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Kershaw Publishes AJPH Article Reporting Evidence Showing Pregnancy as an Opportunity for HIV Prevention

New Haven, CT. The November 2009 issue of the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) includes an article authored by Trace Kershaw, PARTNRS Principal Investigator, titled "Pregnancy as a Window of Opportunity for HIV Prevention: Effects of an HIV Intervention Delivered Within Prenatal Care." Kershaw, in conjunction with researchers, Ickovics, Magriples, Westdahl and Rising, found that a theoretically based HIV-prevention intervention called CenteringPregnancy Plus, when integrated within group prenatal care, reduced biological, behavioral and psychosocial risks for HIV among young women. Within this randomized controlled trial, women assigned to the HIV prevention intervention reported increased condom use and decreased unprotected sex compared to the control groups. STI incidence was also reduced among adolescent women receiving the HIV prevention intervention.

Citation
Kershaw, TS, Magriples U, Westdahl, C, Rising, SS, Ickovics, J. (2009). Pregnancy as a Window of Opportunity for HIV Prevention: Effects of an HIV Intervention Delivered Within Prenatal Care. American Journal of Public Health, 99:11, 2079-2086.

 

PARTNRS Receives NIH grant to Help Understand Men's Health Care Behaviors

We are pleased to announce that the PARTNRS project has been awarded a NIH Research Supplement Grant to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research, increasing Dr. Derrick Gordon's role on our project. Dr. Gordon currently directs the Research, Policy & Program on Male Development area at The Consultation Center, Division of Prevention and Community Research, Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Gordon's work will complement the main project by helping to answer crucial questions about how men access health care and health promotion programs, the barriers to accessing care, and the possible role racial and masculine socialization may play in health care and promotion utilization. This information will be vital to developing effective behavioral interventions that include men.

 

PARTNRS Presenting at XVII International AIDS Conference in August 2008

The PARTNRS team will be presenting a poster titled, "Presence and Perception of HIV Risk Factors Among Young Expectant Couples" at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, Mexico in August, 2008. The aim of this preliminary analysis was to compare young expectant couples' self-reported HIV risk and perception of their partner's risks, with the hypothesis that inaccurate risk perceptions may reduce safe sex practice among couples. Trace Kershaw, Ph.D. and Anna Arnold, M.P.H. will present this poster in Mexico City in August.

 

Kershaw Published in September Issue of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

New Haven, Conn. - The September issue of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health will include an article published by Trace Kershaw, PARTNRS Principle Investigator, titled "Using Clinical Classification Trees to Identify Individuals at Risk of STDs During Pregnancy." The research team used a classification tree analysis to produce empirically driven decision tools that identify risk factors for STDs during pregnancy that are not captured by traditional risk screenings.

Read more, September, 2007