Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of patient-portal-based screening for substance use among people with HIV.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Achieving Equity in Patient Outcome Reporting for Timely Assessments of Life with HIV and Substance Use (ePORTAL HIV-S) is a research project funded by the National Institute for Drug Abuse to implement and evaluate multi-level interventions to decrease barriers to substance use screening and treatment for PLWH. At its center is a multidomain intervention addressing digital, sociocultural, and health care system environments, at individual, interpersonal, and community levels. ePORTAL HIV-S has four overall goals; this manuscript describes the protocol specifically for the randomized control trial (RCT) portion of the study. To provide additional context, we briefly describe the overall ePORTAL HIV-S project.

Methods

This project will utilize a culturally tailored

SUBMITTER: Roessler E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12416366 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature