Linkage to Care - Part I

Status:	Completed
Conditions:	HIV / AIDS
Therapuetic Areas:	Immunology / Infectious Diseases
Healthy:	No
Age Range:	Any
Updated:	3/1/2017
Start Date:	March 2008
End Date:	March 2010

HIV-Related Care Engagement: Linkage to Care and Care-Seeking for HIV-Infected Adolescents, Phase I

This first phase of a two-phase study involves three components:

1. Review of existing linkage-to-care protocols and sources of referrals for care;

2. Semi-structured telephone or face-to-face interviews with a minimum of two personnel
per site who are associated with linkage to medical care. (Preference will be given to
personnel with direct experience in linkage to care); and

3. Structured observations of referral sessions.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Component 1: Documents identified by clinical site personnel as pertaining to
post-test counseling, linkage to care, or standard operating procedures addressing
post-test counseling and linkage to care.

- Component 2: Persons employed by one of the AMTUs or an identified linkage-to-care
partner and work as clinical staff or a case-manager or is a person familiar to
linkage to care; or persons involved in posttest counseling and linkage-to-care
processes. Clinical staff and case managers are chosen based on direct experience in
the assistance of HIV seropositive youth obtaining medical care. This definition
includes, but is not limited to, physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers,
and case managers (who may have diverse professional backgrounds).

- Component 3: All AMTU sites will be included.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Component 1: No a priori exclusions.

- Component 2: No a priori exclusions.

- Component 3: No a priori exclusions.

We found this trial at

sites

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

South 34th Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

215-590-1000