Prevention and Treatment through a Comprehensive Care Continuum for HIV-affected Adolescents in Resource-Constrained Settings Implementation Science Network (PATC3H-IN) Study – NIH-funded, stakeholder-informed youth HIV prevention and care innovations. This is a five-member team designed to study alternative delivery models for HIV prevention and care for adolescent and young adults, including long-acting cabotegravir. We propose building on the foundation of this study as a catalyst for integrating LEN.
The study uses implementation science to understand and design stakeholder-informed innovative interventions to improve youth HIV-Prevention and Care continuums in rural and Urban areas.
This 5-year project aims;
- To conduct formative research to enhance understanding of the barriers and facilitators for implementation of the proposed HIV prevention,
- To Assess the rollout of culturally acceptable, feasible HIV prevention and care interventions among AYA
- To Strengthen the capacity of Implementation Science and to translate findings into policy.
This study will be implemented by four consortium members (Baylor-Uganda, IDRC, MJAP, and MU-JHU), operating at 5 Clinical Research Performance Sites (CRPS) in rural, semi-rural, and urban Uganda. The 5 CRPS are health center IVs (Lyantonde, Kamuli) and hospitals (Kampala, Kyenjojo, Kagadi). After the stakeholders meeting the study team visited Kitayunjwa Health Centre III in Kamuli district, which is one of the participating health facility in the study.
HIP-CY Protocol Overview for Stakehoder Meeting — 29 May 2024 (2)
