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Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial of integrated eHealth for PrEP and medications for opioid use disorders for women in the criminal legal system. The Athena study
Meyer J, Brunson S, Price C, Mulrain M, Nguyen J, Altice F, Kyriakides T, Cropsey K, Eaton E. Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial of integrated eHealth for PrEP and medications for opioid use disorders for women in the criminal legal system. The Athena study. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 2025, 20: 4. PMID: 39825419, PMCID: PMC11742507, DOI: 10.1186/s13722-024-00534-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCriminal legal systemOpioid use disorderLegal systemStandard of careStructural barriersUse disorderEnhanced standard of careRates of opioid use disorderDelivery of PrEPPre-exposure prophylaxisWomen's abilityRandomized clinical trialsLife-saving interventionsRandomized controlled trialsHealth disparitiesImplementation outcomesPrEP initiationPreventive servicesClinical outcomesIntegrated deliveryFollow-upDelivery modelsClinical trialsDecision aidPrEP
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Design and implementation of a Type-2 hybrid, prospective randomized trial of opioid agonist therapies integration into primary care clinics in Ukraine
Machavariani E, Dumchev K, Pykalo I, Filippovych M, Ivasiy R, Esserman D, Madden L, Bromberg D, Haddad M, Morozova O, Ahmad B, Gómez D, Farnum S, Dvoriak S, Altice F. Design and implementation of a Type-2 hybrid, prospective randomized trial of opioid agonist therapies integration into primary care clinics in Ukraine. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2024, 146: 107690. PMID: 39265780, PMCID: PMC11531372, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107690.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary care centersQuality health indicatorsNon-communicable diseasesSpecialty treatment centersOpioid agonist therapyImplementation of integrated carePay-for-performance incentivesPrimary care clinicsPrimary care settingSelf-reported prevalencePay-for-performancePrevalence of medical comorbiditiesParticipants self-reportedEffective evidence-based treatmentsHealth of PWIDEvidence-based treatmentsIntegrated careCare clinicsImplementation outcomesImplementation trialCare settingsElectronic chart reviewHigh-burden countriesSpecialty servicesHIV prevalence