Connect to Protect (C2P): Building a Community-Based Infrastructure for HIV Prevention

NCT01752504 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: ATN 095 - Version 3.0
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 650
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 5

Brief Summary

The proposed study seeks to continue the implementation of Connect to Protect® (C2P), a community mobilization intervention, which entails developing coalitions to plan for and bring about structural changes for purposes of reducing HIV incidence and prevalence among youth in targeted communities at five ATN sites.

Conditions

HIV Infection

Keywords

HIV prevention; HIV positive communities

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Assess the extent to which C2P activities influence elements of the community that affect HIV-related risk prevention, testing, treatment and linkage to healthcare among youth aged 12-24 years and represent intermediate outcomes for this study.

  Assessment will include evaluation across three primary intermediate outcome areas: 1. Achievement of Structural Change Objectives (SCOs) (programs, policies, practices) that target increased levels of HIV-related prevention, testing, and linkage to healthcare. 2. Increased levels of community capacity and social capital to address HIV-related prevention, testing, and linkage to healthcare. 3. Increased levels of sustainability across the HIV continuum of care (CoC) including prevention, testing, and linkage to healthcare activities initiated or influenced by C2P, including programs, policies, and new relationships

  End of year 5 (study completion)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Examine how attributes of the SCOs relate to intermediate outcomes in order to provide guidance and recommendations to policy makers.

  End of year 5 (study completion)

• Assess the trends and associations with strategies used to achieve SCOs (e.g., creating linkages, honest brokering, strategic partnering, etc.)

  End of year 5 (study completion)

Study Arms (1)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Community members who become engaged in the coalitions and in the broader mobilization effort. A subset of community members..

Behavioral: Community Mobilization

Interventions

Community Mobilization BEHAVIORAL

The proposed study seeks to continue C2P, a community mobilization intervention, which entails developing coalitions to plan for and bring about structural changes for purposes of reducing HIV incidence and prevalence among youth in targeted communities at five ATN sites. The C2P community mobilization model entails: determining a geographic area and population of focus for the coalitions to prioritize their planning and action; developing coalitions that have a shared vision and mission; developing a strategic plan focused on structural changes to reduce risks associated with HIV; documenting processes; providing feedback as technical assistance to the coalitions; hosting regular working group meetings; and on-going capacity building.

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

1. The intervention group = Community members who become engaged in the coalitions and in the broader mobilization effort; and 2. The evaluation group = Key Informants within each C2P community who either work or reside within the sectors or systems where structural changes have been accomplished and/or the coalition has focused their strategic planning efforts.

Contact the study team to discuss eligibility requirements. They can help determine if this study is right for you.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: lead

Study Sites (5)

University of Colorado - The Children's Hospital of Denver

Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

Location

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

Location

Fenway Community Health

Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

Location

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States

Location

Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Location

Related Links

• ATN Website

MeSH Terms

Conditions

HIV Infections

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Blood-Borne Infections; Communicable Diseases; Infections; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Lentivirus Infections; Retroviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Genital Diseases; Urogenital Diseases; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes; Immune System Diseases

Study Officials

• Jonathan Ellen, MD

  Johns Hopkins University Hospital

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 8, 2011
• First Posted: December 19, 2012
• Study Start: November 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2016
• Study Completion: May 1, 2016
• Last Updated: February 28, 2017

Record last verified: 2016-05

Locations

US (5)