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Improving Prevention Systems to Reduce Disparities for High Priority Populations
Sponsor: Hunter College of City University of New York
Summary
This project collaborates with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) to develop and test a field-based comprehensive sexual health intervention for HIV-exposed contacts notified by its Partner Services (i.e., HIV contact tracing) program. The goal of the study is to develop and test the impact of this new intervention on improving rates of HIV testing, linkage to HIV prevention/care, and PrEP uptake among highest risk contacts recently exposed to HIV. We will conduct a 6-month pilot project, followed by a cross-sectional stepped wedge cluster randomized trial in which 12 clusters of NYC neighborhoods are exposed to the intervention sequentially, with three clusters moving from control to intervention every 6 months (n = 1150). Primary outcomes are HIV testing, timely PrEP/ARV uptake, and linkage to PrEP/HIV care. Secondary outcomes are STD testing and receipt of STD treatment (if indicated).
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
451
Start Date
2021-04-01
Completion Date
2023-10-31
Last Updated
2026-09-17
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Fast Track Partner Services-Sexual Health Intervention
The Partner Services-Sexual Health Intervention enhances the current standard of care by introducing four service innovations to the DOHMH Partner Services program: (1) enhanced field-based combination HIV and STI testing; (2) immediate field-based ARV/PrEP start; (3) navigation to a sexual health clinic for test results and treatment; and (4) enhanced linkage support to facilitate ongoing PrEP or HIV care.
Locations (1)
Hunter College of CUNY
New York, New York, United States