GalleryThis three-state collaborative project investigates the influence of state laws in Connecticut, Kentucky, and Wisconsin, on the transition from prescription opioids to injecting non-prescription opioids and/or heroin injection.
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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GalleryRISHTA: Reducing Alcohol consumption to improve ART adherence in PLWA in India
HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, International
The number of people living with HIV in India exceeds 2 million. India faces a major challenge in providing antiretroviral therapy (ART) services in the next decades to several million people who live with or will acquire HIV/AIDS.
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.
GalleryTranslation of the Risk Avoidance Partnership (RAP) for Drug Treatment Clinic Implementation
Community Alliances, HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, Specialized Methods, Substance Abuse and Prevention
The goal of this 3-year study was to translate the Risk Avoidance Partnership (RAP) project for implementation in outpatient drug treatment clinics and to pilot test the modified intervention in two methadone clinics.
GallerySWEET Inner Power: The Community Action and Advocacy Board for Female Condom Promotion
Community Alliances, HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, Specialized Methods
This 4-year study sought to enhance HIV prevention by increasing community-wide availability, accessibility, and support for use of the female condom to reduce transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections as well as pregnancy.
GalleryChina/U.S. Women’s Health Project
HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, International
This was a 5-year study of HIV risk and social dynamics in sex-work establishments conducted in two rural and two mid-sized urban towns in Hainan and Guanxi Provinces, China.
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.
GalleryMDMA Project
HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, Substance Abuse and Prevention, Youth
The purpose of this study was to discover whether and in what ways MDMA contributes to sexual behavior and decision making, and when its use is associated with lack of protection.
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.
Female Condom Study
Health Disparities, HIV AIDS Risk and Prevention, Substance Abuse and Prevention
This four-year study explored factors that enhance or impede initial and long-term use of female condoms to prevent HIV and other sexually-transmitted infections.