Forging Sustainable Solutions for HIV Continuity of Care Through Medical-legal Partnerships

Status unconfirmed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Organizational Partnerships for Healthy Living, Standard of Care

In brief

The goal of this study is to test the Organizational Partnerships for Healthy Living (OPAHL) intervention through a feasibility and acceptability trial. OPAHL is an innovative, multilevel intervention package intended for health care organizations serving people living with HIV (PLWH). It was developed through a prior study (grant #: R21 MH115820) using intervention mapping methodology and community-scientific collaborative boards. OPAHL consists of: 1) training (7/8hours) for all MLP staff (clinical, social and behavioral services, and legal) on HIV continuum of care, health harming legal risks and needs, and MLP structure and operations to ensure that an integrated and collaborative environment is established from the earliest stages of the program; 2) case management training on the legal continuum of care; 3) embedding of legal expertise within regularized case management team meetings; 4) co-location of legal services in health care agencies through MLP inter-organizational partnership within 3 months; and 5) organizationally tailored implementation of best-practice communication and information-sharing protocols among providers within MLP, anchored in patient autonomy and choice. The specific aims of this study are: 1) to refine the OPAHL intervention prototype for implementation with PLWH with detectable viral loads and 2) to test the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effects sizes of OPAHL. Given the current COVID-19 pandemic, the study will also explore MLP opportunities that respond at the intersection of HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 prevention and treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05912842

Run by

Temple University

People needed

200

Starts

2022-10-01

Expected to finish

2024-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2023-06-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Living with HIV (as confirmed by medical record)
• 18 years or older
• HIV viral load of more than 200 copies/mL (as confirmed by medical record)
• Willing and able to consent to participate in the trial (including accessing their medical records at the health care organization)
• No intent to relocate within the 6 months following their enrollment in the study

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals who self-report having been sentenced to serve under state or federal custody, with a sentence to begin within 6 months from proposed enrollment in the study

Where it is running

• TPAC — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)

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