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Online Social Networking for HIV Prevention

NCT00725959 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1578

Last updated 2017-11-07

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Summary

In this randomized controlled trial, we will identify social networks on Facebook, an randomly assign each network to control or intervention status. We will then intervene at the level of the network with dynamic, interactive HIV prevention messages (intervention) or static messages about HIV prevention (control). We will develop the intervention content with input from our target audience (Facebook users) and will measure baseline, and 3 and 6 month assessments of condom use and abstinence among all participants

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Online social networking HIV prevention

messages about HIV posted in online social networking sites

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    collaborator NIH

  • Internet Sexuality Information Services (ISIS)

    collaborator OTHER

  • Columbia University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Rutgers University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Colorado School of Public Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sheana Bull, Ph.D. · University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
24 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2011-12-31

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