Mobile Intervention Kit to Increase HIV/HCV Testing and Overdose Prevention Training

移动干预套件可加强 HIV/HCV 检测和过量预防培训

• 批准号: 9064304
• 负责人: Ian David Aronson
• 金额: $ 15.28万
• 依托单位: DIGITAL HEALTH EMPOWERMENT, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-05-15 至 2017-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9064304
• 关键词: Accident and Emergency department; Address; Administrator; Alcohol or Other Drugs use; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Charge; Client; Clinical; Computer software; Contracts; Data; Data Collection; Data Reporting; Databases; Doctor of Philosophy; Fees; Fright; Funding; HIV; HIV/HCV; Health; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Services Accessibility; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C virus; Hospitals; Human immunodeficiency virus test; Infection; Injecting drug user; Intervention; Libraries; Naloxone; Needle-Exchange Programs; New York City; Overdose; Participant; Patients; Population; Prevention; Prevention education; Privacy; Process; Public Health; Reporting; Risk; Risk Factors; Running; Services; Site; Slide; Symptoms; Syringes; System; Tablet Computer; Tablets; Technology; Testing; Time; Training; United States; United States National Institutes of Health; United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Universities; base; cost; design; digital; disorder prevention; experience; flexibility; health empowerment; improved; injection drug use; instrument; meetings; methadone maintenance; outreach; overdose death; overdose prevention; prevent; prevention service; programs; public health relevance; response; social stigma; theories; tool

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Because many people who inject drugs (PWID) do not receive adequate information about: HIV or HCV testing and prevention, or overdose prevention and response training, we propose to develop a Mobile Intervention Kit to deliver technology-based interventions from a library of theory-guided video content. The first iteration will address overdose prevention and response training, as well as HIV/HCV prevention education. Subsequent iterations will expand the content library to include additional subjects. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration lists HIV, HCV, and overdose prevention/response as current priorities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention similarly note the importance of addressing HIV and HCV when providing services to PWID. However, program staff may not always be fully knowledgeable about all topics, and may not explain details in ways PWID can fully understand. Our proposed Mobile Intervention Kit (MIK) will address this unmet need for services, while creating value for program staff and administrators. An easy to use menu will enable client organizations to configure each tablet to present brief videos (approximately 2 minutes each) on: overdose prevention and response; the proper use of naloxone; HIV/HCV prevention; and the specifics of HIV and HCV test processes. These videos can be offered individually or in any combination. After a participant has viewed the materials, the MIK will automatically send a completion report to an off- site, password protected database maintained by Digital Health Empowerment, the SBC submitting the current proposal. De-identified data from these reports will be provided to client organizations, which can then share details with current and potential funders to document the services they provide. Digital Health Empowerment will charge a sliding fee to use the MIK, and will collect additional fees for each report. Our project team has created NIH-funded technology-based interventions to facilitate substance use reporting and increase HIV testing among patients in high volume, urban emergency departments. Patients, including those who initially declined testing, cited the privacy and clarity of our technology-based approach as reasons they ultimately accepted HIV testing and more honestly reported substance use. Our team also has experience delivering services to high-need PWID in various clinical and non-clinical outreach settings. Additionally, Digital Health Empowerment principals So-Young Oh and Ian David Aronson, Ph.D. have more than 10 years experience collaboratively developing technology products, including video-based health interventions and other digital content, for clients in non-profit, commercial, and universiy settings. We plan to build upon this expertise to: develop videos and software to facilitate venue appropriate video selection and presentation, along with a backend system to collect data and generate automated completion reports; and conduct a preliminary feasibility trial (n=30) at a program serving PWID.