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Nine community-based organizations in 7 cities received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to enlist HIV-positive persons to refer others from their social, sexual, or drug-using networks for HIV testing; to provide HIV counseling, testing, and referral services; and to link HIV-positive and high-risk HIV-negative persons to appropriate medical care and prevention services. <\/jats:p><jats:p> Results. From October 1, 2003, to December 31, 2005, 422 recruiters referred 3172 of their peers for HIV services, of whom 177 were determined to be HIV positive; 63% of those who were HIV-positive were successfully linked to medical care and prevention services. The HIV prevalence of 5.6% among those recruited in this project was significantly higher than the approximately 1% identified in other counseling, testing, and referral sites funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. <\/jats:p><jats:p> Conclusions. This peer-driven approach is highly effective and can help programs identify persons with undiagnosed HIV infection in high-risk networks. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2105\/ajph.2008.139329","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,4,17]],"date-time":"2009-04-17T02:25:37Z","timestamp":1239935137000},"page":"1093-1099","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":108,"title":["Accessing Social Networks With High Rates of Undiagnosed HIV Infection: The Social Networks Demonstration Project"],"prefix":"10.2105","volume":"99","author":[{"given":"Lisa W.","family":"Kimbrough","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"At the time of the study, the authors were with the Division of HIV\/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Holly E.","family":"Fisher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"At the time of the study, the authors were with the Division of HIV\/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kenneth T.","family":"Jones","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"At the time of the study, the authors were with the Division of HIV\/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wayne","family":"Johnson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"At the time of the study, the authors were with the Division of HIV\/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sekhar","family":"Thadiparthi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"At the time of the study, the authors were with the Division of HIV\/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Samuel","family":"Dooley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"At the time of the study, the authors were with the Division of HIV\/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"844","reference":[{"key":"bib1","unstructured":"Glynn K, Rhodes P. 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