High Risk Crack Use Settings and HIV in El Salvador

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

4382 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-11-30

Study Completion Date

2020-12-31

Brief Summary

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This project will first increase the accessibility and acceptability of rapid HIV testing in health clinics located in or near four low-income communities in San Salvador, El Salvador. The investigators will use crack users' social networks and small incentives, as recommended by the CDC, in collaboration with the Salvadoran Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MSPAS) to encourage crack users to receive HIV testing. The second part of the intervention consists of training 8 Peer Leaders to recruit and lead a Peer Network Intervention among 400 crack users to change norms supporting HIV protective behaviors. The intervention will include monthly meetings open to crack using and non-crack using community residents to reinforce HIV risk reduction skills, and discussion of other topics related to HIV such as illicit drug use and interpersonal violence and community-wide HIV awareness events. Our hypothesis is that these two intervention features will singly, and in combination, reduce HIV risk behaviors among Salvadoran crack users.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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HIV Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Social Network HIV Testing

Participants in this arm will be recruited through social networks and will receive an HIV test.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Social Network HIV Testing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Crack users will be recruited for HIV testing and receive 3 coupons to recruit other crack users for HIV testing.

Peer Network Intervention

Eight (8) current or former crack users will be recruited to facilitate small networks of crack users in a three-day intervention. They will also facilitate monthly meetings open to all community members regarding HIV prevention and interpersonal violence.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Peer Network Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Peer leaders will recruit small networks of crack users and facilitate a three-day prevention intervention.

Interventions

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Social Network HIV Testing

Crack users will be recruited for HIV testing and receive 3 coupons to recruit other crack users for HIV testing.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Peer Network Intervention

Peer leaders will recruit small networks of crack users and facilitate a three-day prevention intervention.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 years or older
* used crack cocaine in the last 2 weeks

Exclusion Criteria

* not giving informed consent
* under 18 years of age
* considered by research staff to be unfit or unable to give informed consent
* engages in continued disruptive behavior while participating in the project
* not using crack or cocaine in the last month

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes