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Risk Assessment of Long-Haul Truck Drivers

NCT00381992 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 294

Last updated 2017-11-07

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Summary

International studies have repeatedly documented a substantial prevalence of sexual risk behaviors and high rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections (STI) ranging from 5%-56% amongst long-distance truck drivers ("truckers") living in diverse international settings including India, Bangladesh, South Africa, China, Laos and Thailand. The prevalence of sexual risk factors and STI/HIV in US drivers is unknown. This proposal will provide both qualitative and quantitative data on HIV risk behaviors by interviewing and testing truckers working for established long-distance trucking firms, the sector which accounts for most of the jobs in the trucking and warehousing industry in the United States. The data obtained from this study will be used to inform the development of an HIV prevention intervention for long-haul truck drivers.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    collaborator OTHER

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Laura H Bachmann, MD, MPH · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-03-31
Completion
2010-03-31

Countries

  • United States

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