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| The SAIL (Social Affiliates and Injectors Lives) Project is a three-year study that examines the role of family members and friends in an individual's health and well being. The study assessed psychosocial functioning and informal care giving among a subset of IDUs recruited from the ALIVE study. Data collected on HIV-infected intravenous drug users (IDUs) includes depressive symptoms, social support networks, support seeking behaviors, quality of life, household, stress coping, social stigmatization, attitudes about adherence, relationship with care provider, and service utilization. IDUs and their caregivers/supporters were interviewed. Based on behavior change theories and research at the Lighthouse, prevention interventions have been developed for IDUs and other at high risk. In these studies, social, behavioral, and biomedical predictors of behavior change and long-term maintenance of risk reduction have been developed.
The Lighthouse Studies at Peer Point, a member of the Johns Hopkins family, supports an atmosphere free of discrimination on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristic. |
