Effect of Community Social Mobilization for the Prevention of HIV in Young South African Women

NCT02129530 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 11-2062
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2,502
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The overall purpose is to assess whether a community social mobilization (CSM) program focused on young men ages 18-35 years of age changes gender norms in the community. The secondary purpose is to determine if there is a combined effect of CSM and HPTN 068 (Conditional Cash Transfers) on HIV and HSV-2 incidence. The goal of the mobilization activities is to engage young men around the issues of gender norms, intimate partner violence and HIV risk and to encourage them to take action to protect young women and reduce HIV risk in their communities.

Conditions

Gender Relations

Keywords

Community Mobilization; HIV; Intimate Partner Violence; Gender Norms

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Changes in Gender Equitable Mens Scale (GEMS)

  Baseline and 24 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• The number of unprotected sex acts

  Baseline and 24 months

• Concurrency

  Baseline and 24 months

• Experience of perpetration of Intimate partner violence (IPV)

  Baseline and 24 months

Study Arms (2)

Community Social Mobilization Program

EXPERIMENTAL

A manualized intervention developed with Sonke Gender Justice Network using a workshop intervention manual and a community mobilization toolkit will be used.

Behavioral: Community Social Mobilization program

Control Arm

NO INTERVENTION

The Control Arm does not receive the Community Mobilization Intervention

Interventions

Community Social Mobilization program BEHAVIORAL

Community Social Mobilization Program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 99 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Quantitative Work
• Men and women ages 18-35 years
• Have lived in study area continuously for the past 12 months
• Able and willing to provide informed consent
• Qualitative Work
• Men and women ages 18-99 years
• A community member, CAT member or community mobilizer
• Able and willing to provide informed consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: lead
• University of Witwatersrand, South Africa: collaborator
• University of California, San Francisco: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

MRC/WITS and Agincourt Rural Health Transition Research Unit

Bosbokrand, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Pettifor A, Lippman SA, Gottert A, Suchindran CM, Selin A, Peacock D, Maman S, Rebombo D, Twine R, Gomez-Olive FX, Tollman S, Kahn K, MacPhail C. Community mobilization to modify harmful gender norms and reduce HIV risk: results from a community cluster randomized trial in South Africa. J Int AIDS Soc. 2018 Jul;21(7):e25134. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25134.

  PMID: 29972287 DERIVED

• Pettifor A, Lippman SA, Selin AM, Peacock D, Gottert A, Maman S, Rebombo D, Suchindran CM, Twine R, Lancaster K, Daniel T, Gomez-Olive FX, Kahn K, MacPhail C. A cluster randomized-controlled trial of a community mobilization intervention to change gender norms and reduce HIV risk in rural South Africa: study design and intervention. BMC Public Health. 2015 Aug 6;15:752. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2048-z.

  PMID: 26245910 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Audrey Pettifor, PhD

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 30, 2014
• First Posted: May 2, 2014
• Study Start: March 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2014
• Study Completion: December 1, 2014
• Last Updated: January 6, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-01

Locations

ZA (1)