Gay Couples Study- gay men and negotiated relationships
The Gay Couples Study is an innovative and groundbreaking study that aims to better understand relationship dynamics in gay male couples and to examine how those dynamics may be related to sexual behavior. Project continuing. Posted 6/06.

Seroconversion Narratives in AIDS Prevention (SNAP) - HIV+ gay men
The SNAP study elicited HIV+ gay/bisexual men's narratives describing their own seroconversion to determine if the individual, interpersonal and structural attributions in these narratives are related to current risk behavior for HIV transmission. Project ended. Posted 1/06.

San Francisco Bay Area Men's Survey (SFBAMS) - men who have sex with men
SFBAMS is an online poll about the health-related behaviors of men who have sex with men in the San Francisco Bay Area, regardless of whether they identify as gay, bisexual, or straight.

Safe in the City - heterosexual, gay, and bisexual STD clinic patients
This collaborative research project investigated whether a brief waiting room intervention would reduce incident STD infections and impact risk behavior among STD clinic patrons. Project ended. Posted 5/07.

Trayectos Study - Mexican gay and bisexual immigrants
The Trayectos Study focuses primarily on the sexual lives and experiences of Mexican gay and bisexual immigrants who live in San Diego or who participate in San Diego's gay life. Project ended. Updated 8/06.

MPowerment - young gay men
The Mpowerment Project is a community-level HIV prevention intervention designed to reduce the frequency of unprotected anal intercourse among young gay/bisexual men, ages 18-29, by mobilizing young gay men to support each other about safer sex and to build a stronger, healthier young gay men’s community. It is the only scientifically developed and empirically tested intervention that has been shown to reduce HIV sexual risk taking behaviors among young gay men. Project replicating. Posted 7/95. Updated 8/06.

Hermanos de Luna y Sol - Latino gay men
"Hermanos de Luna y Sol" was designed as a culturally-appropriate HIV risk-reduction intervention that targets immigrant, Spanish-speaking gay/bisexual men in the San Francisco, CA Mission district. Many materials available in Spanish, including surveys, newsletters and diaries. Project continuing. Posted 2/96. Updated 10/01.

Project Explore- gay men
Explore is a nationwide HIV prevention behavioral trial involving nearly 4,300 men who have sex with men. Explore is one of the largest behavioral studies of its kind, and includes participants recruited from six cities: Boston, Chicago, Denver, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle. Project ended. Posted 10/04.

African-American Men's Health Study - African-American gay men
The African-American Men's Health Study (AAMHS) represents the first published attempt to develop and evaluate the impact of a culturally appropriate, community-based, HIV risk reduction intervention designed to change high-risk sexual behaviors among African-American homosexual and bisexual men in the San Francisco Bay area. Complete AAMHS curricula available. Project ended. Posted 9/96.

Young Asian Men's Study - Asian young gay men
The Young Asian Men's Study (YAMS) evaluated the effects of a community-level intervention aimed at promoting safer sex behavior among young Asian & Pacific Islander (API) men who have sex with other men (MSM) aged 15-25. Project ended. Posted 5/99.

Bay Men - HIV+ gay and bisexual men
Bay Men was a fun, innovative program for HIV+ gay and bisexual in the Bay Area. Bay Men offered a safe environment where HIV+ men could have open discussions about sex, dating, personal health, and other issues in their lives. Project ended. Posted 1/01.

CHANGES - HIV+ gay men
The CHANGES Project is an innovative, theory-based coping intervention. The intervention– Coping Effectiveness Training– is designed to assist HIV+ gay men stay mentally healthy despite ongoing stress of HIV infection. Project continuing. Posted 10/04.

Youth

Draw the Line, Respect the Line - middle school students
CAPS and ETR Associates researchers developed a curriculum to assist sixth, seventh and eighth grade students in postponing sexual activity and using protection if they are sexually active. The curriculum has many characteristics that are shared by successful HIV prevention and sex education curricula. Complete curricula available (for purchase). Project ended. Posted 4/06.

