RELEVANCE: Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States (US), with over 67,000 fatalities in 2018.1 Efforts to address the opioid overdose epidemic are reducing rates of death due to prescription opioids, though the rate of overdose related to fentanyl use continued to rise through 2018.1 The opioid epidemic remains North America’s most widespread behavioral public health problem, with a higher number of deaths due to drug overdose in 2016 compared to deaths due to HIV at the peak of the AIDS epidemic in the US.
DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of using a mobile health delivery unit (“mobile unit”) to deliver “one stop” integrated health services – particularly medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and medication for HIV treatment and prevention – to people who inject drugs (PWID) with opioid use disorder (OUD) to improve uptake and use of MOUD, and uptake and use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) or pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The intervention arm receiving health services in the mobile unit will be supported by peer navigation. An active control arm will receive peer navigation to health services available at community-based agencies.
STATUS: This study is currently in the field. For more information on participation, call 310-367-5474.