Evaluation of Behavioral Intervention for HIV Positive Prisoners in NC and TX (imPACT)

This is an interventional supportive care trial for HIV Infection focused on measuring HIV, prisoners, test, treat, link coordination, retain, behavioral, intervention, text reminders, motivational interviewing, medication adherence Read More

Inclusion Criteria:

• Documented HIV infection
• Incarcerated in the NCDOC at a facility within a 3 hour drive from Chapel Hill OR incarcerated in the TDCJ at a facility within a 3 hour drive from Ft. Worth
• Age 18 years or older
• Receiving ART for at least 30 days
• Last recorded viral load (must be within 90 days of entry) <400 copies/mL
• English speaking
• Able and willing to provide informed consent
• Willing to participate in post-release study activities
• For NC - planning to remain in state after release and returning to a community within a 3 hour drive of Chapel Hill
• For TX - returning to one of the following areas: Houston, Dallas, and Ft. Worth (including their suburbs)
• Scheduled for release from prison

Exclusion Criteria:

• Conviction for offenses that includes sexual assault or death or serious injury to a victim or is otherwise found, in the opinion of the investigators, to be at high risk for injury to staff (this criterion is designed to minimize risk to study personnel who will conduct study-related visits with participants in the communities to which they return and may be informed by input from correctional staff)
• Pending charges that would likely lead to transfer of custody or other condition which would otherwise prevent or significantly delay release from custody.