Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)

CAPS Researchers cited by AIDS Action Committee

Publications by CAPS co-director Marguerita Lightfoot and post-doc Gabriel Galindo were cited in the "Recent Research" section of the AAC's monthly health disparities update offering perspectives on HIV prevention among adolescents, men who have sex with men and transgendered populations.

Link directly to publications here and here.

Missed opportunities for HIV diagnosis?

CAPS researcher Mi-Suk Kang Dufour, in collaboration with the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, proposes in a recently published article whether voluntary HIV counseling and testing in abortion clinics could potentially capture undiagnosed infections.

Read the abstract

CAPS Survey Instruments and Scales

Did you know CAPS has survey instruments and scales available for use by HIV researchers, evaluators, prevention program planners, and designers? Free of charge and indexed by population and topic, we encourage researchers and service providers to use these instruments, adapting and modifying as you see fit.

POZ Magazine Letter-to-the-Editor

December's POZ Magazine published CAPS Community Advisory Board member Loren Jones' letter-to-the-editor praising the article "Healing the Hurt" which examined the link between violence against women and HIV.

Read the POZ letter-to-the-editor