HIV
Conditions
Brief summary
HIV testing and service uptake are infrequent among people who use drugs (PWUD) in the United States. In partnership with a community-based syringe service program (SSP), this project will develop the SSP-based "Prevention Ambassadors" (PA) intervention to promote HIV testing and service uptake among PWUD via the secondary distribution (i.e., peer delivery) of HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits with local HIV service information and referrals to HIV service navigation in the social networks of SSP clients (i.e., PWUD). The PA intervention will then be piloted to assess its preliminary effects, acceptability, and feasibility among PWUD in the Ending the HIV Epidemic priority jurisdiction of Riverside County, California.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPrevention Ambassadors
Delivery of prevention supplies and information on local services plus training to build the capacity of PWUD to distribute HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits with information and referrals to other PWUD in their social networks to promote HIV testing and HIV service engagement among PWUD.
BEHAVIORALSSP Standard of Care
Delivery of prevention supplies and information on local services.
Sponsors
San Diego State University
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Riverside
Dap Health
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Index Participant Inclusion Criteria: * Being greater than or equal to 18 years old * Reporting drug use (past month) * Having other people who use drugs (PWUD) in one's social network * Being willing to talk about HIV testing and services with at least 2 PWUD in their networks and attempt to refer them to the study * Speaking English fluently Peer-Recruit Participant Inclusion Criteria: * Being greater than or equal to 18 years old * Reporting drug use (past 3 months) * Being recruited by an index participant (evidenced by presenting the coupon used to recruit them) * Speaking English fluently
Exclusion criteria
\- Persons who participated in formative study activities related to the development of the PA intervention will not be eligible to participate.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HIV testing (past 3 months) | 3-month follow-up | Self-reported via survey and abstracted from medical record |
| Linkage to PrEP/HIV care (past 3 months) | 3-month follow-up | Self-reported via survey and abstracted from medical record |
| PrEP/ART uptake (past 3 months) | 3-month follow-up | Self-reported via survey and abstracted from medical record |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PA Acceptability (Peer-Recruit Participants) | Baseline | Self-reported via survey |
| PA Acceptability (Index Participants) | 3-month follow-up | Self-reported via survey |
| PA Feasibility (Peer-Recruit Participants) | Baseline | Self-reported via survey |
| PA Feasibility (Index Participants) | 3-month follow-up | Self-reported via survey |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTHeather Pines
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORHeather A Pines
San Diego State University
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORAngela R Bazzi
University of California, San Diego
Outcome results
None listed