Offering HIV Testing to Teens in Emergency Departments
Tests a tablet screen and HIV testing offer for teens visiting emergency rooms.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Screen Smart: Using Digital Health to Improve HIV Screening and Prevention
Key facts
- Where
- Columbus, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Salt Lake City, United StatesSee the 4 sites
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 15 and 21 years old?
Source: NCT06003192, who can take part
Where in United States
- Nationwide Children's HospitalColumbus, United StatesTaking people
- Children's WisconsinMilwaukee, United StatesNot yet recruiting
- Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, United StatesNot yet recruiting
- University of UtahSalt Lake City, United StatesNot yet recruiting
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
- Trial code
- NCT06003192
- Record updated
- 23 October 2026
- Original description
The goal of this interrupted time series quasi-experimental design study is to implement universal opt- out HIV testing and linkage to HIV preventive care in 15-21 year old adolescents visiting the pediatric emergency department (ED). The main question[s] it aims to answer are:Read full original descriptionShow less
Screen Smart: Using Digital Health to Improve HIV Screening and Prevention for Adolescents in the Emergency Department
The goal of this interrupted time series quasi-experimental design study is to implement universal opt- out HIV testing and linkage to HIV preventive care in 15-21 year old adolescents visiting the pediatric emergency department (ED). The main question[s] it aims to answer are:
1. What is the uptake, reach and effectiveness of universally offered, opt-out HIV screening across pediatric EDs after implementing an adapted version of a tablet-based screening process? 2. What is the successful linkage to comprehensive HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care using a novel, digital health platform? Participants will
1. Complete the previously developed and validated computerized sexual health screen (cSHS) containing questions regarding their personal sexual health history 2. Have the opportunity to opt-out of clinician-ordered HIV testing 3. Patients meeting CDC criteria for HIV PrEP will be given the opportunity to enroll in the digital health PrEP linkage platform and followed for 3 months after enrollment.
Inclusion: All patients 15-21 years of age visiting a pediatric emergency department.
Exclusion: Unable to understand English; Critically ill; Cognitively impaired; Altered mental status.