HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Intervention in the Northwest Territories

NCT02743026 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CIHR-CBR-0000303157
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 199
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Indigenous youth are disproportionately represented in new HIV infection rates in Canada. Limited studies have evaluated longitudinal effects of arts-based approaches to HIV prevention with youth. The authors present a rationale and study protocol for an arts-based HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) prevention intervention with Northern and Indigenous youth in the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada. This is a multi-centre non-randomised cohort pilot study using a pre-test/post-test design with a 12-month follow-up. The target population is Northern and Indigenous youth in eighteen communities in the NWT. The aim is to recruit 150 youth using venue-based sampling at secondary schools. Participants will be involved in an arts-based intervention, Fostering Open eXpression among Youth (FOXY). Participants will complete a pre-test, post-test survey directly following the intervention, and a 12-month follow up.

Conditions

HIV; Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• HIV knowledge (Questionnaire)

  Brief HIV Knowledge Questionnaire

  12 month follow up

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Sexually Transmitted Infections knowledge (Questionnaire)

  12 month follow up

• Self-esteem (scale)

  12 month follow up

• safer sex self-efficacy (Scale)

  12 month follow up

• cultural connectedness (Scale)

  12 month follow up

Study Arms (1)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

participants will complete the FOXY intervention

Behavioral: FOXY

Interventions

FOXY BEHAVIORAL

This study will evaluate an arts-based HIV prevention program, Fostering Open eXpression among Youth (FOXY) in the NWT, Canada that works with Northern and Indigenous youth to promote sexual health and reduce exposure to HIV/STI. FOXY explores sexual health, HIV/STIs, sexuality and healthy relationships with young women in the NWT. The program's goal is to use arts-based methods and peers to facilitate education and foster more open expression and communication regarding sexual health and sexuality. FOXY uses arts-based approaches in program delivery; for example, drama techniques are used to facilitate discussion and learning about healthy relationships and making positive choices in realistic sexual scenarios.

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• participating in FOXY
• self-identify as a woman
• live in the Northwest Territories
• between the ages of 13 and 16 years of age
• capable of providing informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• did not participate in FOXY
• not between 13-16 years old
• don't live in the Northwest Territories
• not capable of providing informed consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Toronto: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Toronto, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1V4, Canada

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Lys C, Reading C. Coming of age: how young women in the Northwest Territories understand the barriers and facilitators to positive, empowered, and safer sexual health. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2012 Jul 2;71:18957. doi: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18957.

  PMID: 22765935 BACKGROUND

• Lys C, Logie CH, MacNeill N, Loppie C, Dias LV, Masching R, Gesink D. Arts-based HIV and STI prevention intervention with Northern and Indigenous youth in the Northwest Territories: study protocol for a non-randomised cohort pilot study. BMJ Open. 2016 Oct 3;6(10):e012399. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012399.

  PMID: 27697877 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Interventions

6-fluoro-6-desoxyoxymorphone

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Communicable Diseases; Infections; Genital Diseases; Urogenital Diseases; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Carmen Logie, PhD

  University of Toronto

  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: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 11, 2016
• First Posted: April 19, 2016
• Study Start: October 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2018
• Study Completion: June 30, 2018
• Last Updated: September 19, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)