About this trial
The goal of this research is to determine whether a Community Health Worker (CHW) intervention including a mobile telehealth (M-Health) component can help achieve long term viral suppression among Black people with poorly controlled HIV.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Ages 18 years or older
Miami-Dade Resident at time of enrollment
self-identify as Black
Viral load > 200 mL within the last 6-months (VL must be verified via electronic medical record or lab report prior to enrollment)
Disqualifiers
Any other condition(s) that the treating clinician determines would limit participant from meaningful study participation.
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
INSTACARE
BehavioralCHWs will provide participants with support via phone calls, home-visits, and accompaniment to clinic visits to improve medication management and HIV viral suppression. CHWs will contact participants at least once per week for three months.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Communication Preferences
Communication preferences will be reported as the number of participants who prefer any of the following intervention modes of administration: text messaging, phone calls, home visits, accompaniment to clinic visits, utilization of existing health portals and phone applications. Data will be collected via survey administered to participants by CHW.
Number of CHW contacts
CHW contacts with participants will be extracted from CHW tracking logs.
Sponsors and contacts
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University of Miami
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Collaborator