ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC
People involved in the criminal justice system have a higher prevalence of HIV/AIDS and untreated substance use disorder (SUD) than the general population. The National Institutes of Health’s Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative has called for research on strategies that effectively integrate HIV and SUD treatment and prevention services for justice-involved populations.
The NIH’s Collaborative Network to End the HIV Epidemic and Address Addiction in the Criminal Justice System represents the first coordinated effort to investigate and develop innovative strategies to reduce the burdens of HIV, drug use, and other complicating factors affecting people involved in the criminal justice system. The collaborative will generate evidence to help fill gaps in treatment and preventive services for people transitioning from incarceration to community life.
CONNECT RESEARCH SUPPORTING TRANSITIONS
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CONNECT RESEARCH will generate real-world evidence to address the unique needs of individuals with HIV and substance use disorder as they transition between the criminal legal system and their community.
REGIONAL RESEARCH HUBS
Eight Regional Research Hubs are conducting multisite clinical trials that engage people involved in the criminal justice system in behavioral interventions, medicated management of SUD, digital therapeutics, patient-centered treatment modalities, and other innovative strategies.
California Hub
DEST2nation
Massachusetts HIV and Justice
NOTRE
Project SHIELD
STOP
TechMPower
THRASHER
PATIENT ENGAGEMENT RESOURCE CENTER (PERC)
The INTERACT (Using DesIgN jusTicE to impRove cArCeral health ouTcomes) Center at the University of Pittsburgh applies human-centered design principles to engage individuals with lived experience at the intersection of HIV, substance use, and criminal justice in advising on CONNECT research and dissemination efforts.
DATA COORDINATION AND DISSEMINATION CENTER
The EngageData Center based at RTI International provides administrative support to the network, coordinates dissemination and translation of science, implements rapid research projects, and maintains a data and analytic infrastructure for common data elements.