Opioid use disorder (OUD) confers a higher risk of acquiring and transmitting infectious diseases, which may have long-term health consequences in Veterans. Treatment of OUD with medication assisted therapy is highly effective, however this often occurs independently of infectious diseases care. This project will test out a new model that combines infectious diseases and OUD care within one VA clinic appointment. This new care model may improve the health of Veterans and reduce cost and time required for Veterans who often need to attend multiple outpatient appointments.
US Veteran
Able to provide written informed consent in English
Living in the community (Nassau, Suffolk, Kings, Queens, Bronx, Westchester, Rockland counties, NY)
Documented diagnosis of moderate to severe opioid use disorder
Severe medical or psychiatric disability making participation unsafe
Unable to provide written consent
PrEP exclusion: HIV positive test; HBV positive test
Parallel
Integrated care
Other interventionReceipt of infectious diseases laboratory testing and/or PrEP for HIV within a single substance use disorder clinic appointment.
Infectious diseases screening uptake during intervention period
Proportion of Veterans who completed any screening for HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), gonorrhea, chlamydia, or syphilis during the intervention period
PrEP uptake during intervention period
Proportion who initiated PrEP for HIV during the intervention period
HIV screening uptake during intervention period
Proportion who completed screening for HIV during the intervention period
HCV screening uptake during intervention period
Proportion who completed screening for HCV during the intervention period
Gonorrhea screening uptake during intervention period
Proportion who completed screening for gonorrhea during the intervention period
Feasibility of the integrated care intervention
Proportion of Veterans who agreed that the integrated care intervention was a feasible care model for the substance use disorder clinic
Acceptability of the integrated care intervention
Proportion of Veterans who agreed that the integrated care intervention was an acceptable care model for the substance use disorder clinic
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