Healthy Oakland Teens - junior high school students
The Healthy Oakland Teens Project (HOT) began in the fall of 1992 at an urban, ethnically diverse junior high school. The project's goal was to reduce adolescents' risk for HIV infection by using peer role models to advocate for responsible decision making, healthy values and norms, and improved communication skills.Complete HOT curricula including lectures, posters, games and homework assignments available. Project ended. Posted 3/96. Updated 4/98.

UFO Project- young injection drug users
The UFO project measures the seroprevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV in injection drug users under the age of thirty in San Francisco. Follow-up, tracking, community-based outreach and peer counseling are integral parts to this multi-disciplinary harm reduction project. Project continuing. Posted 8/99. Updated 9/06.

Mid-Pennisula YWCA - high schoolers and sexual scripts

Women

Safe in the City - heterosexual, gay, and bisexual STD clinic patients
This collaborative research project investigated whether a brief waiting room intervention would reduce incident STD infections and impact risk behavior among STD clinic patrons. Project ended. Posted 5/07.

Maternal Caregivers - mothers of HIV+ children
The Maternal Caregivers Study was a four-year tri-site study designed to explain the relationship between mental health and the stress of caregiving in mothers of children with HIV/AIDS. Project ended. Posted 10/99. Updated 9/06.

Couples

Voluntary Counseling and Testing Project -couples in developing countries
The Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Efficacy study was a randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of HIV counseling and testing for the prevention of new HIV infections. The study was conducted at three sites: Nairobi, Kenya; Dar-Es- Salaam, Tanzania; and Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Complete curricula available, including counselor and interviewer training manuals,data sets, intervention manual, and baseline and follow-up surveys. Project ended. Posted 9/98.

California Partner's Study - serodiscordant heterosexual couples
The California Partners Study II looked at how people in relationships make decisions about risk, how they decide to make changes and how we can best help them through the process. Project ended. Posted 12/97. Updated 10/99.

Gay Couples Study- gay men and negotiated relationships
The Gay Couples Study is an innovative and groundbreaking study that aims to better understand relationship dynamics in gay male couples and to examine how those dynamics may be related to sexual behavior. Project continuing. Posted 6/06.

Safe in the City - heterosexual, gay, and bisexual STD clinic patients
This collaborative research project investigated whether a brief waiting room intervention would reduce incident STD infections and impact risk behavior among STD clinic patrons. Project ended. Posted 5/07.

Injection Drug Users/Substance Use

TEPOT- increase use of substance abuse services by Asian and Pacific Islanders
Targeted Expansion Project for Outreach and Treatment (TEPOT) is a research project that strives to improve the health and well-being of Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs) in Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San Francisco counties. Through outreach, training, and research, TEPOT health educators serve as a bridge between culturally competent community, health, and social service agencies and the API population within the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Project continuing. Posted 6/05.

UFO Project- young injection drug users
The UFO project measures the seroprevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV in injection drug users under the age of thirty in San Francisco. Follow-up, tracking, community-based outreach and peer counseling are integral parts to this multi-disciplinary harm reduction project. Project continuing. Posted 8/99. Updated 9/06.

VOICE - HIV+ injection drug users
VOICE was the San Francisco Bay Area arm of a national randomized controlled trial of a prevention intervention working with HIV+ injection drug-using women, men and transgender persons. The VOICE intervention was created from the input of HIV+ injectors, who shared with us how they were coping with HIV, their prevention needs, and their ideas about what kind of program would be effective for them. Project ended. Posted 9/06.

Project Access - drug users and HIV counseling & testing
Project Access was a qualitative needs assessment to examine counseling and testing (C&T) utilization and prevention programs through the perspective of drug-using clients in three Bay area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa and San Mateo. Project ended. Posted 5/99.

Transgender Persons

Transitions - CBOs serving transgender persons
The Transitions Project provides capacity building assistance (CBA) and technical assistance to community based organizations (CBOs) and health departments throughout the US to promote knowledgeable, sensitive, and effective HIV/AIDS prevention for transgender communities of color and HIV+ transgender people. Project continuing. Posted 8/06.

