Mobile Technology to Increase HIV/HCV Testing and Overdose Prevention/Response among People Who Inject Drugs

This is an academic paper that discusses the evaluation of an innovative tool, the Mobile Intervention Kit (MIK), in a street outreach syringe exchange program in the Bronx, NY. The MIK is a tablet-based intervention with three separate modules (HIV, Hepatitis C, overdose prevention) that can be shown to participants individually or in any combination, to tailor content based on the needs of specific patients or the capacity of a facility. Study findings show that the MIK is feasible and highly acceptable to a population of people who inject drugs, and could increase overdose education and HIV/Hepatitis C testing. 

Resource Type
Peer-reviewed Articles and Reports
Continuum of Care
Harm Reduction
Response Approach
Educational
Overdose prevention
Peer-reviewed Article
Citation

Aronson, I.D., Bennett, A., Marsch, L.A., Bania, T.C. (2017). Mobile Technology to Increase HIV/HCV Testing and Overdose Prevention/Response among People Who Inject Drugs. Frontiers in Public Health, 5, 217. 

State / region
Northeast
New York