Confidential Care and Adolescent HIV Testing

Implementation of Confidential Care to Increase Adolescent HIV Testing in Pediatric Primary Care Settings

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of structural intervention components to increase adolescent HIV testing uptake by improving the implementation of confidential care as standard practice in pediatric primary care.

This pilot study will evaluate a multicomponent structural intervention to increase adolescent HIV testing uptake by improving the implementation of confidential care as standard practice in pediatric primary care settings. The objectives of the study are to: (a) evaluate feasibility, acceptability, and other implementation outcomes (e.g., reach); (b) assess change in HIV testing uptake; and (c) determine the combination of structural intervention components to be further evaluated in a future full-scale optimization trial. These objectives will be achieved through a pilot optimization trial; the trial will follow a full factorial experimental design with data collection at three time points over a 12-month period.

During the 6-month pre-intervention period, baseline measures will be assessed extracting electronic health record (EHR) data on the number of adolescent patients who were screened for, accepted, and received results of HIV testing. During the 6-month intervention period, clinics will be randomized to one of four experimental conditions based on the following two factors: (1) provider training; (2) implementation of clinic protocols to support confidential care provision. Clinics randomized to a condition involving provider training will receive training on state-specific laws regulating minors' access to confidential HIV testing. Clinics randomized to a condition involving the implementation of clinic protocols will receive training on navigating the new protocols. Measurement of intervention and implementation processes and outcomes will be guided by the five dimensions of the RE-AIM Framework: reach, efficacy, adoption, implementation, and maintenance. During the 6-month post-intervention period, EHR data will be used to assess the change in HIV testing uptake over the study period.

The intervention occurs at the clinic-level and so the enrolled participant is a pediatric primary care clinic. The patient-level outcome (i.e., change in HIV testing uptake) will be collected based on the following eligibility criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- 13-17 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

• <13 years old
• >17 years old