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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
PHASE3
701 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2005-02-28
2013-02-28
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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700 African-American female adolescents' between the ages of 14-20 will be enrolled in this trial. Adolescents will be recruited from youth currently seeking services at several family planning clinics in Atlanta, Georgia. Adolescents who are eligible and willing to participate in the project will complete an initial ACASI survey. The survey is designed to assess adolescents' sexual risk and preventive behaviors. Biological specimens are collected and tested for common STI's. Free DOT (Directly Observed Therapy) is provided through the clinics. Urine pregnancy screens will also be conducted. After they complete the assessment, adolescents will receive a sexual health education program that was developed by the Principal Investigator. This program (HORIZONS) has been shown to be effective in reducing sexual risk behaviors over the short-term. Trained African American female health educators will deliver the sexual health education program. Adolescents will then be assigned, by chance alone, to one of two groups: one group will get periodic telephone contacts designed to reinforce sexual health promotion and the other group will get periodic telephone contacts that promote healthy dietary practices. Thus, while all adolescents receive the same sexual health education program, half will get telephone calls emphasizing sexual health and half will get an equal number of telephone calls emphasizing nutritional health.
The primary aims of the proposed project are:
Primary Aim 1. To determine whether adding a telephone educational component to a sexual health education program will reduce incident STD infection over a 36-month follow-up.
Primary Aim 2. To determine if adding a telephone educational component to a sexual health education program can maintain HIV-preventive behaviors.
We will ask adolescents to come back to participating clinics to complete follow-up assessments at 6 months, 12-months,18-months, 24-months, 30-months and 36-months after completing the initial assessment. We will test the effects of adding the telephone sexual health educational program to maintain or enhance adolescents' use of HIV prevention behaviors and reduce incident STDs. If successful, the findings could have important implications for HIV prevention.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Afiya group intervention + HIV prevention phone sessions
Afiya group-based intervention plus individually tailored HIV prevention phone sessions
Afiya HIV Prevention Intervention
Group-based session plus individually tailored HIV prevention phone sessions
Afiya group session + nutrition phone sessions
Afiya group-based intervention plus individually tailored nutrition phone sessions
Afiya HIV prevention intervention
Afiya group-based intervention + nutrition phone sessions (attention control)
Interventions
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Afiya HIV Prevention Intervention
Group-based session plus individually tailored HIV prevention phone sessions
Afiya HIV prevention intervention
Afiya group-based intervention + nutrition phone sessions (attention control)
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
14 Years
20 Years
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH
Emory University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Ralph J. DiClemente
Professor
Principal Investigators
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Ralph J DiClemente, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Emory University
Locations
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Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Grady Hospital Teen Clinic
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Planned Parenthood of GA
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Countries
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References
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DePadilla L, Windle M, Wingood G, Cooper H, DiClemente R. Condom use among young women: modeling the theory of gender and power. Health Psychol. 2011 May;30(3):310-9. doi: 10.1037/a0022871.
Sales JM, Latham TP, Diclemente RJ, Rose E. Differences between dual-method and non-dual-method protection use in a sample of young African American women residing in the Southeastern United States. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Dec;164(12):1125-31. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.230.
Sales JM, Lang DL, DiClemente RJ, Latham TP, Wingood GM, Hardin JW, Rose ES. The mediating role of partner communication frequency on condom use among African American adolescent females participating in an HIV prevention intervention. Health Psychol. 2012 Jan;31(1):63-9. doi: 10.1037/a0025073. Epub 2011 Aug 15.
Sales JM, Brown JL, Diclemente RJ, Davis TL, Kottke MJ, Rose ES. Age differences in STDs, sexual behaviors, and correlates of risky sex among sexually experienced adolescent African-American females. J Pediatr Psychol. 2012 Jan-Feb;37(1):33-42. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsr076. Epub 2011 Sep 20.
Diclemente RJ, Young AM, Painter JL, Wingood GM, Rose E, Sales JM. Prevalence and correlates of recent vaginal douching among African American adolescent females. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2012 Feb;25(1):48-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2011.07.017. Epub 2011 Nov 3.
Brown JL, Sales JM, Diclemente RJ, Latham Davis TP, Rose ES. Characteristics of African American adolescent females who perceive their current boyfriends have concurrent sexual partners. J Adolesc Health. 2012 Apr;50(4):377-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.07.008. Epub 2011 Sep 23.
Sales JM, DiClemente RJ, Brody GH, Philibert RA, Rose E. Interaction between 5-HTTLPR polymorphism and abuse history on adolescent African-American females' condom use behavior following participation in an HIV prevention intervention. Prev Sci. 2014 Jun;15(3):257-67. doi: 10.1007/s11121-013-0378-6.
DiClemente RJ, Wingood GM, Sales JM, Brown JL, Rose ES, Davis TL, Lang DL, Caliendo A, Hardin JW. Efficacy of a telephone-delivered sexually transmitted infection/human immunodeficiency virus prevention maintenance intervention for adolescents: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2014 Oct;168(10):938-46. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1436.
Swartzendruber A, Sales JM, Brown JL, Davis TL, DiClemente RJ, Rose E. Predictors of repeat Chlamydia trachomatis and/or Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections among African-American adolescent women. Sex Transm Infect. 2013 Feb;89(1):76-82. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050530. Epub 2012 Dec 12.
Other Identifiers
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NIMH 5 R01 MH070537-08
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: secondary_id
IRB00041131
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id