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Prevention Ambassadors: Intervention to Promote HIV Service Engagement in the Networks of SSP Clients
Sponsor: San Diego State University
Summary
HIV testing and service uptake are infrequent among people who use drugs (PWUD) in the United States. In partnership with a community-based syringe service program (SSP), this project will develop the SSP-based "Prevention Ambassadors" (PA) intervention to promote HIV testing and service uptake among PWUD via the secondary distribution (i.e., peer delivery) of HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits with local HIV service information and referrals to HIV service navigation in the social networks of SSP clients (i.e., PWUD). The PA intervention will then be piloted to assess its preliminary effects, acceptability, and feasibility among PWUD in the Ending the HIV Epidemic priority jurisdiction of Riverside County, California.
Official title: Prevention Ambassadors: an HIV Self-testing Intervention to Promote HIV Service Engagement in the Networks of SSP Clients
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
210
Start Date
2025-02-03
Completion Date
2027-02
Last Updated
2026-01-29
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Prevention Ambassadors
Delivery of prevention supplies and information on local services plus training to build the capacity of PWUD to distribute HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits with information and referrals to other PWUD in their social networks to promote HIV testing and HIV service engagement among PWUD.
SSP Standard of Care
Delivery of prevention supplies and information on local services.
Locations (1)
San Diego State University
San Diego, California, United States