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Addressing substance use through Couples HIV Testing and Counseling (CHTC)
This couples-based project developed new modules that were added to couples HIV testing and counseling. The goal was to utilize couples HIV testing and counseling as an opportunity to deliver a brief drug use intervention. The modules included a communication skills training video and a structured discussion of substance use agreements. 

​This project is closed to enrollment and has completed all data collection.

Project Details:
Time Period: 2014 - 2017
Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIH Grant Number: R34DA036419
Principal Investigator: Tyrel Starks, Ph.D.
For more information contact: ​212-206-7919 and [email protected]

Publications:
Dellucci, T.V., Carmichael, C., & Starks, T.J. (2020, March). Arrangements versus agreements: Evaluating two approaches to measuring male couples' rules and understandings around sex with outside sex partners. Archives of Sexual Behavior. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-019-01621-w.
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-019-01621-w

Robles, G., Dellucci, T.V., Stratton, Jr., M.J., Jimenez, R.H., & Starks, T.J. (2019). The utility of index case recruitment for establishing couples' eligibility: An examination of consistency in reporting the drug use of a primary partner among same-sex male couples. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 8(4), 221-232. psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-54567-001

Starks, T.J., Dellucci, T.V., Gupta, S., Robles, G., Stephenson, R., Sullivan, P., & Parsons, J.T. (2019). A pilot randomized trial of intervention components addressing drug use in Couples HIV Testing and Counseling (CHTC) with male couples. AIDS and Behavior, 23(9), 2407-2420. link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10461-019-02455-2

Starks, T.J., Doyle, K.M., Shalhav, O., John, S.A., & Parsons, J.T. (2019). An examination of gay couples' motivations to use (or forego) pre-exposure prophylaxis expressed during couples HIV testing and counseling (CHTC) sessions. Prevention Science, 20(1), 157-167. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29651646/

Starks, T.J., Robles, G., Bosco, S.C., Doyle, K.M., & Dellucci, T.V. (2019). Relationship functioning and substance use in same-sex male couples. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 201, 101-108. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871619301528

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Starks, T.J., Pawson, M., Stephenson, R., Sullivan, P., & Parsons, J.T. (2018). Dyadic qualitative analysis of condom use scripts among emerging adult gay male couples. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 44(3), 269-280. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0092623X.2017.1359713

Cortopassi, A.C., Starks, T.J., Parsons, J.T., & Wells, B.E. (2017). Self-concealment, ego depletion, and drug dependence among young sexual minority men who use substances. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 4(3), 272-281. psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-19789-001
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