174
Participants
Start Date
August 1, 2013
Primary Completion Date
May 8, 2018
Study Completion Date
May 8, 2018
Immediate PLUS intervention
The Positive Living through Understanding and Support (PLUS) intervention consists of six sessions that utilizes motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral skills training to reduce alcohol use and improve medication adherence.
Wait-list PLUS intervention
In addition to treatment as usual, participants will receive handouts with printed information about HIV, the importance of ART adherence, and problematic alcohol use and HIV disease progression. Following their assessment 12 months after their baseline visit, participants will receive the PLUS intervention.
Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training of Hunter College, CUNY, New York
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
NIH
Hunter College of City University of New York
OTHER