@article{8bdc8b191fa742f1b2c56ada2cf7585e,
title = "A system-level intervention to encourage collaboration between juvenile justice and public health agencies to promote hiv/sti testing",
abstract = "Justice-involved youth are at high risk for HIV and STIs, and justice agencies are uniquely poised to offer HIV/STI testing. However, testing in these settings is not routine and represents a missed opportunity. This study describes a system-level implementation intervention designed to increase access to HIV/STI testing through juvenile justice (JJ) and public health agency collaboration across six counties in six states in the United States. Local change teams, active facilitation, and training were utilized to facilitate agency partnerships and development of HIV/STI practice change protocols. Five counties established health and JJ partnerships and four counties successfully implemented their protocols. Sites with HIV/STI education and testing protocols behaviorally screened 98.5% of youth and tested 41.2% of those youth; 0% were HIV+ and 43.2% had an STI. The intervention provides a feasible, scalable solution, through promoting partnerships between JJ and health agencies, to link youth to testing and treatment services.",
keywords = "Adolescents, HIV/STI testing, Implementation, Juvenile justice, System-level inter-vention",
author = "Elkington, {Katherine S.} and Anne Spaulding and Sheena Gardner and Danica Knight and Steven Belenko and Becan, {Jennifer E.} and Robertson, {Angela A.} and Carrie Oser and Ralph Diclemente",
note = "Funding Information: Funded under the JJ-TRIALS cooperative agreement at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The authors also acknowledge the collaborative contribu-tions of NIDA and support from the following grant awards: Columbia University (U01DA036226); Emory University (U01DA036233); Mississippi State University (U01DA036176); Temple University (U01DA036225); Texas Christian University (U01DA036224); University of Kentucky (U01DA036158); NIDA Science Officer on this project is Tisha Wiley. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIDA, NIH, or the participating universities or JJ systems. Funding Information: Katherine S. Elkington is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York. Anne Spaulding and Ralph DiClemente are affiliated with the Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Ralph DeClemente is also affiliated with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, New York University College of Global Public Health, New York, New York. Sheena Gardner and Angela A. Robertson are affiliated with the Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi. Danica Knight and Jennifer E. Becan are affiliated with the Institute of Behavioral Research, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas. Steven Belenko is affiliated with the Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Carrie Oser is affiliated with the Department of Sociology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Funded under the JJ-TRIALS cooperative agreement at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The authors also acknowledge the collaborative contributions of NIDA and support from the following grant awards: Columbia University (U01DA036226); Emory University (U01DA036233); Mississippi State University (U01DA036176); Temple University (U01DA036225); Texas Christian University (U01DA036224); University of Kentucky (U01DA036158); NIDA Science Officer on this project is Tisha Wiley. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIDA, NIH, or the participating universities or JJ systems. Address correspondence to Katherine S. Elkington, PhD, Associate Professor, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1015 Riverside Dr., #15, New York, NY 10032. E-mail: ke2143@ cumc.columbia.edu Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 The Guilford Press.",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1521/aeap.2020.32.4.337",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "32",
pages = "337--355",
journal = "AIDS Education and Prevention",
issn = "0899-9546",
publisher = "Guilford Publications",
number = "4",
}