Data collection and harmonization in HIV research: The seek, test, treat, and retain initiative at the national institute on drug abuse

R.K. Chandler, S.Y. Kahana, B. Fletcher, D. Jones, M.S. Finger, W.M. Aklin, K. Hamill and C. Webb

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 12, 2416-2422

Abstract: Large-scale, multisite data sets offer the potential for exploring the public health benefits of biomedical interventions. Dataharmonization is an emerging strategy to increase the comparability of research data collected across independent studies, enabling research questions to be addressed beyond the capacity of any individual study. The National Institute on Drug Abuse recently implemented this novel strategy to prospectively collect and harmonize data across 22 independent research studies developing and empirically testing interventions to effectively deliver an HIV continuum of care to diverse drug-abusing populations. We describe this data collection and harmonization effort, collectively known as the Seek, Test, Treat, and Retain Data Collection and Harmonization Initiative, which can serve as a model applicable to other research endeavors.

Keywords: anti human immunodeficiency virus agent, complication; criminal law; drug dependence; female; HIV Infections; human; information processing; male; medical research; multicenter study (topic); national health organization; nonbiological model; organization and management; patient care; procedures; prospective study; standards; United States; vulnerable population, Anti-HIV Agents; Biomedical Research; Continuity of Patient Care; Criminal Law; Data Collection; Female; HIV Infections; Humans; Male; Models, Organizational; Multicenter Studies as Topic; National Institute on Drug Abuse (U.S.); Prospective Studies; Substance-Related Disorders; United States; Vulnerable Populations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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