The Early Intervention Program

The Early Intervention Program (EIP) was launched in 1998 as a health department-funded HIV counseling and testing program operating within the Emergency Department (ED).

EIP Mission: The UC Early Intervention Program is committed to identifying and intervening with populations most at risk for threats to health and well-being at the earliest opportunity, and helping these individuals connect with community resources to improve health outcomes.

The EIP provides HIV prevention counseling and testing, as well as screening and intervention services for mental health and substance use disorders.

This was the first ever example of:

• Health department funding for an ED to implement a health promotion intervention
• Sustained ED implementation of a prevention service on an ongoing clinical basis.