HIV-Related Care Engagement: Linkage to Care and Care-Seeking for HIV-Infected Adolescents, Phase I

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill7 sites in 1 country35 target enrollmentMarch 2008

ConditionsHIV

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: HIV
Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Enrollment: 35
Locations: 7
Primary Endpoint: Describe and evaluate community screening standards and practices.
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 9 years ago

This first phase of a two-phase study involves three components:

Review of existing linkage-to-care protocols and sources of referrals for care;
Semi-structured telephone or face-to-face interviews with a minimum of two personnel per site who are associated with linkage to medical care. (Preference will be given to personnel with direct experience in linkage to care); and
Structured observations of referral sessions.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

March 2008

End Date

March 2010

Last Updated

9 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Sponsor

Responsible Party

Sponsor

•Component 1: Documents identified by clinical site personnel as pertaining to post-test counseling, linkage to care, or standard operating procedures addressing post-test counseling and linkage to care.
•Component 2: Persons employed by one of the AMTUs or an identified linkage-to-care partner and work as clinical staff or a case-manager or is a person familiar to linkage to care; or persons involved in posttest counseling and linkage-to-care processes. Clinical staff and case managers are chosen based on direct experience in the assistance of HIV seropositive youth obtaining medical care. This definition includes, but is not limited to, physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and case managers (who may have diverse professional backgrounds).
•Component 3: All AMTU sites will be included.