A University of Puerto Rico researcher received a $667,999 grant as part of President Barack Obama’s 2009 stimulus for a study on an HIV intervention programs designed for "young, heterosexual Latino couples."
The Department of Health and Human Services wrote in a press release announcing the grant that the stimulus funds would be used "to promote economic recovery."
However, the University of Puerto Rico study did nothing for the economy.
The project, now listed as "completed" on the Recovery Act website, created 0.00 jobs.
The study consisted of implementing different intervention programs on 75 young Latino couples.
The study is designed to test the impact of the modified intervention in: (1) increasing male condom use, (2) decreasing unsafe sex behaviors, (3) reducing the number of sexual partners; and (4) increasing mutual monogamy. The couples will be randomized to one of the following two conditions: (1) an HIV/STI risk reduction intervention; or (2) a life skills intervention, as control condition.
The Weekly Standard reported Thursday about another stimulus program to study condom use, which also created zero jobs.
