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J-RISE: Relevant Implementation Strategies to Eliminate the Social and Structural Barriers to HIV Services Among Justice-involved Black Men Who Have Sex With Men and Other Key Populations

Sponsored by University of Chicago

About this study

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare two interventions - Health Navigation and Health Navigation Plus among individuals who have been impacted by the criminal legal system. The main question it aims to answer is: • Compared with the Health Navigation group, are participants in the Health Navigation Plus group more likely to a) access HIV care, treatment, and prevention services and employment services and b) access employment services and be employed in community? Participants on the study will be: * Randomly assigned (like a flip of a coin) to participate in either Health Navigation or Health Navigation Plus. Participants will have an equal chance of being placed in either group. * Complete three surveys over the course of 13 months * Participants in the Health Navigation group will have two in person meetings and seven check-ins with the health navigator over 6 months * Participants in the Health Navigation Plus group will have two in person meetings and seven check-ins with the health navigator over 6 months, two in person and 10 check ins with the employment navigator over 12 months and up to $200 to support employment and career development needs and receive up to $140 to support health goals. Samples of blood, urine and swabs may be collected to meet the health goals.

The overarching goals of J-RISE is to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of two packaged status neutral interventions to improve access to HIV and employment-related services and employment among individuals who have been impacted by the criminal legal system. Criminal legal involved individuals are particularly vulnerable to HIV, and oftentimes experience delayed uptake and benefit from available HIV services. Status neutral interventions for criminal legal involved individuals hold significant promise in supporting Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) plans including enhancing access to HIV, mental health, and substance use services post-release; expanding the skills of the HIV workforce; and addressing the social and structural barriers to HIV services (e.g., unemployment) experienc…

Where this study is enrolling

Who can participate

Inclusion criteria

  • ✓1. be at least 18 years of age;
  • ✓2. currently reside or intend to reside in one of the study communities (i.e., Cook County, Baton Rouge, and the New Orleans area);
  • ✓3. be able to provide informed consent in English and complete the study in English. In addition, potential participants must:
  • ✓4. be currently incarcerated in jail or prison and report an expected release within 90 days, or under community supervision or drug court, or report a recent incarceration within the last three years, or in the last 12 months has had an interaction with law enforcement that did not lead to an arrest or jail or prison time, AND has not already been linked and/or retained in HIV or PrEP care in the community;
  • ✓5. report needing employment-related services; and
  • ✓6. have a confirmed HIV positive or negative status (within 90 days of enrollment) and if HIV negative meets one of CDC's PrEP indications (i.e., sexually active, needle sharing, previous STI history in the last 24 months) or plans to have sex in the next 12 months or wants more information about PrEP.

Exclusion criteria

  • ✕1. unwilling/unable to provide informed consent,
  • ✕2. does not live or intend to live in one of the study locations,
  • ✕3. unable to confirm HIV status,
  • ✕4. unable to conduct the study in English, and
  • ✕5. currently enrolled in another intervention to support HIV care, PrEP care, and economic stability.

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Trial data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov.