The goal of this study was to effectively use a client-centered community-based intervention to engage people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in healthcare that helps reduce risky behaviors and lower infectious disease risks. Participants in the intervention group of this study received a 12-week intensive multilevel harm reduction case-management intervention at three rural Vivent Health offices. Service coordination aimed to reduce human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and overdose risks in PWIDs. Prevention Navigators (PNs) at each office helped to coordinate referrals to reduce substance use disorder and increase engagement in the substance use disorder care cascades.
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Change in the Addiction Treatment Accessibility and Utilization as Assessed by Change in Likert Scale
Timeframe: Pre-intervention, post intervention (3 months)
Change in the Addiction Treatment Accessibility and Utilization as Assessed by Change in Frequency of "Yes" Answers
Timeframe: Pre-intervention, post intervention (3 months)
Change in the Risk of HIV as Assessed by Change in Likert Scale
Timeframe: Pre-intervention, post intervention (3 months)
Change in the Risk of HIV as Assessed by Risky Behavior Frequencies
Timeframe: Pre-intervention, post intervention (3 months)
Change in the Risk of Drug Overdose as Assessed by Change in Likert Scale
Timeframe: Pre-intervention, post intervention (3 months)