The Healthy Living Project: An Individually Tailored, Multidimensional Intervention for HIV-Infected Persons

The NIMH Healthy Living Project (HLP), a randomized behavioral intervention trial for people living with HIV, enrolled 943 individuals, including women, heterosexual men, injection drug users, & men who have sex with men from Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York, & San Francisco. The interventio...

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Published in:AIDS education and prevention 2005-02, Vol.17 (SuppA), p.21-39
Main Authors: Gore-Felton, Cheryl, Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane, Weinhardt, Lance S, Kelly, Jeffrey A, Lightfoot, Marguerita, Kirshenbaum, Sheri B, Johnson, Mallory O, Chesney, Margaret A, Catz, Sheryl L, Ehrhardt, Anke A, Remien, Robert H, Morin, Stephen F, NIMH Healthy Living Project Team
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Case Management
Coping
Intervention
Los Angeles, California
New York City, New York
San Francisco, California
Treatment Compliance
Treatment Programs
Wisconsin
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Summary:The NIMH Healthy Living Project (HLP), a randomized behavioral intervention trial for people living with HIV, enrolled 943 individuals, including women, heterosexual men, injection drug users, & men who have sex with men from Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York, & San Francisco. The intervention, which is based on qualitative formative research & Ewart's Social Action Theory, addresses three interrelated aspects of living with HIV: stress & coping, transmission risk behavior, & medication adherence. Fifteen 90-minute structured sessions, divided into 3 modules of five sessions each, are delivered to individuals. Sessions are tailored to individuals within a structure that uses role -- plays, problem solving, & goal setting techniques. A 'Life Project' -- or overarching goal related to personal striving -- provides continuity throughout sessions. Because this is an ongoing project with efficacy yet to be established, we do not report intervention outcomes. However, the intervention was designed to be useful for prevention case management, settings where repeated one-on-one contact is possible, & where a structured but highly individualized intervention approach is desired. 1 Table, 2 Figures, 68 References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0899-9546