Founded 1983 | ||
Sociometrics Corporation is a for-profit research and development firm in Los Altos, CA specializing in social science research applications. Established in 1983 by Josefina J. Card, Ph.D., Sociometrics' mission is to produce research-based products and services for researchers and practitioners.
Contents
Sociometrics currently houses over 200 research-based projects, with topics ranging from teenage pregnancy to HIV prevention. Sociometrics has a research-to-practice initiative aimed at assembling in one place—for public dissemination, distribution, and replication— prevention programs in key health areas.
Effective programs
Sociometrics' archives of effective programs are a research-to-practice initiative aimed at assembling in one place—for public dissemination, distribution, and replication—prevention programs in key health areas.
Products and services
Sociometrics has five primary product lines:
- Exemplary Data, including data from more than 500 data sets across nine topically focused data archives.
- Effective programs, including replication kits from four topically focused program archives.
- Health education, which includes educational products for both clients/consumers and practitioners.
- Evaluation, including publications, training and evaluation services.
- Online subscriptions, including the Social Science Electronic Data Library and the HIV Research and Prevention Library.
HIV/AIDS/STD
Studies address a variety of topics including: the incidence and prevalence of specific sexual behaviors; contraceptive and STI-preventive behavior; attitudes and beliefs regarding sexual behavior and methods of contraception and STI prophylaxis; AIDS/HIV knowledge, attitudes, behavior, and serostatus; current and past episodes of gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, and other STIs; and high-risk behavior, including alcohol/drug use and prostitution.
Disability
These data sets permit analyses on topics such as: the incidence and prevalence of specific diseases, disorders, and impairments; functional limitations across a variety of specific organ systems; disabilities in relation to major life roles and activities; societal limitations including physical, attitudinal, and economical barriers that restrict full participation in society; psychosocial and interpersonal factors such as coping with stress, sexuality, feelings of control and productivity, quality of life, and family relations and support; health care and rehabilitation issues such as medical costs, coverage, and service utilization.