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HIV INTERVENTION FOR PROVIDERS
(HIP)
Principal Investigators:
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Carol Dawson Rose, RN, Ph.D. and Grant Colfax, MD.
Co-Investigators:
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Cynthia Gomez, Ph.D., Kelly R. Knight, Med
Director: Nicholas J. Alvarado, MPH
Field Coordinator: Pat Borch
Project Coordinator: Charles Pearson, MA
The HIP Study is a collaboration between
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Center for AIDS Prevention Studies,
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San Francisco Department of Public Health
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Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Collaborating Clinics
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Cares Clinic
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San Mateo County Edison Clinic
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Positive Health Program at WD 86 and UCSF
Goal: To increase the skills of HIV providers in conducting
risk assessments and providing brief prevention messages
to their HIV infected patients.
Background
HIV and STD incidence is increasing in urban settings
Studies report HIV risk behavior among HIV infected
individuals who are in care
CDC Advancing HIV Prevention Initiative
Brief provider interventions focused on changing patients’
risk behaviors have shown to be effective
Study Objectives
 Develop, pilot, and implement a primary care provider
prevention intervention
 Conduct a controlled trial of 30-50 primary care HIV
providers randomized into one of two conditions
 Evaluate and compare the effects of the intervention on the
HIV risk behaviors of 450 HIV infected patients of
participating providers
 Evaluate the effect of the intervention on provider attitude
and behavior
Study Participants
Recruited 44 primary providers from 4 clinics
Licensed MD, NP, PA on staff at the participating
institution
Minimum panel of 5 patients & 1/2 day per week
Recruiting 450 patients at these 4 clinics
HIV+ Women and men, 18 years or older who
have had anal or vaginal sex with HIV negative or
unknown status partner in the preceding 6 months
Data Assessment
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Baseline Assessments (patients and
providers)
Three and six month follow-up assessments
(patients)
Six month follow-up (provider)
ACASI survey in English and Spanish
Medical record review
Intervention Format
2 two-hour training sessions/Booster
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First Session
 Introduce assessment model (CAPRA)
 Skills building, risk assessment and harm reduction
based prevention message
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Second Session
 Implementation follow up
 Condom Skills, Disclosure and Partner Notification
One-hour Booster session one month post intervention
Preliminary Baseline Data
*As of 4/8/05
Patient Participants (N=283)
Median age: 43 (range 22-67)
Race: African-American 37% (106), Latino 18% (50), White
36% (103), API 1% (3), mixed/other 6% (18),
Sex: male 70% (197), female 26% (74), transgender 4% (12)
Education: 27% have less than a high school degree
Preliminary Baseline Data
(continued)
Sexual Identity:
Male: Gay 55% (109), straight 26% (52), bisexual 14%
(28) other 4% (8)
Female: Straight 78% (58), bisexual 16% (12), gay 4%
(3), other 1% (1)
Transgender (MTF): Straight 41% (5), gay 33% (4),
bisexual 0% (0) other 25% (3)
Baseline Sexual Risk Behavior
(Preliminary Data)
Unprotected Anal or Vaginal Sex (past 6 months)
Men: 55% (109) reported unprotected anal or vaginal sex
with either male or female partners
 44% (86) reported unprotected anal sex with male
partners
 13% (26) reported unprotected anal/vaginal with
female partners
Women: 56% (41)reported any unprotected anal/vaginal
with male partners
Injection Drug Use Risk
(preliminary Data)
33% (93) reported injection drug use in the
past
28% (79) reported injection related risk with
serodiscordant partner
Relationship with Provider
(Preliminary Data)
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50% of patient participants had six visits with
provider in last year
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Time spent with provider during last visit 32%
greater than 30 minutes
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During last visit, 60% reported provider asked if
they were sexually active
Challenges
 Multiple Clinic-Based Prevention Programs
 Computer literacy of patient participants
 Spanish Language Barriers
 Scheduling Providers for intervention
Big Study Question
Can we change behavior practices of HIV
providers to better assess and reduce transmission
risk with their HIV+ patients to partners of
negative or unknown status?
Do people who are patients at HIV clinics want to
talk about prevention with their providers?
For further inquiries contact:
Carol Dawson Rose at [email protected] or
Nicholas Alvarado at [email protected]