Crosby Awarded Grant for HIV/AIDS Research
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 9, 2009) – Richard A. Crosby, an endowed
professor in the University of Kentucky's College
of Public Health, has been awarded a major grant from the National Institute of Mental
Health for his work with HIV and AIDS prevention among teens.
Crosby was awarded a total of $1,831,250 to conduct his study, “A Brief, Clinic-Based, HIV Prevention Program for African American Teen Males," through May of 2013.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has declared that AIDS is a state of emergency in the United States relative to African Americans. Teen males attending STD clinics are one important, yet often neglected, population of African Americans at risk of HIV acquisition. Despite extremely high rates of STD acquisition among this population, effective clinic-based interventions specifically designed to reduce their sexual risk behavior for STD/HIV have not been developed and disseminated.
Crosby's study will test a very brief program designed to promote safer sex behaviors delivered to teen males on a one-to-one basis. The goal of the program is to foster a range of behaviors that will ultimately protect teens from the acquisition of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
"The CDC has called for a heightened national response to the alarming spread of HIV infection among African Americans," said Crosby. "This study is part of a much larger mosaic designed to stem this epidemic and reduce the glaring racial disparities."
Crosby was awarded a total of $1,831,250 to conduct his study, “A Brief, Clinic-Based, HIV Prevention Program for African American Teen Males," through May of 2013.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has declared that AIDS is a state of emergency in the United States relative to African Americans. Teen males attending STD clinics are one important, yet often neglected, population of African Americans at risk of HIV acquisition. Despite extremely high rates of STD acquisition among this population, effective clinic-based interventions specifically designed to reduce their sexual risk behavior for STD/HIV have not been developed and disseminated.
Crosby's study will test a very brief program designed to promote safer sex behaviors delivered to teen males on a one-to-one basis. The goal of the program is to foster a range of behaviors that will ultimately protect teens from the acquisition of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
"The CDC has called for a heightened national response to the alarming spread of HIV infection among African Americans," said Crosby. "This study is part of a much larger mosaic designed to stem this epidemic and reduce the glaring racial disparities."