Landscape of HIV Implementation Research Funded by the National Institutes of Health: A Mapping Review of Project Abstracts.

ABSTRACT: In 2019, the requisite biomedical and behavioral interventions to eliminate new HIV infections exist. "Ending the HIV Epidemic" now becomes primarily a challenge of will and implementation. This review maps the extent to which implementation research (IR) has been integrated into HIV research by reviewing the recent funding portfolio of the NIH. We searched NIH RePORTER for HIV and IR-related research projects funded from January 2013 to March 2018. The 4629 unique studies identified were screened using machine learning and manual methods. 216 abstracts met the eligibility criteria of HIV and IR. Key study characteristics were then abstracted. NIH currently funds HIV studies that are either formally IR (n = 109) or preparatory for IR (n = 107). Few (13%) projects mentioned a guiding implem

SUBMITTER: Smith JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7220870 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature