Principle Investigator(s):
Funder: National Institute of Mental Health
Project period: 07/01/2024 - 06/30/2025
Grant Type: Research
Abstract Text:
For this project, postdoctoral fellow Dr. Colleen Mistler and colleagues will interview patients in an HIV clinical care setting, seeking to inform strategies to increase adoption of systematic screening for physical inactivity among people with HIV into clinical workflow. "We know that physical inactivity is bad for your health," writes collaborator Dr. Jaimie Meyer. "Emerging data suggests physical inactivity is especially unhealthy for people with HIV and people with unhealthy substance use, widening health disparities. Yet clinicians rarely screen for physical inactivity in people with HIV and unhealthy substance use and, when they do, often have few resources to offer to address it." The project will also focus on education, counseling, and linkage to physical activity services. Dr. Meyer stresses: "It's not enough to prescribe 'hitting the gym'."
