Project ACCESS: Advancing Access to HIV/HCV Testing Through Transformation in Syringe Services Programs: A Cluster Randomized Trial
University of Miami
Summary
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).
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
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…
Interventions
- BehavioralACCESS Intervention
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.
- BehavioralControl Group
Participants will receive a link to the CDC compendium of evidence-based interventions for HIV prevention.
Location
- University of MiamiMiami, Florida