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Implementation Trial to Evaluate a Population Health Combination Intervention to Meet HIV Testing, Linkage, and Viral Suppression Goals in Alabama

A Type 2 Hybrid Effectiveness-implementation Trial to Evaluate a Population Health Combination Intervention to Meet HIV Testing, Linkage, and Viral Suppression Goals in Coastal Alabama

Who can join

Ages 13 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* AIM 1 \& 3:
* Fit into one of the following categories:

  1\) MCHD leadership, 2) ADPH leadership, 3) clinic administrators, 4) outreach testing specialists, 5) linkage coordinators and community health workers, 6) physicians, 7) nurses, 8) counselors all working at HIV care facilities in the six MCHD jurisdiction counties.
* Over the age of 18 years old.

AIM 2: (IDIs)

* Over the age of 13 years old
* Tested for HIV in MCHD jurisdiction from time of COASTAL implementation to 36 months post-implementation start date.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Exclusion criteria include unwillingness or inability to provide informed consent.

About the study

The purpose of this study is to adapt and evaluate a combination intervention that includes: (1) a data-driven approach to directed community-based HIV testing to areas with high need, (2) Project Connect to expedite linkage to care at time of diagnosis, (3) and a Rapid ART (antiretroviral therapy)Start program, all in Mobile County Health Department (MCHD) jurisdictions in Alabama.

What is being tested

• COAST-AL (other)

Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham · Participants: 80 · Started: Mar 27, 2024

Contact the study team

• Mariel Parman · Phone: 205-996-6337
• Bernadette Johnson · Phone: 2059347329

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05384145

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.