Current Pilot Projects

Social Change, HIV/AIDS, and Elderly Health and Well-Being in Nepal (Axinn)
This is a study to add HIV/AIDS and elderly health and well-being content to an existing program of research on family change in Nepal. This study builds on the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS), an ongoing program of research that has made numerous contributions to our understanding of the influence of community context on the family.

HIV testing and Sexual Behavior among Older Thai Adults (Ford)
The objective of this study will be to examine factors related to the use of HIV testing and sexual behavior among Thai men and women age 40-59.

Older-age Parents and AIDS in the ERA of ART, the Case of Thailand (Knodel)
This project examines the potential contributions of and consequences for older-age persons of having an adult child or a orphaned grandchild with HIV/AIDS in Thailand, a country where most persons who need ART are now receiving it.

The Impact of Illness and Death of Adult Children on the Elderly in South Africa (Lam)
This project uses data from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS) to analyze the impact on the elderly of the illness or death of an adult child.

Illness Narratives among Aging PLWHA in New York City (Padilla)
This study will focus on the role of major social transformations and aging processes in the experience of living with HIV/AIDS, and will provide a dynamic and developmental perspective on aging with HIV in the post-AIDS era.