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Integrating Addiction and Infectious Diseases Services into Primary Care in Rural Settings

Award Number: R01DA054703
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2027

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Integrating Addiction and Infectious Diseases Services into Primary Care in Rural Settings - Abstract The US strategy to End the HIV Epidemic calls for expanded prevention of new infections and more effective responses to HIV outbreaks. These outbreaks often occur in counties and states that share a disproportional burden of HIV, but the co-occurring and syndemic nature with opioid use disorder (OUD) leaves hundreds of additional counties and regions highly susceptible to new HIV (and HCV) outbreaks. West Virginia (WV) is one such mostly rural setting with an explosive opioid epidemic manifest by the highest per capita rate of overdoses and 5 counties with recent HIV outbreaks. Evidence-based practices to prevent and control HIV in clinical settings include medications for OUD (MOUD), ART treatment as prevention (TasP) and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Treatment with these medications, however, first requires screening and evaluation, followed by treatment (SET). Adoption of SET processes may in turn translate to better health outcomes if adequately facilitated. Most rural settings are poorly equipped to provide specialty HIV/HCV/OUD services – an important lesson from Scott County, Indiana. Yet rural settings rely mostly on primary care clinics (PCC) with inadequate expertise to provide these services. To overcome adoption barriers of SET processes for HIV/HCV/OUD, effective facilitation is key and the NIATx treatment improvement strategy combined with ongoing clinical education and support provided by Project ECHO has the potential to increase adoption to integrate specialty HIV/HCV/OUD services into PCCs. Using the i-PARiHS implementation framework, we propose to address this unmet need by first identifying barriers to adoption and scale-up of HIV/HCV/OUD services. Then we will facilitate practice transformation by integrating clinical prompts in the electronic health record (EHR) to screen for HIV/HCV/OUD, followed by treatment prompts. Treatment will be supported by Project ECHO that provides ongoing clinical support to inspire confidence in treatment, alongside a clinical dashboard embedded within the EHR as part of the quality performance improvement activities to sustain integrating HIV/HCV/OUD services into PCCs. We then propose to conduct a stepped wedge, Type 3, hybrid implementation trial to assess the extent to which clinicians adopt and sustain SET processes to integrate care at 20 PCCs that is facilitated by rapid cycle change projects using NIATx. Adoption of SET processes are the primary outcome and a composite quality health indicator (QHI) that combines QHIs for primary care, HIV, HCV and MOUD are secondary efficacy outcomes. Organizational and clinician factors, along with engagement in facilitation activities (NIATx, ECHO sessions) will be explored as potential mediators and moderators. Significance is high for the rural WV context where a volatile opioid epidemic has ignited HIV/HCV outbreaks. Innovation is high by integrating HIV/HCV/OUD services into PCCs using a framework and strategy we successfully used in urban international settings. Public health benefits are high given the lack of knowledge known about integrating services into rural PCCs. Feasibility is high based on the track record of an experienced team with interdisciplinary expertise and prior in WV.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $1,144,825 )
2025	2025	YALE UNIV	150 MUNSON ST	NEW HAVEN	CT	06511	SOUTH CENTRAL CT	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	4	5/15/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,144,825
														Subtotal = $1,144,825

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2023	YALE UNIV	150 MUNSON ST	NEW HAVEN	CT	06511	SOUTH CENTRAL CT	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	3	4/25/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $1,155,157 )
2023	2023	YALE UNIVERSITY	105 WALL ST	NEW HAVEN	CT	06511	SOUTH CENTRAL CT	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	001	3	6/12/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,155,157
2023	2022	YALE UNIVERSITY	105 WALL ST	NEW HAVEN	CT	06511	SOUTH CENTRAL CT	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	2	11/17/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,155,157

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $1,165,515 )
2022	2022	YALE UNIVERSITY	105 WALL ST	NEW HAVEN	CT	06511	SOUTH CENTRAL CT	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	2	7/22/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$1,165,515
														Subtotal = $1,165,515

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $1,198,725 )
2021	2021	YALE UNIVERSITY	105 WALL ST	NEW HAVEN	CT	06511	SOUTH CENTRAL CT	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	001	1	7/30/2021	NEW	$0
2021	2021	YALE UNIVERSITY	105 WALL ST	NEW HAVEN	CT	06511	SOUTH CENTRAL CT	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	1	7/19/2021	NEW	$1,198,725
														Subtotal = $1,198,725

Grand Total All Awards = $4,664,222

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Integrating Addiction and Infectious Diseases Services into Primary Care in Rural Settings

Award Number: R01DA054703

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/01/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2027

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