Using Multimedia Technologies to Disseminate an HIV Prevention

NCT01863537 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: AAAC5642R01MH080659
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 253
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This RCT will randomly assign 40 of the CBOs to receive the Multimedia intervention and training package (Multimedia)and the other 40 to receive the original, manualized Connect intervention and training package (Traditional). The technology transfer process involves all agencies receiving four days of training and two planned technical assistance conference calls, by study investigative staff, in the first four months following training. Telephone assessments completed by up to 6 staff at each agency will measure primary outcomes, mediating, moderating and process measure variables at baseline, 6, 12 and 18 months post-technology transfer. The primary outcome of the study is adoptions of the Connect intervention. The unit of analysis is the CBO.

Conditions

HIV Infection

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The mean number of Connect sessions per client/couple implemented by participating staff (at each agency) in the prior 6 months

  18 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• To test whether key variables mediate adoption outcomes (e.g. staff attitudes and opinions towards programming and technology).

  18 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Multimedia Connect and the Multimedia facilitator training curriculum with a 4-day, face-to-face structured orientation and training for implementation, and planned, investigative team initiated telephone consultations with CBO staff to provide technical assistance at 2 and 4 months following the training workshop;

Behavioral: Multimedia Connect

Traditional Connect

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The original, manualized version of Connect (CDC DEBI)and manualized facilitator training curriculum with a 4-day, face-to-face structured orientation and training for implementation, and planned, investigative team initiated telephone consultation with CBO staff to provide technical assistance at 2 and 4 months following the training workshop.

Behavioral: Traditional Connect

Interventions

Multimedia Connect BEHAVIORAL

Intervention

Traditional Connect BEHAVIORAL

Traditional Connect

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• To be eligible for the study, CBOs must have reported that they
• had 501c3 status;
• provided at least a minimum level of direct contact HIV prevention services to clientele; and
• that their target population for services included heterosexual men and women.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Columbia University: lead
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Columbia University Social Intervention Group

New York, New York, 10027, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Witte SS, Wu E, El-Bassel N, Hunt T, Gilbert L, Medina KP, Chang M, Kelsey R, Rowe J, Remien R. Implementation of a couple-based HIV prevention program: a cluster randomized trial comparing manual versus Web-based approaches. Implement Sci. 2014 Sep 11;9:116. doi: 10.1186/s13012-014-0116-x.

  PMID: 25208569 DERIVED

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

• Susan S. Witte, PhD

  Columbia University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associatge Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 20, 2013
• First Posted: May 29, 2013
• Study Start: May 1, 2007
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2011
• Study Completion: June 1, 2013
• Last Updated: July 31, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-07

Locations

US (1)