Developing and Examining Evidenced-Based HIV Testing Messages

NCT03433053 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: HM200092731F31MD011278-01A1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 141
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goals of this study are to:

1. 1.Develop a HIV test message tailored for African American women. A generic non-tailored message will be developed as well for comparison. A third group will be included that will not be exposed to any message at all.
2. 2.Test the effectiveness of both messages on reported future intentions to get tested for HIV and HIV test behavior at 3 month follow up.

Conditions

HIV/AIDS

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• HIV Test Intentions

  Difference in future HIV test intentions between the tailored message group and the control group as measured by a follow up questionnaire, with higher scores indicating greater intention to be tested for HIV

  Three month follow up

Study Arms (2)

Control

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Participants will be exposed to a generic HIV testing message.

Behavioral: Control

Experiment

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will be exposed to a targeted HIV testing message, developed specifically for African American women.

Behavioral: HIV Testing Message Intervention

Interventions

HIV Testing Message Intervention BEHAVIORAL

The Health Belief Model will be utilized as the primary theoretical framework in guiding the development of a tailored HIV testing message for young African American women in this intervention. Two conditions will be developed and compared as outlined below. Condition 1 participants will be exposed to an HIV testing message inclusive of culturally tailored information that addresses both culturally specific barriers and facilitators of HIV testing (as identified in Study 1). The message will be brief (will take less than 3 minutes to present/read).

Experiment

Control BEHAVIORAL

Condition 2 (generic message) participants will be exposed to a simple HIV educational message only, consisting of HIV statistics for women in the United States, information on how HIV is transmitted, where to get tested, and the benefits of HIV testing. The statistics on HIV and where to get tested will be taken directly from the CDC's website. The message will be brief (will take less than 3 minutes to present/read).

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 24 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Self-identified Black or African American women

You may not qualify if:

• Women who have never had sex, are married, or are pregnant/attempting to become pregnant

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Virginia Commonwealth University: lead
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

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

Study Officials

• Faye Belgrave, PhD

  Virginia Commonwealth University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 7, 2018
• First Posted: February 14, 2018
• Study Start: October 24, 2018
• Primary Completion: June 24, 2019
• Study Completion: June 24, 2019
• Last Updated: July 5, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-07

Locations

US (1)