{"id":157,"date":"2010-03-19T15:35:03","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T19:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2025-10-02T11:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:27:19","slug":"taj-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/research-studies\/taj-study\/","title":{"rendered":"TAJ Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/h3>\n

<\/strong>Jeffrey Samet, MD, MA, MPH<\/a><\/p>\n

Key Personnel<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Debbie Cheng, ScD<\/a>, Biostatistician<\/p>\n

Manojkumar Pardeshi, Co-Investigator & Indian PI<\/p>\n

Shabana Patel, Co-Investigator & Indian Co-PI<\/p>\n

Anita Raj, PhD<\/a>, Co-Investigator<\/p>\n

Niranjan Saggurti, Co-Investigator<\/p>\n

Project Manager<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Carly Bridden, MA, MPH
\n617-414-5768
\nCarly.Bridden@bmc.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Data from this study are available from our URBAN ARCH Repository<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Staff<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sharon Coleman, Statistical Analyst<\/p>\n

Grant Abstract<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Although India currently has the largest number of people infected with HIV of any nation, to date, there have been no secondary HIV prevention programs with demonstrated effectiveness in this region of the world.\u00a0 Lack of adequate behavioral risk data regarding HIV-infected adults in India impedes the development of such programs. Given evidence of the role of transactional sex in the Indian HIV epidemic and the role of alcohol in heightening sexual risk during transactional sex, research on alcohol, sexual risk, and transactional sex among HIV-infected people is clearly indicated. A US and Indian research team will collaborate with the HIV Positive People\u2019s Network (HPPN), also known as INP+ (India-national level network), the largest organization in India serving those living with HIV, to achieve the following Specific Aims:<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To characterize alcohol consumption patterns of HIV-infected Indian adults reporting a history of\u00a0 transactional sex involvement.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To identify the association between alcohol consumption and risky sex practices within or outside the context of transactional sex.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To describe the rationale and contexts for alcohol use by HIV-infected Indians with a history of transactional sex involvement, including its role in risky sex practices.<\/p>\n

The study will be conducted among HIV-infected men who purchase sex and among HIV-infected women who sell sex recruited from Mumbai and Guntur, Indian districts experiencing major HIV epidemics linked to transactional sex (n=500).\u00a0 Cross-sectional surveys will assess demographics, alcohol use, and risky sex practices.\u00a0 A sub-sample of survey participants reporting past 30 day alcohol use will be recruited to participate in in-depth interviews regarding alcohol use by HIV-infected individuals within and outside the context of transactional sex (n=48).\u00a0 The study findings will enable development of intervention research to address alcohol-related risky sex and, ultimately, reduce the transmission of HIV in India.<\/p>\n

Publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Silverman JG,\u00a0Saggurti N,\u00a0Cheng DM,\u00a0Decker MR,\u00a0Coleman SM,\u00a0Bridden C,\u00a0Pardeshi M,\u00a0Dasgupta A,\u00a0Samet JH,\u00a0Raj A.\u00a0Associations of Sex Trafficking History with Recent Sexual Risk\u00a0among HIV-Infected FSWs in India.<\/a> AIDS Behav.\u00a02014;18(3):555-61.<\/p>\n

Saggurti N, Raj A, Mahapatra B, Cheng DM, Coleman S, Bridden C,\u00a0<\/sup>Battala M, Silverman JG, Pardesi MH, Samet JH. Prevalence and Correlates of Non-Disclosure of HIV Serostatus to Sex partners among HIV-Infected Female Sex Workers and HIV-infected Male Clients of Female Sex Workers in India.<\/a> AIDS and Behavior. <\/i>2013;17(1):399-406.\u00a0PMCID: PMC3634359<\/p>\n

Raj A, Saggurti N, Cheng DM, Dasgupta A, Bridden C, Pradeshi M, Samet JH. Transactional sex risk and STI among HIV-infected female sex workers and HIV-infected male clients of FSWs in\u00a0India<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>.<\/a>\u00a0AIDS Care.\u00a02011;23(11):1374-81.\u00a0PMCID: PMC3638911<\/p>\n

Silverman JG, Raj A, Cheng DM, Decker MR, Coleman S, Bridden C, Pardeshi M, Saggurti N, Samet JH. Sex trafficking and initiation-related violence, alcohol use and HIV risk among HIV+ female sex workers in Mumbai<\/st1:city>, India<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>.<\/a>\u00a0 Journal of Infectious Diseases 2011;204 Suppl 5:S1229-34.\u00a0PMCID: \u00a0PMC3247788<\/p>\n

Samet JH, Pace CA, Cheng DM, Coleman S, Bridden C, Pardesi M, Saggurti N, Raj A.\u00a0 Alcohol use and sex risk behaviors among HIV-infected female sex workers (FSWs) and HIV-infected male clients of FSWs in India<\/st1:place>.<\/a> AIDS and Behavior. 2010; 14:74-83.\u00a0PMCID: PMC2953370<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 Principal Investigator Jeffrey Samet, MD, MA, MPH Key Personnel Debbie Cheng, ScD, Biostatistician Manojkumar Pardeshi, Co-Investigator & Indian PI Shabana Patel, Co-Investigator & Indian Co-PI Anita Raj, PhD, Co-Investigator Niranjan Saggurti, Co-Investigator Project Manager Carly Bridden, MA, MPH 617-414-5768 Carly.Bridden@bmc.org Data from this study are available from our URBAN ARCH Repository. Staff Sharon Coleman, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1251,"featured_media":0,"parent":62,"menu_order":26,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15006,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157\/revisions\/15006"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}