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Testing the Effectiveness of VOICES as Implemented by STD & HIV Prevention Agencies in the US and PR

NCT00164619 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3660

Last updated 2008-06-05

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Summary

The purpose of the project is to determine whether the VOICES/VOCES intervention, that was shown to be effective in a research study, is still effective when delivered by STD/HIV prevention agencies.

VOICES/VOCES is a brief, single-session intervention for African-American and Latino adult men and women at high risk for STD/HIV. It encourages condom use and improves condom negotiation skills. A health educator delivers the intervention to groups of 4 to 8 clinic patients in a private room. Groups are made up of people of the same sex and same race or ethnicity. Information on STD/HIV risk behaviors and condom use is delivered by culturally-specific videos, group discussion, and a poster presenting features of various condom brands. Participants role-play condom negotiation modeled in the videos. At the end of the session they are given sample condoms of their choice.

In this project, health educators from the health departments of New York City and San Juan, Puerto Rico conducted the VOICES/VOCES intervention with a sample of patients from one STD clinic in each of their cities. Researchers helped the health departments test whether the intervention is effective when local health educators deliver it.

Conditions

  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

VOICES/VOCES

45-minute intervention for small groups of African American and Hispanic heterosexual men and women. Group members are same gender and race/ethnicity. View culturally-specific condom promotion video. Facilitated group discussion to build skills in condom use and condom negotiation. Education on condom varieties to overcome participants' personal barriers to condoms use. Distribution of 3 specialty condoms of participant's choice (i.e., different sizes, textures, thicknesses, lubrication, material). \[see Brief Summary above\]

BIOLOGICAL

Standard STD clinic services

Individual physical exam, STD/HIV tests, treatment as indicated

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Lydia O'Donnell, Ed.D. · Education Development Center, Inc.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-07-31
Primary Completion
2006-11-30
Completion
2008-03-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Puerto Rico

Study Locations

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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