Linkage to Care - Part I

Completed

Conditions studied: HIV

In brief

This first phase of a two-phase study involves three components: 1. Review of existing linkage-to-care protocols and sources of referrals for care; 2. 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 3. Structured observations of referral sessions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00703040

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

35

Starts

2008-03-01

Expected to finish

2010-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-02-28

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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.

You may not qualify if…

• Component 1: No a priori exclusions.
• Component 2: No a priori exclusions.
• Component 3: No a priori exclusions.

Where it is running

• Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Childrens Diagnostic&Treatment Center — Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
• University of Miami School of Medicine — Miami, Florida, United States
• Mount Sinai Medical Center — Manhattan, New York, United States
• Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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