Research on Alcohol-Related Hiv/Aids in Women

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Research on Alcohol-Related Hiv/Aids in Women: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) seeks applications to support research to identify and characterize the role of alcohol, drinking behaviors, and drinking environments in the epidemiology and natural history, pathogenesis, prevention, treatment and control of HIV/AIDS among women. The number of women with HIV infection and AIDS has been increasing steadily worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 16 million women are living with HIV/AIDS worldwide, accounting for 46 percent of the 32.4 million adults living with HIV/AIDS. As HIV/AIDS research becomes more focused, there is growing evidence that alcohol consumption may play an important role in sexual transmission, susceptibility to infection, and progression of HIV disease among women. In addition, alcohol use, abuse, and dependence among women may have a significant impact on the occurrence and course of comorbid conditions such as HCV, oral and esophageal candidiasis and TB, pregnancy and birth outcomes, adherence to medications and provider advice, provider and patient attitudes towards treatment, and survival. The goal of this Program Announcement is to encourage multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and collaborative studies that focus on a range of epidemiologic and intervention issues within HIV and alcohol among women. It advances research goals set forth in the NIH Fiscal Year 2003 Plan for HIV-Related Research. Relevant objectives identified in the plan include: - Characterize the relative importance of alcohol use in the acquisition and subsequent transmission of HIV in order to identify and apply appropriate alcohol use interventions as public health measures. - Investigate the social and environmental factors that contribute to HIV infection, behaviors after infection, and co-occurring conditions (e.g., substance use, mental illness, homelessness, hepatitis, STDs, tuberculosis), including the causes and implications of stigma. Special emphasis will be given to research which examines the effectiveness of interventions that extend beyond the level of the individual woman, with the aim of bringing all of the resources of a given community to bear on the twin epidemics of alcohol and other substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. Such research will encompass secondary analysis of existing data sets from studies of HIV/AIDS among women. The community-level focus of this RFA is, in turn, consistent with goals articulated by the international AIDS research community in its attempt to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS in resource poor areas of the world. With increasing knowledge of the dimensions of the HIV epidemic in parts of Asia and Africa has come heightened awareness of the critical importance of involving community members as equal partners in every aspect of the research process. This Request for Applications is intended to appeal to a broad audience of alcohol and HIV/AIDS researchers, including alcohol researchers with no prior experience in HIV/AIDS research, but with a keen appreciation for the relationship between problem drinking and HIV/AIDS and a strong interest in acquiring such experience; HIV/AIDS researchers with no prior alcohol research experience who realize the importance of more intensive alcohol interventions to improving clinical outcomes among HIV+ women; and those with prior research experience in the area of co- occurring HIV/AIDS and alcohol and other substance abuse. Given the breadth of research objectives included in this announcement, potential applicants are encouraged to carefully review all sections of the announcement for research opportunities.