Implementation of PrEP for Women Who Inject Drugs Through Practice Facilitation in Primary and Reproductive Health Care

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Women who inject drugs are among the most vulnerable to acquiring HIV, but very few women who inject drugs are prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention largely due to barriers within our healthcare system. This research will consider the perspectives of women who inject drugs, healthcare providers, and clinic leadership to improve the way primary care and reproductive health clinics deliver PrEP to women who inject drugs, thereby reducing new HIV infections in this population.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: t
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⁃ To be included in the pilot test of Practice Facilitation, clinics must:

• Complete prior leadership and provider surveys

• Have 50 or more clinic visits with women who inject drugs in the past year

• Have 3 or more clinicians who provide primary and/or reproductive healthcare

• Have leadership willing to participate

Locations
United States
Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
RECRUITING
Philadelphia
Contact Information
Primary
Laura Starbird, PhD
starbird@nursing.upenn.edu
2157464188
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-06-22
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 130
Treatments
Experimental: Practice Facilitation
Practice Facilitation is an established evidence-based intervention to improve primary health care processes and outcomes, including the delivery of preventive services, through the creation of an ongoing, trusting relationship between an external Practice Facilitator (PF) and a clinical practice. In Practice Facilitation, a trained PF uses organization development, project management, quality improvement, and practice improvement approaches to build the internal capacity of a clinic to support it in reaching its goals for healthcare delivery, A PF's work includes relationship-building, helping to identify a clinic change champion, and facilitating change through logistical support, technical assistance, and external partnership building.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Leads: University of Pennsylvania

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