This study will collect information on health status and risk behaviors, as well as basic demographic and biomedical information for a group of HIV positive adolescents receiving care at sites newly participating in ATN III.
The proposed study is a cross sectional study intended to be conducted at each of the Adolescent Medicine Trials Units (AMTUs) newly participating in ATN III and to enroll all participating patients followed at each site. This approach will allow for the examination of the broad spectrum of youth participating in the ATN, including those newly entered into care. Psychosocial and risk-taking behavioral data will be collected using Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interview (ACASI) for English-speaking participants, or a paper-and-pencil Spanish-language survey with identical measures to the ACASI for Spanish-speaking participants; biomedical information will be collected through medical chart abstraction.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
513
University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
The Fenway Institute-Fenway Health
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Wayne State University-Children's Hospital of Michigan
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Collect information on for adolescents and young adults with HIV infection engaged in care at the AMTUs
Collect information on rates of adherence to medical regimens, sexual risk behavior, substance use and mental health concerns, along with basic demographic and biomedical data for adolescents and young adults with HIV infection engaged in care at the AMTUs to better understand the extent of risk behaviors as well as to understand risk and protective factors in this population.
Time frame: 1 year
To better understand the complex relationships between adherence to medical regimens, sexual risk behavior, substance use and mental health concerns, and basic demographic and biomedical data in adolescents and young adults with HIV infection.
Time frame: 1 year
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Baylor College of Medicine - Pediatrics Allergy and Immunology
Houston, Texas, United States