
RESEARCH WORKING GROUP
RESEARCH WORKING GROUP
Mission:
The NWPC Research Working Group promotes the practice of research for the development, facilitation, implementation and evaluation of strategies and interventions addressing the employment needs of people living with or at greater vulnerability to HIV.
Goals:
Advance research on HIV, vocational development, and employment
Validate instruments and define key constructs for HIV and employment research
Evaluate program outcomes, employment transitions, and HIV health outcomes
Expand the understanding of vocational development and employment as social determinants of health
Support interdisciplinary collaboration to address relevant questions
Discuss current HIV and employment research findings, challenges, and opportunities
Update key research information on the NWPC web site (research abstracts, bibliography, links)
Host monthly meeting to discuss research
Inform HIV care and prevention policy development
Provide input and recommendations to policy makers and stakeholders
Promote effective service models and practices
Activities:
HIV and Employment Bibliography
Bibliography by Area
Topic Areas:
Conceptual models for HIV & employment services
HIV & employment policies
Work requirements (Medicaid/Medicare, SNAP, HUD housing programs)
Employment services
Service models
Outcomes
Program evaluation
Health, employment, and employment services
Mental health & employment
Employment and key populations
LGBTQ
African American
Latino/Latina/Latinx
Women
Intravenous drug users
Workplace issues
Workplace discrimination
Accommodation
Disclosure