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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
PHASE2/PHASE3
720 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2008-09-26
2012-03-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The primary aim of this study is to test the effectiveness, through a randomized controlled trial (RCT), of VCT plus a woman-focused intervention relative to VCT only to increase knowledge and skills to reduce substance abuse, sexual risk, and victimization, and to an equal-attention (nutrition) control group at 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-month follow-ups. A secondary aim is to examine the moderating effect of victimization (i.e., sexual and physical) and the mediating effects of HIV risk knowledge, condom use skills, sexual negotiation assertiveness, and relationship power on the effectiveness of the woman-focused groups to decrease risk related to drug use, sexual risk, and sex-related-victimization relative to the rapid testing group and to the equal-attention control group.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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1
Women's CoOp
Woman-Focused Intervention (Women's Health CoOp)
Participants in this group will receive VCT and participate in two group sessions of the woman-focused intervention.
2
Nutrition (Attention-Control)
Nutrition (Attention-Control)
Participants in this group will receive VCT and participate in two group sessions of the nutrition intervention.
3
Voluntary Counseling and Testing
VCT Only
Participants in this group will receive VCT only.
Interventions
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Woman-Focused Intervention (Women's Health CoOp)
Participants in this group will receive VCT and participate in two group sessions of the woman-focused intervention.
Nutrition (Attention-Control)
Participants in this group will receive VCT and participate in two group sessions of the nutrition intervention.
VCT Only
Participants in this group will receive VCT only.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
18 Years
33 Years
FEMALE
No
Sponsors
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Medical Research Council, South Africa
OTHER
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NIH
Responsible Party
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Wendee Wechsberg
Principal Investigator
Locations
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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Countries
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References
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Browne FA, Wechsberg WM. The intersecting risks of substance use and HIV risk among substance-using South African men and women. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2010 May;23(3):205-9. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32833864eb.
Wechsberg WM, Browne FA, Ellerson RM, Zule WA. Adapting the evidence-based Women's CoOp intervention to prevent human immunodeficiency virus infection in North Carolina and international settings. N C Med J. 2010 Sep-Oct;71(5):477-81. No abstract available.
Jones HE, Browne FA, Myers BJ, Carney T, Ellerson RM, Kline TL, Poulton W, Zule WA, Wechsberg WM. Pregnant and nonpregnant women in cape town, South Africa: drug use, sexual behavior, and the need for comprehensive services. Int J Pediatr. 2011;2011:353410. doi: 10.1155/2011/353410. Epub 2011 Apr 6.
Zule W, Myers B, Carney T, Novak SP, McCormick K, Wechsberg WM. Alcohol and drug use outcomes among vulnerable women living with HIV: results from the Western Cape Women's Health CoOp. AIDS Care. 2014;26(12):1494-9. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2014.933769. Epub 2014 Jul 21.
Myers B, Kline TL, Doherty IA, Carney T, Wechsberg WM. Perceived need for substance use treatment among young women from disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa. BMC Psychiatry. 2014 Apr 4;14:100. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-100.
Myers B, Kline TL, Browne FA, Carney T, Parry C, Johnson K, Wechsberg WM. Ethnic differences in alcohol and drug use and related sexual risks for HIV among vulnerable women in Cape Town, South Africa: implications for interventions. BMC Public Health. 2013 Feb 26;13:174. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-174.
Wechsberg WM, Myers B, Kline TL, Carney T, Browne FA, Novak SP. The Relationship of Alcohol and Other Drug Use Typologies to Sex Risk Behaviors among Vulnerable Women in Cape Town, South Africa. J AIDS Clin Res. 2012 Jul 20;S1(15):015. doi: 10.4172/2155-6113.S1-015.
Reed E, Emanuel AN, Myers B, Johnson K, Wechsberg WM. The relevance of social contexts and social action in reducing substance use and victimization among women participating in an HIV prevention intervention in Cape Town, South Africa. Subst Abuse Rehabil. 2013 Jun 28;4:55-64. doi: 10.2147/SAR.S45961. eCollection 2013.
Johnson JE, Carney T, Kline T, Browne FA, Wechsberg WM. Incarceration history relative to health, substance use, and violence in a sample of vulnerable South African women: implications for health services in criminal justice settings. Subst Abuse Rehabil. 2012 Jan 28;3(Suppl 1):59-69. doi: 10.2147/SAR.S21351. eCollection 2012.
Reed E, Myers B, Novak SP, Browne FA, Wechsberg WM. Experiences of violence and association with decreased drug abstinence among women in Cape Town, South Africa. AIDS Behav. 2015 Jan;19(1):192-8. doi: 10.1007/s10461-014-0820-1.
Wechsberg WM, Jewkes R, Novak SP, Kline T, Myers B, Browne FA, Carney T, Morgan Lopez AA, Parry C. A brief intervention for drug use, sexual risk behaviours and violence prevention with vulnerable women in South Africa: a randomised trial of the Women's Health CoOp. BMJ Open. 2013 May 28;3(5):e002622. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002622.
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