Implementation Research on Telehealth Strategies to Support Retention in Care and Treatment among Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Patients and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Clients

The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit research applications to evaluate the effectiveness of telemedicine to improve adherence to HIV prevention and treatment medication while also exploring the “implementability” of its practice into routine care. Specifically, this NOFO will, via a hybrid effectiveness-implementation research design: 1) evaluate the effectiveness of telemedicine and supportive strategies to allow for retention in care and maintenance of antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication adherence among clinically stable people with HIV (PWH) and pre-exposure...

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Jocelyn Patterson Mosley fzp0@cdc.gov