Contextualizing the Debate Around the Criminalization of Intentional Transmission of HIV: Lauren

Lauren Kleutsch is a Master’s student at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in the U.S. She is completing her degree in International Health, with a focus on Social and Behavioral Interventions. As part of her program, she is currently interning with Project Accept, a multi-site research trial testing the efficacy of a community-based model of HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing. She works with the Qualitative Assessment team to understand the impact of this innovative intervention, and is currently writing an article for publication using the Project Accept data to understand the lived experience of “intentional transmission,” and connect it to the current debate around the criminalization of HIV transmission.