University of Miami
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of the ACCESS strategy: an organizational-level intervention that uses funding and practice facilitation to improve the organizational capacity of syringe services programs (SSPs) to implement routine, opt-out HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) testing and linkage to care for people who inject drugs (PWID).
Inclusion Criteria: * SSPs must: 1. be operating in an Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) determined vulnerable jurisdictions; 2. serve at least 300 unique participants per year; 3. not currently offer opt-out HIV/HCV testing; 4. be capable and willing to prospectively collect aggregated, site-level data on the number of participants who are: i) offered HIV/HCV screening, ii) completed these tests, and iii) linked to care, as well as provide participant demographics; 5. have key staff that consent to participate in study surveys, quali…
Participants will receive the ACCESS intervention with funding, consisting of up to 16 hours of practice facilitation per month in person and/or virtually. Practice facilitation is training and support on implementation of routine HIV/HCV screening.
Participants will receive a link to the CDC compendium of evidence-based interventions for HIV prevention.
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