Community-based Interventions to Increase HIV Testing and HIV Care Utilization

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to conduct a cross-site evaluation of the Kaiser Permanente's Community-based Interventions to Increase HIV Testing and HIV Care Utilization Program, designed to support community-based interventions to reduce the number of new HIV cases and to increase HIV care acquisition and maintenance in minority communities disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic. This effort builds on the President's National Strategy for HIV Prevention and recent research documenting the importance and efficacy of "test and treat" and "treatment as prevention" approaches. Hence, goals of this important and novel work will focus on the following objectives: 1. identification of HIV infection among recently infected adolescents and adults 2. improved access to HIV care, particularly among newly diagnosed adolescents and adults To achieve these objectives, the following outcomes are expected from grantee programs: 1. increased HIV testing among populations at risk for HIV 2. improved health care utilization among HIV infected adults and adolescents This initiative has been undertaken by Kaiser to affect HIV at a population level via community approaches to prevention, intervention and care in minority communities most affected by HIV (e.g. gay, African American, and Latino communities). The University of California, San Diego has developed and will oversee a cross-site evaluation of Kaiser grantee programs funded under this initiative. Each site will have a treatment and comparison group, and will conduct follow up surveys with their participants three and six months after their interventions.

Primary Outcome

Improved access to HIV care, particularly among newly diagnosed adults.

Conditions Studied

Interventions

• OTHER HIV testing
• OTHER standard of HIV care
• BEHAVIORAL HIV care utilization

Study Locations (1)