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Application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to Facilitate Violence Screening in HIV Care Settings: a Review of the Literature

  • Behavioral-Bio-Medical Interface (RJ DiClemente and JL Brown, Section Editors)
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Abstract

Purpose of Review

This review summarizes the literature on violence screening practices within HIV care settings globally as well as identified salient multi-level barriers and facilitators for adopting and implementing violence screening within HIV care. We utilized the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to systematically identify multi-level factors related to violence screening within HIV services.

Recent Findings

Across the 15 articles included, several highly salient CFIR constructs emerged as particularly relevant for violence screening adoption and implementation within HIV including inner setting factors, outer setting factors, as well as select constructs specific to characteristics of the violence screening process, the individuals charged with screening, and violence screening execution.

Summary

This review underscores the importance of considering CFIR constructs to bolster successful violence screening implementation in HIV care settings. We describe several potential implementation strategies to overcome the most salient barriers identified across this limited body of summarized research.

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The first author was supported in part by the Emory Center for AIDS Research (P30 AI050409), R56MH119903 and R01MH121962 from the National Institute on Mental Health of the National Institute of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Mental Health or the National Institute of Health.

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Sales, J.M., Anderson, K.M. & Kokubun, C.W. Application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to Facilitate Violence Screening in HIV Care Settings: a Review of the Literature. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 18, 309–327 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-021-00555-0

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