AIDS Risk in Older Adult Senior Housing Residents
The goal of this study was to explore the drug and sexual risks that contributed to the spread of HIV among minority, lower income adults living in senior housing and shelters in Hartford, CT and Chicago, IL. The study considered whether older adult buildings in neighborhoods where injection drug use is common can be central locations for high-risk activities and associated HIV transmission. Research results were used as a foundation for individual and group-based intervention strategies appropriate for this population.
Project Staff
ICR
Jean J. Schensul, Ph.D.,
Principal Investigator
Kim Radda, M.A., R.N.,
Co-Principal Investigator/ Project Director
William Dish, Ph.D.,
Senior Research Analyst
Evelyn Baez, B.A.
Project Coordinator
Michelle So, B.A.,
Data Manager
Jeanne Ota, B.A.,
Data Manager
Gus Lopez, H.S.,
Community Researcher
NCAAA
Carmen Reyes, M.S.M.,
Co-Principal Investigator
UIC
Judith Levy, Ph.D.,
Site Principal Investigator
Elijah Ward, Ph.D.,
Ethnographer
Wayne Smith McKenzie, M.Ed., M.P.H.,
Research Specialist
Milton Armston, M.A.
Abstract
Please read the project abstract here.