# Howard University Research Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities

> **NIH NIH U54** · HOWARD UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $772,500

## Abstract

Title: Comparing Engagement Modalities for Persons high-risk for HIV or with HIV
Abstract
The Department of Health and Human Services has set a goal of stopping the HIV
epidemic by cutting new cases by 75% by 2025 and 90% by 2030. Substantial
multiagency resources have been expended towards this goal. These resources include
research, direct services, reimbursement to providers and education. Explicitly, efforts
are underway to decrease transmission by encouraging safe sex, harm reduction
methods related to substance use, introduction and maintenance of PrEP and treatment
with antiretroviral medication. The effort has targeted certain geographic regions that
have been shown to be particularly affected. There has been some success in these
efforts. However, the onset of our new epidemic, Covid-19, has limited progress and in
some areas even resulted in regression. Barriers to care have arisen because of
limitations in going to the office, decreased community outreach, the proliferation of
misinformation and increased concerns related to the social determinants of health.
The purpose of this proposal is to design, implement and evaluate an intervention of
case management services to bring those who are at high risk for HIV and those who
already have HIV into care with the goal of preventing infection with HIV or, if already
infected, start and maintain treatment. The model will be community centric. By this it is
meant to emphasize community outreach in the form of the team having a presence in
the community’s that are being targeted, collaborating with community organizations
that are already working with these populations and expanding service availability.
Outcomes for this project will be participants who are getting tested, participants started
on PrEP, maintenance of PrEP, participants started on treatment, and maintenance of
that treatment. Additionally, social determinants of health that may impact on the above
outcomes will be assessed.
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10477668
- **Project number:** 3U54MD007597-33S3
- **Recipient organization:** HOWARD UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** William M. Southerland
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $772,500
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1997-09-30 → 2024-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10477668

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10477668, Howard University Research Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities (3U54MD007597-33S3). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10477668. Licensed CC0.

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