A Network Intervention for Reducing Sexual Risk for HIV With African American Men Who Have Sex With Men (AA MSM)

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00691041

Acronym

UDP

Enrollment

233

Registered

2008-06-05

Start date

2008-08-31

Completion date

2010-03-31

Last updated

2012-06-13

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Conditions

HIV Infections

Keywords

HIV Prevention, Men who have sex with men, African American, Unprotected sex, HIV Seronegativity

Brief summary

The purpose of the study is to examine the efficacy of a network-oriented outreach intervention to reduce HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) related risk behaviors among African American men who have sex with men (AA MSM)and their social network. The hypothesis is to determine whether the new intervention is more efficacious at reducing high risk sexual behaviors than the standard normal of care provided to the public (a single session of individual HIV counseling and testing.

Detailed description

The intervention increases participants' personal level of knowledge and skills concerning HIV prevention and inspires participants to diffuse the information to their social network.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALUnity in Diversity

HIV/STI counseling and testing and a 7 session intervention to increase participants' level of knowledge and skills concerning HIV prevention (to decrease HIV acquisition or transmission) and to diffuse the information to their social network

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Identify as a black / African American male * Report sex with at least 2 people in past 3 months/ 1 being male * Willingness to take HIV test or provide documentation if HIV+ * Willingness to identify and recruit friend/relative to study

Exclusion criteria

* Under age 18 * Identify as female or transgender * Not identify as Black / African American

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To increase participants knowledge of HIV/STI risks to assist with decreasing high risk sex/drug behaviors	3 months after completing intervention

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To increase participants' level of knowledge and skills concerning HIV/STI prevention and diffusing the information to their social network)	3 months after completing the intervention

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026