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Community–academic implementation science partnership to examine adoption and impact of a patient-centered approach to sexual history.

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: = 8,865) funded to adopt GOALS. Data indicate the successful enactment of systems-level strategies (infrastructure development, service mandates), program-level strategies (staff training, learning collaboratives), and provider-level strategies (utilization of the GOALS). By Quarter 5, the GOALS was being utilized in a median of 84% of visits across programs (interquartile range: 54%-97%), and GOALS utilization was positively associated with provider adoption of HIV prevention interventions in practice. Programs that struggled with implementation had less buy-in from leadership and lower commitment to provider training; programs with upward implementation trends had less experience delivering sexual health care and used a phased approach to foster support, focusing on the positive reaction to the GOALS among their clients. These data suggest that a multilevel implementation strategy focused on delivery of antistigma, client-centered sexual histories may be a potent implementation strategy for enhancing HIV prevention intervention adoption. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Psychological Services

DOI: 10.1037/ser0000935

Authors: Sarit A. Golub, Stephanie Hubbard, Ariel M. de Roche, Staci C. Barton, Angela Merges, Augustus Klein

Institutions: City University of New York, Hunter College, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Language: English

Topic: Health Policy Implementation Science

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention