Welcome to the BATLab’s Weekly Lit Review, where every week we post peer-reviewed papers relevant to our research projects.
This week, take a look at this interesting paper published in BioMed Central – Trials in 2016:
Key words: HIV care, Transgender women, HIV prevention, HIV Testing
Abstract
Background
Despite successes in preventing and treating HIV, Indigenous people in Canada continue to face disproportionately high rates of HIV infection. Programs that support healing from lifetime trauma, support connection to culture, and reduce drug-related harms are critical to preventing HIV among young Indigenous
people who use drugs. The Cedar Project WelTel mHealth intervention proposed here is a structured mobile-phone initiative to connect young Indigenous people who use drugs with Cedar Case Managers in a community-based setting. The intervention consists of a package of supports, including a mobile phone and cellular plan, weekly two-way text messaging, and support from Cedar Case Managers.
Methods
culture measured at 6 months and 1 year. Primary analysis is by intention to treat.
young Indigenous people who use drugs are urgently needed. Despite presenting a tremendous opportunity to
connect young, highly transient Indigenous people who use drugs to prevention services, supportive two-way
mHealth programs have yet to be tested for HIV prevention in a community-based setting with this population.
Protocol version: 24 July 2015.
This article was written by
- Kate Jongbloed
- Anton J. Friedman
- Margo E. Pearce
- Mia L. Van Der Kop
- Vicky Thomas
- Lou Demerais
- Sherri Pooyak
- Martin T. Schechter
- Richard T. Lester
- Patricia M. Spittal
- and The Cedar Project Partnership
Contributors are from:
- School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
- The Cedar Project, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul’s Hospital, 588-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada.
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 18a, Campus Solna, Stockholm 171 77, Sweden.
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, 566-828 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L8, Canada.
- Vancouver Native Health Society, 455 Hastings Street E, Vancouver, BC V6A 1P5, Canada.
- Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network, 6520 Salish Drive, Vancouver, BC V6N 2C7, Canada.
- Neglected Global Diseases Initiative, Faculty of Medicine,
University of British Columbia, 564-828 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L8, Canada.
Read more here: DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1250-3