HIV
Conditions
Keywords
Linkage to care, HIV, Efficacy of linkage to care program
Brief summary
The goal of ATN 093 is to determine program-level factors associated with the effectiveness of SMILE in Caring for Youth Linkage-to-Care (LTC) program network at the 15 Adolescent Medicine Trial Units (AMTU). This will be accomplished by evaluating and categorizing the various LTC programs at the AMTUs and then examining the association between the LTC program characteristics (providers, practices, and systems) and the proportion of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected youth, ages 12-24 years old, inclusive, linked to care and maintained in care. As such, this study focuses on LTC programs at the AMTUs as the unit of analysis and not the youth themselves.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Each enrolling site must have the capability to input field data that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Strategic Multisite Initiative for the Identification, Linkage, and Engagement in Care of Youth with Undiagnosed HIV Infection (SMILE in CARING for YOUTH) Project
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Administrative Data | Daily | Program data will be electronically extracted from the LTC program records and transmitted to the ATN DOC to be used for research purposes. |
| Primary Research Data | variable | Collected by the ATN 093 Research Associates (RA). Will include a structured review of written materials, surveys and interviews of AMTU linkage-to-care staff, surveys of partnering agencies, and observations of LTC activities. |
Countries
Puerto Rico, United States
Outcome results
None listed