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Project Wellness: Increasing HIV Testing Among West African Immigrants

NCT01270061 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2015-05-08

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Summary

Project Wellness is a new intervention that combines the use of culturally-sensitive, video-based education, a general health screening approach, and a community pharmacy setting into one program to improve black African immigrant participation in voluntary HIV testing. The study is divided into three phases: qualitative research; video production; and a feasibility trial. In Phase 1, the investigators will conduct in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with black African participants to obtain insights on overlapping and resonating themes that will help increase participation in HIV testing among black Africans in the Bronx. In Phase 2, data obtained through qualitative work will guide the development of four health education videos. A culturally-tailored educational video on diabetes, hypertension, and HIV will be developed and produced for each gender and in both English and French. In phase 3, the investigators will test the feasibility of a pharmacy-based, culturally-tailored, general health screen that includes rapid HIV testing. The trial will help determine the feasibility of using a computer-based model; recruitment of black Africans in the pharmacies; acceptance of testing; and linking individuals diagnosed with health problems into medical care. A secondary analysis will also determine predictors of refusing to be tested.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

HIV testing

HIV education and counseling from a trained Research Assistant and offering of a free rapid, oral HIV test.

BEHAVIORAL

General Health Screen

A video will provide health education on diabetes, hypertension, and HIV. The video will then offer free blood pressure check, blood glucose measuring, and a free, rapid oral HIV test.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • North Bronx Healthcare Network

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yvette Calderon, MD, MS · North Bronx Healthcare Network

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2015-03-31
Completion
2015-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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