Prevention Ambassadors: Intervention to Promote HIV Service Engagement in the Networks of SSP Clients
Start Date
2/3/2025
Completion Date
2/1/2027
Summary
HIV testing and service uptake are infrequent among people who use drugs (PWUD) in the United States. In partnership with a community-based syringe service program (SSP), this project will develop the SSP-based "Prevention Ambassadors" (PA) intervention to promote HIV testing and service uptake among PWUD via the secondary distribution (i.e., peer delivery) of HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits with local HIV service information and referrals to HIV service navigation in the social networks of SSP clients (i.e., PWUD). The PA intervention will then be piloted to assess its preliminary effects, acceptability, and feasibility among PWUD in the Ending the HIV Epidemic priority jurisdiction of Riverside County, California.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Range: 18 years to No maximum
Interventions
Prevention Ambassadors
SSP Standard of Care
Conditions
Locations
San Diego State University
San Diego, California 92182
United States