Research

The program pilot and implementation research for the PositiveLinks (PL) Program was conducted by Rebecca Dillingham M.D., M.P.H., and Karen Ingersoll, Ph.D. at the University of Virginia's Ryan White Clinic. All publications and presentations listed below come from the PositiveLinks implementation research.

Warm Health Technology, Inc (WHT) is the exclusive licensee of PositiveLinks. Distributed by Warm Health Technology, Inc, the PositiveLinks (PL) program is available to healthcare organizations throughout the U.S. and worldwide as PL Cares®.

Publications

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Centering Youth Voice in the Adaptation of an mHealth Intervention for Young Adults With HIV in South Texas, United States: Human-Centered Design Approach

JMIR Formative Research

2025

Black Women Organized for Wellness (B.WOW): A Bundled Approach to Enhance the Health of Black Women With HIV

AJPH

2025

Understanding viral non-suppression among people with HIV engaged in a mobile health program

AIDS Care

2025

Three-Year Follow-up of PositiveLinks: Higher Use of mHealth Platform Associated with Sustained HIV Suppression

AIDS and Behavior

2024

Development of an mHealth App to Support the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men Engaged in Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Care in New Orleans, Louisiana

JMIR Formative Research

2023

Use of a Mobile Health Intervention by Older Versus Younger People with HIV: Analysis of Usage, Social Support, and Network Interactions

Telemedicine Reports

2022

Evaluation of the Implementation and Effectiveness of a Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Outcomes for People with HIV in the Washington, DC Cohort: Study Protocol for a Cluster RCT

JMIR Research Protocols

2022

Process evaluation for the adaptation, testing and dissemination of a mobile health platform to support people with HIV and tuberculosis in Irkutsk, Siberia

BMJ

2022

Six-month outcomes of the HOPE smartphone application designed to support treatment with medications for opioid use disorder and piloted during an early statewide COVID-19 lockdown

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice

2022

Communication between patients, peers, and care providers through a mobile health intervention supporting medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder

Patient Education and Counseling

2022

PositiveLinks and the COVID‑19 Response: Importance of Low‑Barrier Messaging for PLWH in Non‑urban Virginia in a Crisis

AIDS and Behavior

2021

An Implementation Strategy to Expand Mobile Health Use in HIV Care Settings: Rapid Evaluation Study Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

2021 in Vol 9, No 4 April

A Mobile Health App to Support Patients Receiving Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Development and Feasibility Study

JMIR Formative Research

2021, Volume 5, Issue 2

Adapting an m-Health Intervention for Spanish-Speaking Latinx People Living with HIV in the Nonurban Southern United States

Telemedicine Reports

Volume 2.1, 2021

Implementation of a Mobile Health Strategy to Improve Linkage to and Engagement with HIV Care for People Living with HIV, Tuberculosis, and Substance Use in Irkutsk, Siberia

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

2021

Primary Care Guidance for Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: 2020 Update by the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciaa 1391
November 6, 2020

PositiveLinks was recommended by the HIVMA committee in the updated 2020 guidelines as a recommended program to improve HIV care engagement and viral suppression.