3R42HD088325
NIH/NICHD
Mobile Augmented Screening Tool to Increase Adolescent HIV Testing and Linkage to Care
Adolescents and young adults face markedly increased HIV risk yet frequently do not test. We are, therefore, developing a Mobile Augmented Screening (MAS) tool designed to increase HIV testing, and to facilitate linkage to care and ongoing prevention education via text message. This tool will help clinicians address undiagnosed youth HIV, and enable young patients to receive much needed treatment and avoid unknowingly transmitting infection. Our product is designed to help existing program staff reach an increased number of clients; and to improve public health by encouraging reluctant young patients to accept important HIV testing and care they may otherwise decline.
Publications and presentations
Design Considerations for Technology-based Interventions to Increase Youth HIV Testing, AIDS Impact, London, UK, July 2019 (oral presentation)
Working With Student Researchers in Emergency Department Settings to Increase HIV Testing Using a Tablet-based Intervention, AIDS Impact, London, UK, July 2019 (poster presentation)
Using Digital Media to Destigmatize HIV Testing Among Sexual and Racial Minority Youth, AIDS Impact, London, UK, July 2019 (poster presentation)
Mobile Augmented Screening (MAS) Tool to Increase Adolescent HIV Testing and Linkage to Care, 2017 APHA Global Public Health Film Festival, Atlanta, GA, November 2017 (oral presentation)
Developing Youth-Informed Media to Increase HIV Testing In Emergency Departments. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Montreal, QC, June 2017 (oral presentation)
3R42HD088325-02A1S1
NIH/NICHD
Administrative Supplement
Opioid-related overdose deaths in the United States remain a tremendous public health problem, especially among adolescents and young adults. This project will expand an existing substance use screening to facilitate self-reporting of youth opioid use, and to create intervention content to prevent opioid misuse and progression to opioid use disorder. Our proposed screening and intervention can then be implemented nationwide in emergency departments and other settings where youth seek healthcare.
1R41DA041246-01
NIH/NIDA
Mobile Intervention Kit to Increase HIV/HCV Testing and Overdose Prevention Training
Because people who inject drugs (PWID) frequently lack adequate information about HIV or HCV testing and prevention, or overdose prevention and response training, we are developing a Mobile Intervention Kit that will deliver technology-based interventions from a library of theory-guided video content. This flexible tool will help service organizations to prevent overdose deaths and identify undiagnosed HIV and HCV, enabling clients to receive treatment and avoid forward transmission. The technology is designed so that staff can select intervention modules (HIV, HCV, overdose prevention) individually or in any combination, to tailor content based on the needs of specific patients or the capacity of a facility. The technology is also designed so we can easily add additional modules addressing other behavioral health issues in the future.
Publications and presentations
Mobile Intervention Kit for PWID outreach. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Montreal, QC, June 2017 (oral presentation)
Mobile Intervention Kit to Increase HIV/HCV Testing and Overdose Prevention Training: Video Compilation, 2017 APHA Global Public Health Film Festival, Atlanta, GA, November 2017 (oral presentation)