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An Innovative HIV Prevention Intervention Using Social Networking Technology

NCT01381653 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2013-06-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

An existing face-to-face HIV prevention intervention (The Young Men's Health Project, YMHP; R01DA20366) will be iteratively adapted and pilot-tested to target difficult to engage high-risk young men who have sex with men (YMSM) via online social networking and aims to reduce both high-risk sexual behavior and drug use.

Conditions

  • Sexual Risk
  • Substance Use

Interventions

OTHER

Behavioral: HIV prevention intervention

Substance using HIV-negative young men who have sex with men who engage in sexual risk and use social networking (Facebook) will be recruited and enrolled in a brief intervention utilizing Motivational Interviewing over chat window to reduce their substance use and sexual risk. They will also evaluate their intervention experience at the end of their eight sessions and post-assessment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hunter College of City University of New York

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Corina T Lelutiu-Weinberger, PhD · Hunter College, CUNY, Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
29 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-03-31
Completion
2013-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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