Mobile Enhanced Prevention Support for People Leaving Jail

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

233 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-11-14

Study Completion Date

2024-03-31

Brief Summary

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This study will provide HIV prevention and related support services to men who have sex with men and transgender women who have substance use disorders and are either leaving jail or recently released from jail. The researchers will compare the utilization of HIV prevention and other support services between individuals who receive routine case management provided following enrollment to those who have access to GeoPassport, a global position service (GPS)-based mobile app, incentives, and peer mentor support.

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Detailed Description

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The investigators will enroll 200 people in jail or within 12 months post-release from incarceration. During the trial, half of participants will be randomized into a control group that will receive usual care consistent with the setting in which they live, along with referrals customized to their needs and preferences to share with a case manager. They will be compared to the other half of participants randomized to the intervention group that, in addition to receiving customized referral sources, will also receive the GeoPassport App, incentives, and the support of a trained Peer Mentor for six months. The GeoPassport App will provide participants with tools for tracking goals and progress toward meeting them, assistance in locating services, appointment and medication reminders, opportunities to provide feedback on service providers, and built-in tracking and distribution of rewards (incentives) for service utilization. GeoPassport will assist Peer Mentors in monitoring participants' service utilization. The Peer Mentors will provide encouragement, role modeling, accompaniment to appointments, and assistance with goal setting, problem-solving, and reducing logistical and psychosocial barriers to service engagement. The intervention can be delivered in person or remotely in order to comply with necessary social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants in both groups will be followed to assess whether those offered the intervention are more likely to meet the specific prevention targets described in the Specific Aims. The intervention lasts 6 months from the start of participation. Participants are interviewed at 3, 6, and 9 months from the same point as the intervention.

Conditions

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HIV Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial Hepatitis C Substance Use Disorders

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The Mobile Enhanced Prevention Support (MEPS) intervention is designed to support, motivate, and facilitate engagement in preventive health care activities in the period of community reentry following jail. Three components: support from a selected Peer Mentor (PM), incentives, and a developed mobile application. Client-driven approach, in which participants are encouraged to address priorities and immediate needs for that they identify a client-centered needs assessment, prioritization, and wellness planning process, especially social determinants of health that may discourage or undermine preventive health measures.

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Standard of Care

A client-centered assessment of priorities and needs and customized prevention and testing referrals.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual Care plus Customized Referrals

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the control arm will continue to receive services they would normally receive consistent with the setting in which they were recruited. This includes substance use treatment in jail, substance use treatment at a residential recovery facility, and/or supportive housing services. The study will provide referrals customized to their needs and preferences.

Mobile Enhanced Prevention Support

Standard of Care in addition to a client-centered assessment of priorities and needs and customized prevention and testing referrals, and the Mobile Enhanced Prevention Support Program

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mobile Enhanced Prevention Support

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Access to the newly developed GeoPassport App, incentives for accessing identified services, and a trained Peer Mentor.

Usual Care plus Customized Referrals

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the control arm will continue to receive services they would normally receive consistent with the setting in which they were recruited. This includes substance use treatment in jail, substance use treatment at a residential recovery facility, and/or supportive housing services. The study will provide referrals customized to their needs and preferences.

Interventions

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Mobile Enhanced Prevention Support

Access to the newly developed GeoPassport App, incentives for accessing identified services, and a trained Peer Mentor.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care plus Customized Referrals

Participants in the control arm will continue to receive services they would normally receive consistent with the setting in which they were recruited. This includes substance use treatment in jail, substance use treatment at a residential recovery facility, and/or supportive housing services. The study will provide referrals customized to their needs and preferences.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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MEPS

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. housed in K6G unit or within 12 months post-release from incarceration
2. ages 18-49 years
3. screens positive for Substance Use Disorder (SUD), or has sought or received SUD treatment at any time starting 12 months before the most recent incarceration until the present day.
4. reports sexual intercourse with a male or a male-to-female transgender woman in the six months prior to jail entry
5. if recruited in jail, is likely to be remain either in custody for at least four more days, but less than three more months based on scheduled court dates, current sentence, treatment plan, etc.
6. has not received an HIV diagnosis (based on self-report)
7. plans to reside in Los Angeles County for the 12 months following enrollment

Exclusion Criteria

1. does not have a smartphone and is not willing to obtain one post-release,
2. is not able to speak and understand English, and
3. does not have sufficient reading skills to operate a mobile app

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

49 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes