HIV
Conditions
Keywords
HIV, drug use
Brief summary
The goal of this study is to conduct an HIV prevention intervention to train HIV seropositive drug users to be peer health educators.
Detailed description
The primary objective of this funded research is to conduct an HIV prevention intervention to train HIV seropositive drug users to be peer health educators to: (1) recruit their high risk social network members for voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) at the research clinic, (2) promote risk reduction among social network members, and (3) promote engagement in HIV care by encouraging HIV seropositive network members to schedule and keep HIV primary care appointments. There will be four types of participants in the Full Trial: 1) Index, 2) Testing Network 3) Longitudinal Network and 4) HIV positive network participants. This longitudinal study includes baseline, 6-months, and 12-month assessments
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPrevention & Testing
6 group sessions, 1 individual session, and 1 dyad session
BEHAVIORALPrevention & Testing Control
7 group sessions
Sponsors
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Index 1. 18 years old or older 2. documentation of HIV positive status 3. report one of following risk behaviors in past 90 days: sharing injection equipment, use of crack cocaine, or unprotected vaginal or anal sex Testing network 1. 18 or older 2. provided testing coupon provided by an index participant Longitudinal network participant- 1. tested HIV negative at the Lighthouse via redeeming a testing coupon 2. reported interacting with index who gave the coupon at least weekly 3. report one of following risk behaviors in the prior 90 days: sharing injection equipment, use of crack cocaine, or unprotected vaginal or anal sex Positive Networks 1. HIV positive 2. report one of following risk behaviors in the prior 90 days: sharing injection equipment, use of crack cocaine, or unprotected vaginal or anal sex
Exclusion criteria
Index- already enrolled in the study as a Network participant Testing network- already enrolled in the study as a Network participant Longitudinal network- a) already enrolled in the study as a Network participant b) already enrolled in the study as a Index participant Positive network- a) already enrolled in the study as a Network participant b) already enrolled in the study as a Index participant
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| change in HIV medication adherence | 6 month |
| change in frequency in attending HIV medical appointments | 6 month |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| change in sharing injection equipment | 6 month |
| change in condom use | 6 month |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed