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Evaluating the Effect of a Novel Web-based Intervention to Increase HIV Testing in Men Who Have Sex With Men

NCT01760057 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2015-05-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The proposed study is designed to develop and test the effectiveness of a novel web-based HIV intervention to motivate HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM). The intervention arm includes the delivery of videos tailored to the reasons MSM have for not getting tested for HIV, as well as HIV testing motivational messages sent via mobile-phone text messaging, e-mail or instant messaging. The intervention and assessments will be guided by the Information-Motivation-Behavioral skills model, the Health Belief Model and the Stages of Change theory. The control intervention will be a health promotion message (similar in content to other Peruvian websites) with an invitation for free HIV testing. Testing will be offered at the Via Libre and Epicentro clinic, and at a mobile unit whose location will be determined based on participants' demand. The outcomes evaluated will be intention to get tested and actual HIV testing among MSM of each of the trial arms.

Conditions

  • HIV Testing

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Online HIV testing motivational videos and messages sent via mobile-phone text messaging, e-mail or instant messaging

BEHAVIORAL

Standard online message with an invitation for free HIV testing similar in content to other Peruvian websites

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • NGO Via Libre

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Magaly M Blas, MD, PhD · Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-02-28
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • Peru

Study Locations

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