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Behavioral and Social Science Approaches to Preventing HIV/AIDS Study Section [BSPH] (Formerly AARR-7)

[BSPH Roster]

Behavioral and Social Science Approaches to Preventing HIV/AIDS [BSPH] Study Section reviews studies of behavioral and social science aspects of HIV transmission and infection in the individual, group, and community. Specifically, it reviews studies of risk factors, antecedents, and correlates of HIV infection, as well as basic behavioral, epidemiologic, and social science studies of mechanisms and factors at the individual and community levels. In addition, it reviews research on the development and testing of the efficacy of psychosocial interventions to prevent HIV infection in at-risk populations.

Specific areas covered by BSPH:

Epidemiologic and ethnographic aspects of the incidence, prevalence, nature, and extent of HIV risk behaviors, their correlates, and antecedents; the settings in which risk behaviors occur; and the impact of co-occurring substance abuse and mental disorders
Basic behavioral and social science aspects of HIV risk behaviors, behavior change, maintenance of behavior change, and relapse to risky behaviors
Development and testing of interventions to reduce risk behaviors, and efficacy of intervention strategies to reduce HIV risk behaviors
Development of HIV/AIDS educational products and programs regarding prevention
Multidisciplinary studies of epidemiology and/or interventions with predominantly behavioral/psychological outcomes and some standard biological outcomes
Recruitment, retention, and adherence in a clinical/cohort setting
Epidemiological and ethnographic studies of HIV risk among the seriously mentally ill and other vulnerable populations, such as the homeless, prisoners, and chronic substance abusers

BSPH has the following shared interests within the AARR IRG:

Epidemiologic studies of HIV infection and AIDS-defining illnesses are emphasized in ACE; epidemiologic studies of HIV risk behaviors are reviewed in BSPH.
Evaluation of interventions based on information from previous epidemiological studies may be reviewed by either BSPH or BSCH. BSPH reviews studies focusing on the prevention/transmission of infection while studies focusing on behavior change in an infected population are reviewed by BSCH.