Transgender Resources and Neighborhood Space (TRANS) - transgender persons
NOTE: TRANS: THRIVE is now housed at the Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center
TRANS was borne out of the MTF transgender community in San Francisco needing a place where they could feel comfortable expressing themselves. TRANS is a safe, culturally sensitive environment that provides mental health, substance abuse treatment and HIV prevention services and referrals. Project ended. Posted 4/04.

HIV+ Persons

Seroconversion Narratives in AIDS Prevention (SNAP) - HIV+ gay men
The SNAP study elicited HIV+ gay/bisexual men's narratives describing their own seroconversion to determine if the individual, interpersonal and structural attributions in these narratives are related to current risk behavior for HIV transmission. Project ended. Posted 1/06.

VOICE - HIV+ injection drug users
VOICE was the San Francisco Bay Area arm of a national randomized controlled trial of a prevention intervention working with HIV+ injection drug-using women, men and transgender persons. The VOICE intervention was created from the input of HIV+ injectors, who shared with us how they were coping with HIV, their prevention needs, and their ideas about what kind of program would be effective for them. Project ended. Posted 9/06.

CHANGES - HIV+ gay men
The CHANGES Project is an innovative, theory-based coping intervention. The intervention– Coping Effectiveness Training– is designed to assist HIV+ gay men stay mentally healthy despite ongoing stress of HIV infection. Project continuing. Posted 10/04.

Maternal Caregivers - mothers of HIV+ children
The Maternal Caregivers Study was a four-year tri-site study designed to explain the relationship between mental health and the stress of caregiving in mothers of children with HIV/AIDS. Project ended. Posted 10/99. Updated 12/01.

Bay Men - HIV+ gay and bisexual men
Bay Men was a fun, innovative program for HIV+ gay and bisexual in the Bay Area. Bay Men offered a safe environment where HIV+ men could have open discussions about sex, dating, personal health, and other issues in their lives. Project ended. Posted 1/01.

Unity Project - HIV+ persons
The Unity Project is a five-year study designed to test a program developed to help people living with HIV live longer and healthier lives as well as to reduce the risk of passing HIV on to others. Project continuing. Posted 1/01. Updated 9/06.

California Partner's Study - serodiscordant heterosexual couples
The California Partners Study II looked at how people in relationships make decisions about risk, how they decide to make changes and how we can best help them through the process. Project ended. Posted 12/97. Updated 10/99.

Incarcerated Persons

Centerforce - prisoners at San Quentin
Centerforce programs include prevention programs for incoming and current inmates, programs for inmates living with HIV, programs for inmates preparing for release from prison and programs for women with incarcerated partners. Project continuing. Posted 1/97. Updated 2/03.

Evaluation/Technical Assistance

Enhancing Prevention with Positives Evaluation Center (EPPEC) - clinics for HIV+ persons
EPPEC is a technical assistance and evaluation center for 15 demonstration sites funded by the Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) program of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The 15 demonstration sites work with EPPEC and SPNS to implement and evaluate HIV prevention interventions with HIV+ patients in primary health care settings. Project continuing. Posted 3/06.

Transitions - CBOs serving transgendered persons
The Transitions Project provides capacity building assistance (CBA) and technical assistance to community based organizations (CBOs) and health departments throughout the US to promote knowledgeable, sensitive, and effective HIV/AIDS prevention for transgender communities of color and HIV+ transgender people. Project continuing. Posted 8/06.

MPowerment - CBOs implementing MPowerment
The Mpowerment Project is part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) project and is being replicated by CBOs across the US. We are currently conducting the Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) study to study how CBOs implement MPowerment. We have developed a state-of-the art, collaborative technology exchange system to help CBOs put the Mpowerment Project into practice in their communities. Project replicating. Posted 8/06.

The Statewide Community HIV Evaluation Project (SCHEP) was formulated to foster prevention research collaboration between local scientific researchers and AIDS service providers. Read about the four programs from Los Angeles, San Diego, Oakland and Stockton, and lessons learned from the collaboration. Project ended. Posted 5/98. Updated 12/99.