GalleryThe purpose of this R01 project is to examine the effects of state laws designed to reduce opioid diversion and misuse on the transition to injection drug use and how they vary in implementation across three states.
ICR’s work includes research and programming on a wide range of topics related to social justice, disparities, cultural representation, and community partnerships. Our research addresses health and wellbeing across the age spectrum and uses cutting edge social science and participatory research methodologies. Click on the links below for more information and examples of research and programming in each area of ICR’s work:
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GalleryParticipatory System Dynamics Modeling to Simulate HIV Test-and-Treat Improvements
Community Alliances, Health Disparities, HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, Specialized Methods
This study uses community participatory system dynamics (SD) group model building (GMB) and multiple data sources to build a SD computational/simulation model of the HIV care continuum in Greater Hartford, CT as a tool to reduce the epidemic.
GalleryHIV Community Viral Load (CVL) Study
Community Alliances, Health Disparities, HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, Specialized Methods
This study is designed to engage multiple community stakeholders, including providers and people with HIV, to develop a comprehensive system dynamics model that can be used to understand how systemic processes affect HIV community viral load (CVL).
GalleryA Study of the Risks and Resilience of Unstably Housed Youth
HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, Youth
This pilot study seeks to understand the risks and resilience of unaccompanied unstably housed youth living in small urban areas in Connecticut with high HIV prevalence, and to pilot test an internet-based peer recruitment methodology (webRDS) to reach groups of youth who are not using services.
GalleryAlcohol, Sexual Risk and HIV Prevention in Mumbai, India
HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, International, Substance Abuse and Prevention
This three-year study investigated how alcohol may contribute to risky sexual activities that lead to HIV transmission among married and unmarried men and their sexual partners in three low income slums in the Mumbai metropolitan area.
GalleryDrug use, Housing and HIV risk in Low-Income Urban Residents
Health Disparities, HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, Substance Abuse and Prevention
This 4-year study explored the relationship between structural factors of housing (access to housing subsidies and programs, status and stability) and HIV risk among low-income drug users compared to non-drug users.
GalleryMicrobicides Acceptability among Sex Workers in Southern China
HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, International
This 3-year study examined readiness among female sex workers in Hainan and Guangxi Provinces, China, for vaginal microbicides and the female condom to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
GalleryProject Protect
Health Disparities, HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, Substance Abuse and Prevention
This three-year study conducted in Hartford, CT explored readiness for use of vaginal microbicides as HIV prevention among women involved in high-risk activities, such as drug use and risky sex.
GalleryPathways Minority Supplement
HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, Substance Abuse and Prevention, Youth
This was a study of the sale and distribution of drugs by urban and suburban Latino youth as source of subsistence in the context of extremely limited economic opportunities.
GalleryUrban Lifestyles: Club Drugs, Resource Inequities and Health Risks in Urban Youth
HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, Substance Abuse and Prevention, Youth
This cutting-edge study examined the mechanisms through which potentially dangerous new club, dance-related and prescription drugs (often referred to as "designer drugs") were diffusing into the urban environment in Hartford.
GalleryPathways to High-Risk Drug Abuse Among Urban Youth
HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, Substance Abuse and Prevention, Youth
This 4-year study identified critical factors responsible for the transition from "soft" or "gateway" drug use to "hard" drug use, including injection drug use, among multiethnic inner city young adults in Hartford, CT.
GalleryRollin’ and Dustin’: Pathways to Urban Life Styles
HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, Substance Abuse and Prevention, Youth
This traveling exhibit, a collaboration of ICR and the Hartford Animation Institute, was designed to present almost 10 years of research findings on the lifestyles and drug use of young people in Hartford, CT.