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Research
The
accomplished scientists and research assistants at Affiliated Systems
Corporation are on the leading edge of sociological research. Current
projects include:
Community-Based
Research on Drug Use Networks, part II, NIDA, 2001-present
The purpose of this project is to
investigate the role of emotional attachment and network turnover on HIV
transmission. Attachment, the emotional bond that develops between
interacting partners, sometimes appears to have a protective effect on HIV risk
behaviors (e.g., condom use decisions are often based on a concern to
protect the partner) and sometimes appears to have a negative effect (e.g.,
greater attachment makes persons more likely to underestimate their partner's
HIV status and more likely to undertake actions that put themselves at
risk). Network turnover, changes in a network as members are added or
leave, has the potential to increase HIV transmission to the extent that new
partners provide new opportunities for risk behaviors. The project will
collect a sample of 175 persons, both drug users and nonusers, who will be
interviewed at 3-month intervals for 4 years about their drug use and other
network relationships.
Employment
Dynamics in Response to Welfare Reform, NIDA, 1997-present
This project is a research effort designed
to develop an understanding of how of how drug users will proceed in increasing
their level of employment readiness as they become affected by the 1996 welfare
reform legislation. The research
will accomplish four goals:
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Develop
an employment readiness profile of drug-using and non-using welfare
recipients.
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Monitor
changes in the employment readiness profile, of both drug users and non-drug
users, in response to mandated legislative requirements.
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Develop
an understanding of how drug users who receive welfare are able to achieve
employment readiness and make the transition off welfare benefits.
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Identify
the independent effect of drug use behaviors on the process of achieving
employment readiness, employment, and easing separation from welfare
benefits.
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Past
and Other Projects include:
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Initiative
For Positive Change: HIV Prevention For African-American Ex-Offenders and
Their Families, SAMHSA, 1999-present.
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A
Field-Based Treatment Model for Hispanic Cocaine Users, NIDA, 1998-2001.
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Community-Based
Research on Drug Use Networks, part I, NIDA,
1996-2000.
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Case
Management Services, South Texas Center for Families and Children with AIDS,
University of Texas Health Services Center at San Antonio, HRSA, 1999-2000
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Drug
Use Among Low Income, Inner City Workers,
NIDA, 1998-1999
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Effects
of Outreach and Recruitment, Hearst
Foundation, 1997
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Women’s
Street and Community-Based Drug Use and HIV Risk Behavior Project,
CDC, 1995-1996
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Behavior
Context of HIV Risk Among Female Crack Cocaine Users,
Hearst Foundation, OLLU, 1995
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Community
AIDS Prevention Project, CSAT, 1995
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Drug
and Violence Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment,
HUD, 1995
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Exemplary
Youth Program, DOL, 1994-1995
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Houston
Recovery Campus, TCADA/CSAT, 1994-1995
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National
Community-Based Drug Use and HIV Risk Behavior Project,
NIDA, 1994-1995
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Choices
Drug Treatment Program, TCADA, 1993-1994
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Ryan
White Needs Assessment, HSRA/DHHS,
1992-1993.
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Houston
Recovery Campus, TCADA/CSAT, 1991-1994
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Adolescence
and the Family Environment: a Cross-Cultural Study,
Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare, 1987-1989
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