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The Behavioral and Social Science Approaches to Preventing HIV/AIDS [BSPH] Study Section reviews studies of risk factors and antecedents of HIV infection as well as basic behavioral, epidemiologic, and social science studies of mechanisms and factors at the individual and community levels.  Specific areas covered by the BSPH are:

• Development and testing of interventions to reduce HIV/AIDS risk behaviors.
• 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.
• Multidisciplinary studies of epidemiology and/or interventions with predominantly behavioral/psychological outcomes as well as some standard biological outcomes.
• Studies to increase Recruitment, retention, and adherence in clinical/cohort settings.

Study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:

Behavioral and Social Consequences of HIV/AIDS (BSCH)
AIDS Clinical Studies and Epidemiology (ACE)