Seek, Test, and Treat Strategies, Wisconsin, 2013-2015

This study is part of the Seek, Test, Treat and Retain (STTR) Collaboration Project that involved over twenty studies in the fields of HIV and drug abuse. All studies were independently developed, but were chosen for the collaboration because they focused on one or more steps of the HIV treatment cascade: Seek, Test, Treat and Retain. As part of STTR Collaboration Project, the studies were grouped into Criminal Justice-related studies and Vulnerable Population-related studies. The data collected by these studies included twelve common domains (e.g., Demographic characteristics, Mental Health) in each of which a shared questionnaire or instrument was taken up by the studies and adapted to fit the study.
The Seek, Test, and Treat (STT) strategies included the following parts:
<strong>Part 1</strong>

Tested all detainees at the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility (MSDF). MSDF is the state-operated detention facility for probation and parole revokees in Milwaukee County.
<strong>Part 2</strong>

Linked (or re-linked) all HIV-positive persons and released to Milwaukee County from the WI prison system (including MSDF) to the state's largest HIV treatment and prevention service provider, the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW).
<strong>Part 3</strong>

Sought undiagnosed HIV infection within MSDF releasees' social/sexual risk networks through an innovative releasee-based referral testing strategy.