Clinical trial NCT06432725: Joining Under-connected Networks to Optimize "Salud" (Health) ("JUNTOS")
Official title: Enhancing HIV Prevention and Treatment Referral and Engagement Among Latino Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM): A Pilot Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of the JUNTOS Referral Network
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Hiv
Lead sponsor: University of Miami
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
First posted: 2024-05-29
Enrollment: 245
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The objective of this study is to evaluate the JUNTOS Referral Network as an implementation strategy to enhance the reach of HIV-prevention and treatment services to Latino gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM).


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

HIV Test counselors:

* 18 years of age or older
* Certified as an HIV test counselor in Miami-Dade County or Broward County (at the time of enrollment)
* Working or volunteering as an HIV test counselor in Miami-Dade County or Broward County and report testing 1 or more Latino MSM client per week (at the time of enrollment)
* Plans to continue working or volunteering as an HIV test counselor in Miami-Dade County or Broward County for the next 6 months
* Reports suboptimal fidelity to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) referral guidelines (\<90% fidelity) and/or self-reports an unmet need for HIV prevention/treatment referral resources
* Willing and able to recruit 4-5 Latino MSM testing clients into the study

Latino MSM:

* 18 years of age or older
* Identifies as Latino/a/x or Hispanic
* Identifies as a sexual minority man or reports being a man who has sex with men
* Speaks English and/or Spanish
* Received an HIV test from an HIV test counselor participating in the study
* Lives in Miami-Dade County, Broward County, or Palm Beach County and anticipates living there for the next three months

Exclusion Criteria:

HIV test counselors:

* Unable to consent
* Study personnel unable to verify HIV test counselor role in Miami-Dade County or Broward County (e.g., confirmation of where they work/volunteer as HIV test counselor, location they state they provide services doesn't exist or does not provide HIV testing services)
* Works as an HIV test counselor in an incarceration/prison setting (i.e., clients are prisoners)

Latino MSM:

* Unable to consent

Primary outcomes:
measure: Use of Biomedical HIV Prevention/Treatment
timeFrame: 3-months
measure: Percentage of Latino MSM Referral for Biomedical HIV Prevention/Treatment
timeFrame: 3-months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Percentage of Latino MSM Referral for Biomedical HIV Prevention/Treatment
timeFrame: 6-months
measure: HIV acquisition, measures by self-report
timeFrame: 3-months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Coral Gables
country: United States
facility: University of Miami
state: Florida
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Miami
name: Audrey Harkness, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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