How Are Prevention Activities Organized?
The National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention The Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention is the primary division charged with CDC’s HIV mission of preventing HIV infection and reducing the incidence of HIV-related illness and death, in collaboration with community, state, and national partners. Its nine branches oversee a variety of activities in support of this mission. • The Behavioral Intervention Research Branch applies current theory, practice, and empirical findings in designing and conducting research on state-of-the-art interventions to prevent HIV infection. Characteristics of the research include the use of formative studies to develop interventions, such as the examination of psychosocial and cultural determinants of risk behaviors, the collection and analysis of process and outcome data that includes both qualitative and quantitative measures, and the use of rigorous study designs to examine intervention effectiveness. Further, branch staff mem
