NCT06046079RecruitingAccepts Healthy Volunteers

Predictors of Health Service Utilizations Among Key Population in Washington DC

Us Helping Us, People Into Living, Inc.

Start Date

8/25/2023

Completion Date

1/1/2026

Summary

The primary objective of the proposed study is to investigate how PrEP use might result in an increase in the utilization of health and social services offered at a local community-based organization. Our primary hypothesis is that the investigators will observe higher utilization of sexual health (STI screenings), psychosocial health (psychotherapy, and substance use treatment) and other social services (emergency cash assistance, food pantry, transportation assistance, clothing,and housing resources) among PrEP users (LAI-PrEP or daily oral) compared to participants who are PrEP naïve over the 12-month follow-up period.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Range: 18 years to No maximum

Inclusion Criteria: * age of 18 years or above; * confirmed HIV-negative status; * residence in the Washington, DC metropolitan area; * one of the following PrEP profiles (PrEP naïve \[no history of any PrEP use in the past\] currently on daily oral PrEP or receiving LAI-PrEP). Exclusion Criteria: * being younger than18 years of age * being unable to speak and/or read English * a reported residence outside of the defined Washington, DC metropolitan area * being unable or unwilling to provide written informed consent * being unable to comply with the requirements of the protocol (i.e. persons with mental health conditions, persons who are intoxicated or incoherent for other reasons) * evidence of suspected hepatoxicity

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Conditions

Pre-exposure ProphylaxisHIVHealth Behavior

Locations

Us Helping Us, People into Living Inc

Washington D.C., District of Columbia 20010

United States