A Comprehensive Approach to Secondary HIV Prevention and Care Among Positives

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

632 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-11-01

Study Completion Date

2017-01-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this study is to conduct an HIV prevention intervention to train HIV seropositive drug users to be peer health educators.

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Detailed Description

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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

Conditions

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HIV

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Prevention & Testing Control

The comparison condition is focused on basic HIV risk reduction , safety and preventing drug overdose.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Prevention & Testing Control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

7 group sessions

Prevention & Testing Intervention

The intervention condition is training on peer outreach skills which includes talking to HIV positive social network members about HIV care, medication adherence and HIV risk reduction.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Prevention & Testing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

6 group sessions, 1 individual session, and 1 dyad session

Interventions

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Prevention & Testing

6 group sessions, 1 individual session, and 1 dyad session

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Prevention & Testing Control

7 group sessions

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No