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Combining Social Network Strategies and Routine Substance Use Screening
Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
Summary
This study aims to improve health care for people who may have HIV or substance use disorders by bringing two services to a large community health center in Chicago. First, the clinic will begin offering routine screening for substance use to all patients. Second, the study will offer a social network-based program that helps people identify friends or partners who may need support and link them to care. The goal is to help more people learn their HIV status, reduce HIV levels in the community, and connect people with substance use treatment when needed. The study will also look at how well these services can be added into everyday clinic practice and what is needed to keep them going over time.
Key Details
Gender
MALE
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
500
Start Date
2026-03-01
Completion Date
2028-03
Last Updated
2026-02-17
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Substance use disorder screening
Implement a routine SUD screening at the FQHC.
Social network intervention
Social network intervention (SNI) to identify individuals who are viremic, have SUD, or both and link them to harm reduction and HIV continuum of care services. There are three main activities that make up the SNI: 1) recruiting, screening, and interviewing "index participants"; 2) training the index participants to recruit others; 3) screening and interviewing persons who present a valid recruitment voucher given to them by an index participant.
Locations (1)
Howard Brown Health
Chicago, Illinois, United States