一个试点PrEP链接干预试验的随机对照试验,用于在南方州离开监禁的个人:设计和基线特征
Heather Horton1, S Alexandra Marshall1, Mofan Gu1
1Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America.
PloS one
|December 2, 2024
概括
这项试点研究表明,离开监禁的个人对暴露前预防 (PrEP) 的需求和接受度很高. 社区卫生工作者导航对于将这些人群与艾滋病毒预防服务联系起来至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 预防艾滋病毒 预防艾滋病毒
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 最近从监禁中获释的个人面临着获得医疗保健的重大障碍,包括艾滋病毒预防.
- 暴露前预防 (PrEP) 是一种高效的艾滋病毒预防药物,但在脆弱人群中吸收率仍然很低.
- 具有实践经验的社区卫生工作者 (CHW) 可以弥合被监禁人员和基本卫生服务之间的差距.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估试点干预的基线特征,PrEP-Link,旨在改善监禁后个人之间的PrEP吸收.
- 评估CHW为PrEP和其他医疗/社会服务提供导航模型的可行性和可接受性.
- 为未来的CHW主导的干预提供信息,将离开监狱的人与艾滋病毒预防联系起来.
主要方法:
- 一个随机对照试验 (RCT) 试点研究,将增强的护理标准与增强的护理标准加上CHW导航进行比较.
- 招募发生在准备从监狱或监狱释放的个人重新入境中心.
- 在基线,6个月和12个月的数据收集包括PrEP使用,艾滋病毒风险,医疗保健利用和社会决定因素.
主要成果:
- 八十名参与者被录取,在对照组和干预组之间具有可比的人口统计和艾滋病毒风险因素.
- 基线数据表明对PrEP的临床需求很高,特别是在报告静脉注射药物使用和无避孕套性行为的个人中.
- 尽管参与者报告预防性医疗保健利用率低,但参与者显示PrEP的接受度很高.
结论:
- 退出监禁的个人显着需要PrEP,药物的接受度很高.
- 在这个人群中,获得PrEP的障碍是相当大的.
- 采用CHW导航的PrEP-Link干预措施有望改善对司法相关人员的PrEP链接和艾滋病毒预防结果.
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