Harawa, Nina T. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7486-8393
Guentzel-Frank, Heather
McCuller, William Jason
Williams, John K.
Millet, Gregorio
Belcher, Lisa
Joseph, Heather A.
Bluthenthal, Ricky N.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (UR6PS001098)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (U01DA036267, 1R01DA039934)
National Institute of Mental Health (P30MH58107)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1TR000124)
California HIV/AIDS Research Program (RP11-LA-020)
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (2P20 MD000182)
Article History
First Online: 14 March 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: Study procedures were approved by the institutional review boards at University of Southern California and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. Interested and eligible individuals completed the consent process and baseline interviews at the study offices located in CHJ. They provided written informed consent using an IRB-approved consent form that outlined study procedures; potential risks, benefits, and compensation; protection related to our Certificate to Confidentiality; and limits to confidentiality. Those initially contacted in jail provided verbal consent for collection of their locator information in jails for potential study enrollment post-release, using IRB approved forms and processes for this purpose.