The Community Vulnerability and Responses to Drug-User-Related HIV/AIDS, 1990-2013 [96 Metropolitan Statistical Areas, United States] (ICPSR 36575)
The Community Vulnerability and Responses to Drug-User-Related HIV/AIDS, 1990-2013 [96 Metropolitan Statistical Areas, United States] study (CVAR) was a research study of why large United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) vary over time in their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS among drug users and in MSA responses to HIV/AIDS. This collection contains estimates of HIV prevalence among people who injected drugs (PWID) and among sub-populations of PWID. This collection is comprised of ten datasets with differing amounts of variables and provides trend data that describe the following:
- Epidemiologic outcomes including population prevalence of PWIDs and Non-injecting drug users (NIDUs), and particularly their prevalence among youth; and, among PWIDs, HIV prevalence, late-diagnosis HIV cases, and AIDS incidence and mortality.
- Implementation of evidence-based drug-related interventions including drug abuse treatment, syringe exchange, HIV counseling and testing.
- Implementation of non-evidence-based drug-related interventions including incarceration and arrests of drug users.
The collection contains data on the MSA sub-populations including Black, Hispanic, White and "other" race categories. In addition, some statistics are presented in age range categories such as ages 15-29, 30-64 and 15-64.
Randomized Control Trial and Cohort Study of HIV Testing and Linkage to Care, Maryland and Rhode Island, 2011 (ICPSR 39782)
This study is part of the Seek, Test, Treat and Retain (STTR) Collaboration Project that involved over twenty studies in the fields of HIV and drug abuse. All 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. As part of STTR Collaboration Project, the studies were grouped into Criminal Justice-related studies and Vulnerable Population-related studies. The data collected by these studies included twelve common domains (e.g., 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.
This study has two components.
Study #1: The main objectives of Study 1 were to determine the willingness to the community corrections community to undergo testing, and to test rapid HIV testing on-site in community corrections to referral to an off-site HIV testing location. Participants were probationers or parolees in both Providence, Rhode Island and Baltimore City, Maryland (participants split 50/50 between sites). The outcomes were undergoing HIV testing and receiving the test results.
Study #2: Randomized controlled trial of linkage to HIV care among probationers or parolees known to have HIV who were randomized to referral to treatment as usual (TAU) or Project Bridge which provided intensive case management, medical and social support. (Note: participants could "cross over" into Project Bridge at 6 months if they failed to engage with care in the TAU group.) The outcomes included retention in care, use of ART, and viral load. Assessments were done at baseline for both studies, and every 3 months thereafter until 18 months for study 2. If incarcerated, assessments were done in prison/jail.