HIV/AIDS, HIV Infections, Social Media
Conditions
Keywords
HIV, risk assessment, HIV testing, unprotected anal intercourse, Social medica
Brief summary
The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a HIV risk assessment tool to promote HIV testing and to reduce high risk sexual behaviors among men who have sex with men (MSM). It hypothesizes that the social media-based HIV risk assessment tool can increase 20% HIV testing proportion during the six months follow-up period.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALHIV risk assessment and tailored suggestions
The intervention contains: HIV risk investigation, tailored suggestions and free HIV testing link
BEHAVIORALHIV risk behavior assessment
It only contains HIV risk behavior assessment and routine education
BEHAVIORALplacebo control
It only contains HIV/AIDS knowledge assessment and routine education
Sponsors
National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, China CDC
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Male at birth. * Having had homo-sexual behaviors (anal/oral) in the past 6 months before enrollment. * An age of 18 years or older. * Living in Beijing, China. * Self-reporting HIV negative or unknown. * Willingly participating into the baseline survey and the six months follow ups. * Agreeing not to share the research link to others. * Owning a mobile phone and having had downloaded the social networking Application Blued before enrollment.
Exclusion criteria
* Not accepting blood sampling within the study period. * Reporting injecting drugs use in the past six months before enrollment. * Being currently involved in other HIV behavioral interventions for MSM. * Having a specific plan to leave from Beijing in the next 6 months. * Self-reporting female. * Other reasons the investigators deem make participation either detrimental to the participants or the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The proportion of HIV testing during the study period | 1 month | The numerator is the number of participants who come to the specific HIV testing clinics for HIV test during the study period, the denominator is the number of participants randomized per group. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| unprotected anal intercourse | 6 months | Questionaire will be used to collect the frequency of unprotected anal intercourse at month 1, month 3 and month 6 after the study starts. |
| Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) | 6 months | Questionaire will be used to collect data on whether participants use PEP at month 1, month 3 and month 6. |
Countries
China
Contacts
Primary ContactWu Z You, PhD
Outcome results
None listed