These studies were grouped into Criminal Justice-related studies and Vulnerable Population-related studies. The data collected by these studies included twelve common domains (eg. Demographic characteristics, Mental Health) in each of which a shared questionnaire or instrument was taken up by the studies and adapted to fit the study.
The STAR study contains information on HIV+ individuals, their emotional well-being, and possible linkages to substance-use.
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This study focuses on the linkages between substance use and social connections for individuals that tested positive for HIV.
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HIV-positive Black Americans residing in New York City.
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Variables cover drug use, last HIV testing, why respondent wanted to be tested, where they were tested, employment, and social relationships.
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2026-04-20
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2026-04-20 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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