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Protect & Connect (PACT)

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  • 06/10/2020



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  • Description:
    Protect & Connect (PACT) is a couple-based intervention that consists of HIV counseling, testing, and referral (CTR) as well as five HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) riskreduction sessions delivered to each pair. These sessions emphasize the importance of couple communication; negotiation and problem-solving skills; technical condom-use skills; strategies for identifying and reducing personal risks, such as unsafe injection practices; biomedical HIV prevention strategies (e.g., HIV treatment as prevention, post-exposure prophylaxis, and pre-exposure prophylaxis); linkage to HIV, STI, and substance use treatment; reproductive health issues; risks for and experiences of sexual coercion; opioid overdose response and prevention; informal social support; and couple goal setting to increase protective behaviors.
  • Document Type:
    Report
  • CIO:
    NCHHSTP
  • Division:
    NCHHSTP_DHAP
  • Topic:
    PRS Project HIV Compendium
  • Collection(s):
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha256:7d74533ab2f8525fb4e5335903bf28be75000032c751b27e416c335d16f47da4
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