Division
HEAL Study
Title
Suicide Prediction and Prevention for People at Risk for Opioid Use Disorder
Short Description
This study integrates the Mental Health Research Network (MHRN) suicide risk models into Opioid Wizard, an electronic health record (EHR) clinical decision support (CDS) to identify and treat patients at high risk of opioid use disorder (OUD)/overdose or diagnosed with OUD, to alert primary care clinicians (PCCs) to patients at elevated risk for suicide and guide them through structured suicide risk assessment.
Release Date
Apr 22, 2025
Description
When a patient is at elevated risk of suicide, the PCC will be prompted by Opioid Wizard to complete the Columbia-Suicide Severity Risk Scale (CSSRS), easily available to all PCCs in the EHR and saved as discrete data elements. Risk-based (depending on CSSRS score) referral and follow-up recommendations for suicide prevention will be given, with specific care recommendations ranging from care as usual (very low risk) to referral to behavioral health for evaluation and safety planning (moderate to high risk) to immediate evaluation in the emergency department and potential inpatient admission (very high risk), building on workflows developed for use by care managers in in our recently completed suicide prevention trial of over 19,000 people at elevated risk of suicide.
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Columbia-Suicide Severity Risk Scale

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Abbreviation
C-SSRS
Description
The Columbia Protocol, also known as the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), supports suicide risk screening through a series of simple, plain-language questions that anyone can ask. The answers help users identify whether someone is at risk for suicide, determine the severity and immediacy of that risk, and gauge the level of support that the person needs. Users of the tool ask people: Whether and when they have thought about suicide (ideation) What actions they have taken — and when — to prepare for suicide Whether and when they attempted suicide or began a suicide attempt that was either interrupted by another person or stopped of their own volition
Category
Mental Health
Impulsivity and General Trait & Behavior Scales
Clinical Measures
Subcategory
Suicidal Intent

Rapid HIV Behavioral Assessment

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Abbreviation
RHBA
Description
Rapid HIV Behavioral Assessment (RHBA) is a method for collecting much-needed information about sexual, drug-use, and HIV testing behaviors from people at high risk for HIV infection in areas with low-to-moderate HIV prevalence. Data collected include demographics, sexual behaviors, injection drug use, non-injection drugs, HIV testing, STD diagnosis, and assessment of prevention services. (Gallagher, Denning, Allen, Nakashima, Sullivan, 2007)
Category
Impulsivity and General Trait & Behavior Scales
Physical/General Health
Sexual Behavior/HIV
Division
HEAL Study
Investigator(s)
Title
Using Social Media to Deliver HIV Self-Testing Kits and Link to Online PrEP Services (Social Media PrEP)
Short Description
The main objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of HIV self-testing promotion between three web-based platforms: social media sites (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) versus informational sites (Google, Bing, Yahoo) versus dating apps (Grindr/alternative, Hornet, Jack’d).
Release Date
Apr 09, 2025
Description
This project seeks to compare the relative effectiveness of using social media sites versus informational sites like to promote HIV self-testing and PrEP uptake. MSM between 18-30 years old will receive culturally-relevant advertisements targeting minorities similar to those previously developed. Specifically, the study aims to 1) adapt existing social media-based HIV self-testing and PrEP advertising materials for digital distribution on social media and informational sites and 2) compare the effectiveness of HIV testing and PrEP uptake promotion across social media sites versus online informational platforms.
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Medical Mistrust Index

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Abbreviation
MMI
Description
The MMI was developed from a set of focus groups with patient/participants in a study of race differences in utilization of cardiovascular invasive procedures, and was further refined by a review of the literature on mistrust of societal institutions and mistrust of health care. (LaVeist, Isaac, Williams, 2009)
Category
Impulsivity and General Trait & Behavior Scales