Information and Communication Technology to Link Criminal Justice Reentrants to HIV Care in the Community

The United States has the world’s highest prison population, and an estimated one in seven HIV-positive persons in the USA passes through a correctional facility annually. Given this, it is critical to develop innovative and effective approaches to support HIV treatment and retention in care among H...

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Main Authors: Ann Kurth, Irene Kuo, James Peterson, Nkiru Azikiwe, Lauri Bazerman, Alice Cates, Curt G. Beckwith
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:AIDS Research and Treatment
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/547381
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description The United States has the world’s highest prison population, and an estimated one in seven HIV-positive persons in the USA passes through a correctional facility annually. Given this, it is critical to develop innovative and effective approaches to support HIV treatment and retention in care among HIV-positive individuals involved in the criminal justice (CJ) system. Information and communication technologies (ICTs), including mobile health (mHealth) interventions, may offer one component of a successful strategy for linkage/retention in care. We describe CARE+ Corrections, a randomized controlled trial (RCT) study now underway in Washington, that will evaluate the combined effect of computerized motivational interview counseling and postrelease short message service (SMS) text message reminders to increase antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence and linkage and retention in care among HIV-infected persons involved in the criminal justice system. In this report, we describe the development of this ICT/mHealth intervention, outline the study procedures used to evaluate this intervention, and summarize the implications for the mHealth knowledge base.
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spelling doaj-art-d479189bc2bd42b0ab46563a0deca1802025-08-20T03:23:47ZengWileyAIDS Research and Treatment2090-12402090-12592013-01-01201310.1155/2013/547381547381Information and Communication Technology to Link Criminal Justice Reentrants to HIV Care in the CommunityAnn Kurth0Irene Kuo1James Peterson2Nkiru Azikiwe3Lauri Bazerman4Alice Cates5Curt G. Beckwith6College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USADepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC 20052, USADepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC 20052, USACollege of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USADepartment of Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USADepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC 20052, USADepartment of Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USAThe United States has the world’s highest prison population, and an estimated one in seven HIV-positive persons in the USA passes through a correctional facility annually. Given this, it is critical to develop innovative and effective approaches to support HIV treatment and retention in care among HIV-positive individuals involved in the criminal justice (CJ) system. Information and communication technologies (ICTs), including mobile health (mHealth) interventions, may offer one component of a successful strategy for linkage/retention in care. We describe CARE+ Corrections, a randomized controlled trial (RCT) study now underway in Washington, that will evaluate the combined effect of computerized motivational interview counseling and postrelease short message service (SMS) text message reminders to increase antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence and linkage and retention in care among HIV-infected persons involved in the criminal justice system. In this report, we describe the development of this ICT/mHealth intervention, outline the study procedures used to evaluate this intervention, and summarize the implications for the mHealth knowledge base.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/547381
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AIDS Research and Treatment
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