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Social Capital and Engagement in Care Among Young Black Men who have Sex with Men Living with HIV

Award Number: U01PS005112
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREVENTION SERVICES
OPDIV: CDC
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/01/2016
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2021

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Social Capital and Engagement in Care Among Young Black Men who have Sex with Men Living with HIV - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Nationally, over one-quarter of new HIV infections occur in adolescents and young adults, and the brunt of this youth epidemic is being borne by young Black men who have sex with men (YBMSM). HIV-positive YBMSM are additionally at high risk for suboptimal engagement in care, which has implications for individual morbidity and mortality as well as further transmission within the community. At the same time, prior work has demonstrated significant resilience and supportive social relationships among HIV-positive YBMSM. The unique strengths and vulnerabilities of YBMSM must be better understood in order to develop effective interventions that improve individual and public health outcomes. This proposal outlines an approach that seeks to integrate community-based participatory research with clinical research methods in order to understand the relationships between social network characteristics and engagement in HIV care among YBMSM. Specifically, we will focus on characterizing and augmenting YBMSM’s social capital, which we define as the sum of actual and potential resources contained in an individual’s social network. We will first conduct formative research with HIV-positive YBMSM as well as key informants from the community, to better understand the sources and characteristics of social capital among YBMSM. Next, with the guidance of a youth community advisory board, we will develop an intervention to augment social capital among HIV-positive YBMSM by engaging them in group projects aimed at community- oriented action. Finally, we will pilot test our intervention in a randomized controlled trial and assess its feasibility and acceptability as well as its impact on social capital and HIV care engagement outcomes. We are proposing a unique, strengths-based approach to augmenting HIV care engagement among YBMSM, and we believe that our utilization of community-based participatory methods will lead to the development of an intervention which is acceptable and sustainable in this population. Such novel strategies for improving engagement in care among YBMSM are critically needed to promote individual health and well-being, prevent secondary transmission, and decrease health disparities.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = -$115 )
2021	2019	Emory University	201 Dowman Dr	Atlanta	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	04	4	9/20/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$115
2021	2018	Emory University	201 Dowman Dr	Atlanta	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	04	4	9/20/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2021	2017	Emory University	201 Dowman Dr	Atlanta	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	04	4	9/20/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2021	2016	Emory University	201 Dowman Dr	Atlanta	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	04	4	9/20/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = -$115

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2020	2019	Emory University	1599 Clifton Rd.	Atlanta	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	03	4	1/29/2020	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $247,378 )
2019	2019	Emory University	1599 Clifton Rd.	Atlanta	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	02	4	9/13/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2019	2019	Emory University	1599 Clifton Rd.	Atlanta	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	00	4	4/11/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$247,378
2019	2019	Emory University	1599 Clifton Rd.	Atlanta	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	01	4	8/7/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $247,378

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $247,378 )
2018	2018	Emory University	1599 Clifton Rd.	Atlanta	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	01	3	9/27/2018	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2018	2018	Emory University	1599 Clifton Rd.	Atlanta	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	00	3	4/19/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$247,378
2018	2017	Emory University	1599 Clifton Rd.	Atlanta	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	01	3	9/27/2018	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $247,378

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $247,378 )
2017	2017	EMORY UNIVERSITY	1599 CLIFTON RD.	ATLANTA	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	003	2	4/27/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$247,378
2017	2017	EMORY UNIVERSITY	1599 CLIFTON RD.	ATLANTA	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	004	2	8/20/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2017	2017	EMORY UNIVERSITY	1599 CLIFTON RD.	ATLANTA	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	006	2	9/22/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2017	2016	EMORY UNIVERSITY	1599 CLIFTON RD.	ATLANTA	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	000	1	2/3/2017	NEW	$0
2017	2016	EMORY UNIVERSITY	1599 CLIFTON RD.	ATLANTA	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	005	1	9/14/2017	NEW	$0
2017	2016	EMORY UNIVERSITY	1599 CLIFTON RD.	ATLANTA	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	002	1	2/21/2017	NEW	$0
2017	2016	EMORY UNIVERSITY	1599 CLIFTON RD.	ATLANTA	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	001	1	2/10/2017	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $247,378

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $263,801 )
2016	2016	EMORY UNIVERSITY	1784 N DECATUR RD,S 530 NDBLDG	ATLANTA	GA	30322	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	000	1	4/28/2016	NEW	$263,801
2016	2016	EMORY UNIVERSITY	1784 N DECATUR RD,S 530 NDBLDG	ATLANTA	GA	303221620	DEKALB	USA	HIV Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects	001	1	8/1/2016	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $263,801

Grand Total All Awards = $1,005,820

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Social Capital and Engagement in Care Among Young Black Men who have Sex with Men Living with HIV

Award Number: U01PS005112

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREVENTION SERVICES

OPDIV: CDC

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/01/2016

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2021

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