Centers for Disease Control
Research Programs for HIV Prevention
As a subcontractor to Cherry Engineering Support Services, Inc. (CESSI), New Editions supports the HIV prevention research projects undertaken by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CESSI operates a data coordinating center for CDC’s multi-site programs, developing software to support project coordination, protocol implementation and data analysis. At the present time, eight multi-site projects are supported through this contract.
Besides the CESSI and New Editions staff, the research is executed by a highly regarded group, comprised of CDC staff, university researchers, private consulting firms, and experts in the field of HIV/AIDS behavioral intervention development. The results generated by this group have contributed to research papers, which in a few cases have the distinction of being presented at the International AIDS Conferences.
We provide support and technical assistance for the following procedures:
- Data collection
- Data editing, coding and verification
- Programming for database editing
- Database development
- Data transfer
- Conducting statistical analysis
- Development of technical assistance manuals and procedure documentation
- Training in the use of developed application programs
- Technical assistance for computer programming
Further support of the research effort is done through software development. Included in this effort is EZ-Text, a program that manages and analyzes qualitative data through query systems, development of codebooks, and implementation of computer-assisted coding. This program is a CDC product that is available on their web site and is used internationally by a number of researchers. Other programs we’ve developed support the implementation of research protocols (sampling frame development and random selection) and the recruitment, tracking and retention of subjects in randomized prevention and intervention trials). Other programs support the complex information requirements associated with process evaluation and the organization of data to support adherence to research design protocols (e.g. matching).
