Posts Tagged ‘042’
Ending the HIV Epidemic for Persons Who Use Drugs: The Practical Challenges of Meeting People Where They Are
The four-pillar evidence-based EHE plan’s primary goal is to reduce the number of new HIV infections by 90% by 2030 and includes recommendations to (1) test everyone for HIV; (2) treat those who test positive with RAPID antiretrovirals and ensure viral suppression; (3) prevent those who test negative with provision of rapid PrEP and syringe…
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Linking criminal justice-involved individuals to HIV, Hepatitis C, and opioid use disorder prevention and treatment services upon release to the community: Progress, gaps, and future directions
ACTION: Addressing Risk through Community Treatment for Infectious Disease Now (042)
Improving HIV and Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) management and implementation for criminal justice (CJ)- involved individuals requires effective approaches to screening, linkage and adherence to integrated services across community agencies and service providers. Community reentry represents a critical opportunity to link individuals to HIV prevention and treatment and OUD service providers. In response, Yale University is conducting a effectiveness-implementation random control trial study to compare two models [Patient Navigation (PN) or Mobile Health Unit (MHU) service delivery] of linking individuals recently released from prison and jail to the continuum of community-based HIV and OUD prevention and treatment service cascades of care.
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