Nurse-Led PrEP Initiation Among Incarcerated Individuals

All participants will receive the nurse-led intervention. The study nurse will meet with participants twice during incarceration and deliver behavioral sessions focused on motivational interviewing and psychoeducation related to PrEP. The aim of these sessions is to enhance motivation to start PrEP following community re-entry. Anyone expressing interest in starting PrEP will be provided information about how to access PrEP care in the community with our study nurse and other community-based providers. The study nurse will deliver same-day PrEP care services at a outpatient clinic. In this setting, the nurse will perform all of the necessary activities required to initiate a patient on same-day PrEP. These activities include, HIV testing and any other remaining recommended testing that was not performed while the participant was at RIDOC and placing an order for a PrEP prescription. All clinical activities will be supervised by a physician or a nurse-practitioner.

Participants randomly assigned to the experimental arm will receive a warm handoff from the study nurse to the patient navigator (PN), in which they will be introduced by the nurse to the PN prior to discharge. NAV participants will receive 6 monthly phone calls, or alternate means of contact (texts, emails, HIPAA compliant videoconferencing) if preferred by participant, from the PN and access to navigation services for 6 months. Navigation services include: assistance with health insurance issues, facilitating transfer of medical records, scheduling PrEP care appointments, and facilitating linkage to substance use treatment and mental health services as appropriate. In addition, the PN will remind participants of PrEP care appointments, arrange transportation to appointments as needed, and attend the first PrEP care appointment if desired by participant. The PN can also provide information regarding other community-based resources.

SOC will consist of a brochure regarding how to receive PrEP care in the community after discharge from RIDOC, which SOC participants will receive from the study nurse prior to discharge.