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Linking Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC) in Russia: design, intervention and implementation protocol
BACKGROUND: Russia and Eastern Europe have one of the fastest growing HIV epidemics in the world. While countries in this region have implemented HIV testing within addiction treatment systems, linkage to HIV care from these settings is not yet standard practice. The Linking Infectious and Narcology...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855723/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27141834 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13722-016-0058-5 |
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author | Gnatienko, Natalia Han, Steve C. Krupitsky, Evgeny Blokhina, Elena Bridden, Carly Chaisson, Christine E. Cheng, Debbie M. Walley, Alexander Y. Raj, Anita Samet, Jeffrey H. |
author_facet | Gnatienko, Natalia Han, Steve C. Krupitsky, Evgeny Blokhina, Elena Bridden, Carly Chaisson, Christine E. Cheng, Debbie M. Walley, Alexander Y. Raj, Anita Samet, Jeffrey H. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Russia and Eastern Europe have one of the fastest growing HIV epidemics in the world. While countries in this region have implemented HIV testing within addiction treatment systems, linkage to HIV care from these settings is not yet standard practice. The Linking Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC) intervention utilized peer-led strengths-based case management to motivate HIV-infected patients in addiction treatment to obtain HIV care. This paper describes the protocol of a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of the LINC intervention in St. Petersburg, Russia. METHODS/DESIGN: Participants (n = 349) were recruited from the inpatient wards at the City Addiction Hospital in St. Petersburg, Russia. After completing a baseline assessment, participants were randomly assigned to receive either the LINC intervention or standard of care. Participants returned for research assessments 6 and 12 months post-baseline. Primary outcomes were assessed via chart review at HIV treatment locations. DISCUSSION: LINC holds the potential to offer an effective approach to coordinating HIV care for people who inject drugs in Russia. The LINC intervention utilizes existing systems of care in Russia, minimizing adoption of substantial infrastructure for implementation. Trial Registration NCT01612455 |
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spelling | pubmed-48557232016-05-05 Linking Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC) in Russia: design, intervention and implementation protocol Gnatienko, Natalia Han, Steve C. Krupitsky, Evgeny Blokhina, Elena Bridden, Carly Chaisson, Christine E. Cheng, Debbie M. Walley, Alexander Y. Raj, Anita Samet, Jeffrey H. Addict Sci Clin Pract Study Protocol BACKGROUND: Russia and Eastern Europe have one of the fastest growing HIV epidemics in the world. While countries in this region have implemented HIV testing within addiction treatment systems, linkage to HIV care from these settings is not yet standard practice. The Linking Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC) intervention utilized peer-led strengths-based case management to motivate HIV-infected patients in addiction treatment to obtain HIV care. This paper describes the protocol of a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of the LINC intervention in St. Petersburg, Russia. METHODS/DESIGN: Participants (n = 349) were recruited from the inpatient wards at the City Addiction Hospital in St. Petersburg, Russia. After completing a baseline assessment, participants were randomly assigned to receive either the LINC intervention or standard of care. Participants returned for research assessments 6 and 12 months post-baseline. Primary outcomes were assessed via chart review at HIV treatment locations. DISCUSSION: LINC holds the potential to offer an effective approach to coordinating HIV care for people who inject drugs in Russia. The LINC intervention utilizes existing systems of care in Russia, minimizing adoption of substantial infrastructure for implementation. Trial Registration NCT01612455 BioMed Central 2016-05-04 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4855723/ /pubmed/27141834 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13722-016-0058-5 Text en © Gnatienko et al. 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Study Protocol Gnatienko, Natalia Han, Steve C. Krupitsky, Evgeny Blokhina, Elena Bridden, Carly Chaisson, Christine E. Cheng, Debbie M. Walley, Alexander Y. Raj, Anita Samet, Jeffrey H. Linking Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC) in Russia: design, intervention and implementation protocol |
title | Linking Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC) in Russia: design, intervention and implementation protocol |
title_full | Linking Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC) in Russia: design, intervention and implementation protocol |
title_fullStr | Linking Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC) in Russia: design, intervention and implementation protocol |
title_full_unstemmed | Linking Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC) in Russia: design, intervention and implementation protocol |
title_short | Linking Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC) in Russia: design, intervention and implementation protocol |
title_sort | linking infectious and narcology care (linc) in russia: design, intervention and implementation protocol |
topic | Study Protocol |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855723/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27141834 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13722-016-0058-5 |
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