Increased reengagement of out-of-care HIV patients using Lost & Found, a clinic-based intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Negative health outcomes associated with being out of HIV care (OOC) warrant reengagement strategies. We aimed to assess effectiveness of Lost & Found, a clinic-based intervention to identify and reengage OOC patients.

Methods

Developed and delivered using implementation science, Lost & Found consists of two core elements: identification, operationalized through nurse validation of a real-time list of possible OOC patients; and contact, via nurse-led phone calls. It was implemented over a 12-month period (2018-2019) at the Chronic Viral Illness Service, McGill University Health Centre (CVIS-MUHC) during a type-II implementation-effectiveness hybrid pilot study. Descriptive outcomes of interest were identification as possibly OOC, OOC confirmation, contact, and suc

SUBMITTER: Linthwaite B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8876436 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature