This factsheet provides an overview of the mSTUDY that began in 2013 as a NIDA funded U01 research platform to support research efforts at the intersection of drugs of abuse and HIV by following a cohort of over 500 HIV positive and negative young men who have sex with men (MSM) of color in Los Angeles
This infographic discusses the recent Texas case Braidwood Management v. Becerra, in which the court ruled that the employer requirement to cover pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), medication for HIV prevention, violates the plaintiff’s religious rights. The infographic further discusses the Texas’ Braidwood decision and its impact on California & the affordable Care Act
This infographic discusses the NIH Public Access Policy which requires scientists to submit the final peer-reviewed, accepted manuscript that arises from NIH funded research to PubMed Central (PMC) to ensure the public has access to the published results. This infographic further provides options to comply with the policy, including manual submission into NIHMS.
The infographic, entitled HIV Risk Reduction and Earned Income Tax Credit discusses the EITC which is an anti-poverty program that provides cash assistance to lower income individuals. The research shows that single women with children reduce their HIV risk just by claiming. The infographic was created by the California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center in 2022.
This factsheet provides a list of resources that describes the COVID-19 variants and their concern, further describing the constantly mutating nature of coronaviruses, SARS-CoV2. The document provides resources that describes the Delta variant which has become the main variant in the US (August 2021) and whether a booster shot is required anytime soon.
This factsheet describes the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 083. a randomized active-controlled, double-blind clinical trial that began in December 2016. The study has compared the safety and efficacy of two drugs for use as PrEP among a Population at increased risk of HIV infection.
This factsheet describes contingency management (CM) as a behavioral intervention that promotes healthy behavior using positive reinforcement in the form of rewards. CM was adopted by public health practitioners and policymakers to help bring about a variety of positive health outcomes, including employment seeking behaviors, starting and continuing to take prescribed medications for the prevention of HIV and remaining engaged in HIV care.
This infographic by the COVID-19 Racism and Equity Taskforce at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health provides information on basic care, community care, and political care as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This infographic by the COVID-19 Racism and Equity Taskforce at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health provides information on basic care, community care, and political care as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This infographic, entitled Undetectable=Untransmittable, explains that U=U means that people with HIV who achieve and maintain an undetectable viral load—the amount of HIV in the blood—by taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) daily as prescribed cannot sexually transmit the virus to others.