Social Contact-Based Brief Video Interventions To Reduce Stigma and ImproVe Engagement in HIV Prevention and Care and Mental Health Care for Youth Living With and Vulnerable to HIV

NCT07851077 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: R01MH139432
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 3,900
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

HIV stigma, poverty, and racism contribute to high rates of mental health problems and impede treatment for young sexually minoritized men living with and vulnerable to HIV. Intersectional interventions can reduce barriers and promote access to health services, thus preventing poor health outcomes including HIV transmission related behaviors. The STRIVE intervention will address public and internalized HIV stigma and thus reduce the duration of untreated HIV and mental health problems among young men living with or vulnerable to HIV.

Conditions

HIV; Mental Health

Keywords

hiv; mental health; adolescents; social media

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Percentage of participants who attend an HIV care visit within 30 days after enrollment

  Linkage to HIV care is defined as completion of at least one visit with a STRIVE telehealth navigator, within 30 days after enrollment. Visit attendance will be recorded as Yes or No documented by a STRIVE telehealth navigator. The outcome will be reported as the percentage of participants who meet this criterion.

  Within 30 days after enrollment

• Percentage of participants who are linked to HIV prevention within 30 days after enrollment

  Linkage to HIV prevention is defined as completion of at least one visit with a STRIVE telehealth navigator, within 30 days after enrollment. Visit attendance will be recorded as Yes or No documented by a STRIVE telehealth navigator. The outcome will be reported as the percentage of participants who meet this criterion.

  Within 30 days after enrollment

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Percentage of participants who are linked to mental health care

  Within 30 days after enrollment

• brief Berger HIV Stigma scale

  Baseline, immediate post, 30 days post

• Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale-Short Form

  Baseline, immediately post, 30 days post

Other Outcomes (6)

• Patient Health Questionnaire-9

  baseline

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7

  baseline

• Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms

  baseline

Study Arms (2)

intervention group (BVHS)

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will receive Brief Videos for HIV Stigma (BVHS)

Behavioral: Brief Videos for HIV Stigma

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants will receive videos without BVHS

Interventions

Brief Videos for HIV Stigma BEHAVIORAL

Intersectionally-tailored brief videos to reduce public and internalized HIV stigma (BVHS)

intervention group (BVHS)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• YSMM from the New York area aged 18-30 who are either living with HIV or vulnerable to HIV.

You may not qualify if:

• N/A

Sponsors & Collaborators

• City University of New York, School of Public Health: lead
• Columbia University: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior; 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

Central Study Contacts

Philip Kreniske, PhD

CONTACT

(646) 364-9600; philip.kreniske@sph.cuny.edu

Study Design

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

Model Details: We will examine efficacy to increase linkage to HIV prevention and treatment and mental health treatment using BVHS vs an attention control. The purpose of the control videos is to present a generic informative video that provides comparable facts but lacks social components that promote identification and emotional engagement. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be utilized, with participants randomly assigned to either the intervention group (BVHS) or a control group.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 26, 2026
• First Posted: October 1, 2026
• Study Start (Estimated): January 1, 2028
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2028
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2031
• Last Updated: October 1, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share