Effects of an HIV Intervention Among Sex Workers in the Philippines

NCT02071264 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: Philstudy
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will implement a socio-behavioral intervention in Quezon City, the Philippines, using a community-based participatory approach. The intervention involves 1-2 psychosocial and health education training workshops for the establishment managers and their workers, focusing on HIV/AIDS risk reduction information and condom use and condom negotiation skill-building. Participants will also be invited to do dream-building activities that explore their personal goals and goals for their organization of peers.

Conditions

HIV/AIDS Prevention

Keywords

HIV/AIDS; sex work; reproductive health; human rights; ethics

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• HIV/STI knowledge

  Knowledge of HIV/STI transmission and ways to protect oneself

  6 months

Study Arms (1)

HIV/STI intervention

OTHER

This study implements a socio-behavioral intervention in Metro Manila, the Philippines, using a community-based participatory approach with 1-2 psychosocial and health education training workshops for the establishment managers and their workers, including street sex workers, focusing on HIV/AIDS risk reduction information, condom use, and condom negotiation skill-building. Participants participate in dream-building activities to explore personal goals and goals for their organization of peers. The interventions are directed at organizational behavior change and social influence modeling through training peers and managers. The participants receive information on STIs along with standard care, held on a day convenient to the participants and at a neutral location.

Behavioral: HIV/STI intervention

Interventions

HIV/STI intervention BEHAVIORAL

The intervention covers HIV101 information, reproductive health and human rights national policies, goal setting activities as individuals and as a group, results of prior research on ethics of doing research with sex workers.

HIV/STI intervention

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• self-identification as conducting sex work or working in a venue where sex work occurs.

You may not qualify if:

• those not actively engaging in sex work activities or working in a venue or area where sex work occurs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Lianne Urada: lead
• University of California, Los Angeles: collaborator
• Center for Environment and Sustainable Development Foundation, Inc.: collaborator
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): collaborator
• The Fordham University HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute (RETI): collaborator
• University of California, San Diego: collaborator
• San Diego State University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Center for Environment and Sustainable Development Foundation, Inc.

Manila, Philippines

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Urada LA, Morisky DE, Pimentel-Simbulan N, Silverman JG, Strathdee SA. Condom negotiations among female sex workers in the Philippines: environmental influences. PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e33282. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033282. Epub 2012 Mar 20.

  PMID: 22448241 BACKGROUND

• Urada LA, Morisky DE, Hernandez LI, Strathdee SA. Social and structural factors associated with consistent condom use among female entertainment workers trading sex in the Philippines. AIDS Behav. 2013 Feb;17(2):523-35. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-0113-x.

  PMID: 22223297 BACKGROUND

• Urada LA, Strathdee SA, Morisky DE, Schilling RF, Simbulan NP, Estacio LR Jr, Raj A. Sex work and its associations with alcohol and methamphetamine use among female bar and spa workers in the Philippines. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2014 Mar;26(2):138-46. doi: 10.1177/1010539512471969. Epub 2013 Jan 22.

  PMID: 23343641 BACKGROUND

• Urada LA, Simmons J, Wong B, Tsuyuki K, Condino-Enrera G, Hernandez LI, Simbulan NP, Raj A. A human rights-focused HIV intervention for sex workers in Metro Manila, Philippines: evaluation of effects in a quantitative pilot study. Int J Public Health. 2016 Nov;61(8):945-957. doi: 10.1007/s00038-016-0875-z. Epub 2016 Sep 6.

  PMID: 27600733 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Sex Work

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Lianne A Urada, PhD

  University of California, San Diego

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 23, 2014
• First Posted: February 25, 2014
• Study Start: August 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2016
• Study Completion: December 1, 2016
• Last Updated: April 27, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-04

Locations

PH (1)