Effectiveness of Peer Navigation to Link Released HIV-Positive Jail Inmates to HIV Care (LINK LA), Los Angeles, California, 2012-2016 (ICPSR 39789)
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William E. Cunningham, University of California-Los Angeles
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39789.v1
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This study is part of the Seek, Test, Treat and Retain (STTR) Collaboration Project that involved over twenty studies in the fields of HIV and drug abuse. All studies were independently developed, but were chosen for the collaboration because they focused on one or more steps of the HIV treatment cascade: Seek, Test, Treat and Retain. As part of STTR Collaboration Project, the studies were grouped into Criminal Justice-related studies and Vulnerable Population-related studies. The data collected by these studies included twelve common domains (e.g., Demographic characteristics, Mental Health) in each of which a shared questionnaire or instrument was taken up by the studies and adapted to fit the study.
This study was a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) of a peer-based health system navigation intervention among individuals assigned to the intervention group compared with those assigned to the control group (usual care transitional management services). Baseline interviews were conducted during incarceration while the follow-up interviews were conducted at months 2, 6 and 12 following release from jail to the community. For participants who were re-incarcerated during, interviews were conducted in the jail setting to ensure high study retention. The goal was to improve engagement and retention in HIV care.
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The purpose of the study is to improve engagement and retention in HIV care.
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Randomized clinical trial, 1:1 randomization.
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A jails-based research associate, in conjunction with a jails epidemiologist identified and recruited eligible participants based on jails records.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Age: 18 years or older
- Male or male-to-female transgender
- Fluency in English
- Residing in LA County upon release
- HIV+
- Inmate at the Los Angeles County Jail (LACJ)
- Expected release in next 2 months
- Referred to transitional case management (most HIV+ inmates are)
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