Faculty

E-Mail: robert.broadhead@uconn.edu

Biographical Statement:

I have been working in the area of drug-related HIV prevention since 1988 and developed, along with Dr. Douglas D. Heckathorn of Cornell University, an innovative model to access and work with active injection drug users, called a "peer-driven intervention." I am also interested in examining other innovative methods for combating HIV and related diseases among drug users. My work involves community demonstration projects in Connecticut, Russia, Vietnam, China and Thailand.

Education:

Ph.D. Sociology, University of California, San Francisco, 1978
Post. Doc. Program Evaluation, University of California, Los Angeles, 1979

Selected Publications:

1998    "Harnessing peer networks as an instrument for AIDS prevention: results from a peer-driven intervention," (with Douglas D. Heckathorn , David L. Weakliem , Densie L. Anthony, Heather Madray , Robert J. Mills and James Hughes), Public Health Reports 113, Supplement 1: 42-57.

2003    "Safer injection sites in New York City : a utilization survey of injection drug users," (with Casey A. Borch , Yael van Hulst , Jason Farrell, Wayne J. Villemez and Frederick L. Altice ), Journal of Drug Issues vol. 33 (3): 733-750.

2006  "Peer-driven HIV interventions for drug injectors in Russia: first year impact results of a field experiment" (with Valerii L. Volkanevsky , Tamara Rydanova , Marina Ryabkova , Casey Borch , Yael van Hulst , Andrew Fullerton, Boris Sergeyev , and Douglas D. Heckathorn ) International Journal of Drug Policy 17: 379-392.