Development of a Community-Based Participatory Research Effort to Evaluate Conventional HIV Testing (CHT) and HIV Rapid Testing (HRT)

A community-based participatory research (CBPR) project was created to study the effects of changing HIV testing protocols on client risk behaviors in an urban area. Concerns raised by the agency advisory group led to development of research questions that needed to be addressed within the community...

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Published in:Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services 2006-12, Vol.5 (3-4), p.201-219
Main Authors: Gleason-Comstock, Julie, Streater, Alicia, Calhoun, Cindy Bolden, Simpson, Harry L., Rolack, Rosalind, Norman, Silas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
community outreach and randomization
Community Research
community-academic collaboration
Community-based participatory research
HIV counseling and testing
HIV rapid testing
Human immunodeficiency virus
Research Design
Risk Assessment
Tests
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Summary:A community-based participatory research (CBPR) project was created to study the effects of changing HIV testing protocols on client risk behaviors in an urban area. Concerns raised by the agency advisory group led to development of research questions that needed to be addressed within the community. The article focuses on development of the research partnership and study enrollment during the first year of the project. Challenges of assimilating rapid advances in health technology while conducting outreach to high-risk clients are discussed. Successes and lessons learned are described, including adaptation of theory-based interventions to research protocol and multi-level community coordination.
ISSN:1538-1501
1538-151X
DOI:10.1300/J187v05n03_13