Project REACH: A Comprehensive Telehealth Intervention at Syringe Service Programs to Engage People Who Use Drugs
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
- Enrollment
- 121
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Recruitment and Retention Rates
Overview
Brief Summary
This trial will assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of Project REACH (Remote Engagement & Access for Community Health), a telehealth intervention at syringe service programs (SSP) to improve access to HIV-related evidence-based interventions (EBI) for people who use drugs including those who inject them.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •People Who Use Drugs Inclusion Criteria:
- •18 years of age or older
- •able to speak and understand English
- •have used an illicit substance at least once in the past year
- •have lived in the study area (in or near their city of their recruitment) for at least 6 months
- •have active health insurance by the start of the Project REACH trial date
- •People Who Use Drugs
Exclusion Criteria
- •Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
- •Stakeholder Inclusion Criteria:
- •18 years of age or older
- •able to speak and understand English
- •currently employed or volunteering with the PCC or an SSP enrollment site for at least one year at the time of the interview OR hired as a study navigator at one of the four enrollment sites
- •Stakeholder Exclusion Criteria:
- •Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
Arms & Interventions
Project REACH Intervention
The primary interactions with participants of Project REACH will consist of syringe service program (SSP)-based recruitment and enrollment, provision of telehealth services at SSPs for the 6-month pilot duration, and exit interviews with a subset of participants and SSP study staff following the trial.
Intervention: Project REACH (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Recruitment and Retention Rates
Time Frame: Year 2
Proportion of enrolled participants who complete the study
Comfort Accessing Telehealth Services
Time Frame: Year 2
Assessed in exit interviews
Uptake of PrEP
Time Frame: Year 2
EPIC Smartforms
Uptake of MOUD
Time Frame: Year 2
EPIC Smartforms
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported