Improving HIV Prevention and Substance Use Post-Sexual Assault Services

Improving HIV Prevention and Substance Use Post-Sexual Assault Services for Adolescents and Young Adults

The purpose of this study is to tailor existing sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) services with same-day HIV prophylaxis and substance use screening, brief intervention, or referral using semi-structured adolescents and young adults (AYA) survivor and key informant interviews, and iterative co-design/pilot testing of adapted strategies with the youth working group (YWG), to optimize study mechanisms and outcome measures using cognitive interviews, analysis of community partner data, and recruitment and retention strategies with the youth working group (YWG) and community advisory board (CAB), to conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial with 40 AYA to test feasibility, acceptability, and initial efficacy compared to usual care, to evaluate recruitment, randomization, and follow-up strategies; adherence to intervention dose; retention benchmarks; and acceptability and to evaluate preliminary efficacy of outcome measures (uptake of post-assault HIV prevention and substance use treatment).

Inclusion Criteria:

• experienced a sexual assault within the last 72 hours
• speak English
• not planning to move out of the metro area during the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• noticeably intoxicated or under the influence
• are overtly having severe, untreated mental illness symptoms