2022
Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial comparing two linkage models for HIV prevention and treatment in justice-involved persons
Springer SA, Nijhawan AE, Knight K, Kuo I, Di Paola A, Schlossberg E, Frank CA, Sanchez M, Pankow J, Proffitt RP, Lehman W, Pulitzer Z, Thompson K, Violette S, Harding KK. Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial comparing two linkage models for HIV prevention and treatment in justice-involved persons. BMC Infectious Diseases 2022, 22: 380. PMID: 35428213, PMCID: PMC9013109, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-022-07354-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJustice-involved individualsAntiretroviral treatmentHIV preventionUse disordersStudy participantsStimulant useSubstance use disorder servicesCommunity-based HIVPost-release interventionsPrimary implementation outcomeHIV viral loadPre-exposure prophylaxisOpioid use disorderTreatment of HIVHIV risk behaviorsRisk of HIVSubstance use disordersHigh-risk communitiesHybrid type 1Justice-involved personsHCV testingLinkage interventionHIV careSecondary outcomesART adherence
2019
A modeling framework to inform preexposure prophylaxis initiation and retention scale-up in the context of 'Getting to Zero' initiatives.
Khanna A, Schneider J, Collier N, Ozik J, Issema R, di Paola A, Skwara A, Ramachandran A, Webb J, Brewer R, Cunningham W, Hilliard C, Ramani S, Fujimoto K, Harawa N. A modeling framework to inform preexposure prophylaxis initiation and retention scale-up in the context of 'Getting to Zero' initiatives. AIDS 2019, 33: 1911-1922. PMID: 31490212, PMCID: PMC6760326, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002290.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrEP initiationHIV incidenceYoung Black MSMAgent-based network modelSerodiscordant partnershipsBlack MSMEffective PrEP implementationHigh HIV incidenceHIV-negative individualsNew HIV infectionsPrEP initiatorsPrEP interventionsProphylaxis initiationAntiretroviral therapyPreexposure prophylaxisPrEP implementationPrEP uptakeHIV infectionPrEP useRetention interventionsMean durationCombination interventionsInitiation interventionIncidenceIntervention