Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center

HIV Prevention

The goal of these research projects is to reduce the risk of HIV in vulnerable populations,specifically adolescents with psychiatric disorders and those with a history of sexual abuse.

In one project, HIV-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviors are targeted through both didactic and skills-based activities. Another uses family-based HIV prevention to target adolescents with severe mental illness and their families.

About HIV

Current research projects:

• HIV Prevention for Youth with Severe Mental Illness
  
  
• HIV, Abuse and Psychiatric Disorders Among Youth
  
  
• Therapeutic Schools: Affect Management and HIV Prevention
  
  
• A Multilevel HIV-Prevention Strategy for High-Risk Youth
  
  
• An Affect Management Intervention for Juvenile Offenders
  
  
• Project STYLE: Family-Based HIV Prevention for Latinos

Past publications:

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• Self-cutting and sexual risk among adolescents in intesive psychiatric treatment
  (Adobe PDF, 147KB)
  
  
• Promoting safer sex among HIV-positive youth with haemophilia: theory, intervention, and outcome
  (Adobe PDF, 86 KB)
  
  
• Predictors of retention among HIV/hemophilia health care professionals
  (Adobe PDF, 92 KB)
  
  
• Impact of sexual abuse on the HIV-risk-related behavior of adolescents in intensive psychiatric treatment
  (Adobe PDF, 83 KB)
  
  
• Heroin use in adolescents and young adults admitted for drug detoxification
  (Adobe PDF, 113 KB)
  
  
• Children and adolescents living with HIV and AIDS: A review
  (Adobe PDF, 219 KB)
  

News Releases

• Adolescent Arrest History Influences Risk of Acquiring HIV (November, 2006)

• Depression and Risky Sex Behavior Linked in African American Youth (September, 2006)
  
  
• What’s In a Name? Teen Attitudes Toward Condom Use Vary by Partner Type (August 2006)
  
  
• New HIV Study Identifies High-Risk Subgroups of Adolescents
  (June, 2006)
  
  
• New Study Finds Link Between Self-Mutilation and Risky Sexual Behavior (February, 2005)

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