Clinical trial NCT05365958: Podcasting HIV Prevention Within African American Communities
Official title: Podcasting HIV Prevention Within African American Communities to Decrease New Infection
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: HIV Prevention
Keywords: HIV Prevention
African Americans
Health Disparities
Lead sponsor: University of Houston
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-05-09
Enrollment: 128
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Given the continued impact of HIV among African Americans, there is still an urgent need to expand prevention efforts and HIV testing in African American communities. Heterosexual individuals may acquire and spread infection directly through heterosexual contact, bi-sexual sexual contact, and/or indirectly through homosexual sexual contact. Evidence-based interventions (EBIs) have been shown to increase consistent condom use, decrease sexual partners, and increase HIV testing; however, traditionally-implemented EBIs may not be accessible to communities given the resources and expertise needed to implement them. This project seeks to: 1) assess feasibility for the development of two theory- based, video podcast-delivered, HIV prevention interventions for self-identified heterosexual African American males and females; and 2) evaluate their feasibility \& effectiveness (pilot). The investigators will develop the two (male and female) video podcasts that maintain the theoretical integrity of two established Centers for Disease Control evidence-based behavioral HIV prevention interventions. The assessment phase will consist of leveraging African American community stakeholders and experts in the development of the podcast content. The effectiveness phase will consist of broadcasting the podcasts for participants and evaluating psychosocial factors related to HIV prevention at 1 and 3 month follow-ups. This intervention is the first of its kind and has the potential to increase HIV protective behaviors in this hard-to-reach and medically underserved population. The resulting interventions are expected to be easily disseminated throughout the African American communities, with the potential to reduce HIV- related disparities within this population. This study will impact and advance the field by demonstrating feasibility and effectiveness for a novel mode of intervention engagement within HIV prevention science, serve as valuable preliminary data for a larger R01 trial, and foster HIV prevention awareness within the African American community.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* self-identify as African American
* speak and read English
* 18 years old or older
* not currently or previously diagnosed with HIV

Exclusion Criteria:

• currently or previously diagnosed with HIV

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline socio-cultural perceptions of HIV prevention at 3 months followup
timeFrame: To be measured immediately before film viewing (baseline) and 1 month after film viewing
measure: HIV test intentions: Do you intend to obtain a HIV test? (single item)
timeFrame: To be measured 1 month after film viewing
measure: HIV test intentions: Do you intend to obtain a HIV test? (single item)
timeFrame: To be measured 3 months after film viewing
measure: HIV test behavior: Have you obtained a HIV test (-you will not be required to disclose the results of this test)? (single item)
timeFrame: To be measured 1 month after film viewing
measure: HIV test behavior: Have you obtained a HIV test (-you will not be required to disclose the results of this test)? (single item)
timeFrame: To be measured 3 months after film viewing
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Locations:
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: Jacob's Home for Men
state: Texas
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