Health and Justice: A Continuum of Care for HIV and SU for Justice-Involved Young Adults (PHASE 2)

Summary

This research study proposes to embed HIV testing outreach workers from a young adult focused medical and HIV treatment program into an alternative sentencing program to deliver a new service delivery model (Link2CARE) that integrates evidence-based protocols for justice-involved young adults to: a) promote HIV and STI testing, and HIV and SU risk screening, b) provide onsite intervention, and c) cross-system linkage to HIV, STI, and SU care. Phase 1 has already been completed. In phase 1, the intervention components were adapted for use among justice involved young adults and the resulting protocols were piloted with justice involved young adults, finalizing the resulting 4-session Link2CARE intervention. In phase 2, we will test Link2CARE among N=450 justice-involved young adults enrolled at the alternative sentencing program and conduct process evaluations with N=15 alternative sentencing program staff.

Conditions

• HIV/AIDS
• HIV Infections
• Substance Use
• Substance Abuse
• Substance Use Disorders
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Link2CARE

The Link2CARE intervention consists of 4 sessions. Session 1 consists of a one-on-one meeting with a Health Coach, during which participants will be offered an oral rapid HIV test and STI test. Sessions 2, 3, and 4 are group-based. During these sessions, participants will engage in discussions and activities regarding sexual and substance use risk behaviors.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Center for Court Innovation

  collaborator OTHER

• The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University

  collaborator OTHER

• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

  collaborator NIH

• Columbia University

  collaborator OTHER

• New York State Psychiatric Institute

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Katherine Elkington, PhD · New York State Psychiatric Institute

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

80 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-12-09

Primary Completion

2021-09-30

Completion

2022-12-01

Countries

• United States

Study Locations