Preliminary Efficacy of a Theory-Informed Intervention to Increase COVID-19 Testing Uptake Among People Who Inject Drugs in San Diego County: Findings From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Angela Robertson Bazzi Daniela Abramovitz Alicia Harvey VeraTara Stamos-BuesigCarlos F VeraIrina ArtamonovaJenna LoganThomas L Patterson Steffanie A Strathdee

Published in: Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (2023)

Findings from this pilot RCT support the preliminary efficacy of the "LinkUP" intervention to increase COVID-19 testing among PWID and underscore the importance of academic-community partnerships and prevention service delivery through SSPs and other community-based organizations serving vulnerable populations.

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