HIV Prevention Toolkit for HIV-negative Male Couples

Summary

Though technology is integrated into the lives of our target population, use of any particular technology will depend on the content delivered, aesthetic appeal, and overall design. Based on the completion and analysis of data from Phase 1, the investigators were able to obtain feedback on HIV-negative male couples' attitudes toward the original content in the prevention toolkit modules. The research team, along with the web-developers, used this feedback to specifically tailor the content of the modules to fit the unique needs of the intervention's target population: at risk HIV-negative male couples. For Phase 2, the investigators conducted focus groups at each site to help identify strengths and potential areas for improvement of the prevention toolkit, which will be incorporated before piloting it in the intervention for Phase 3 of this project. After assessing the acceptability of the prevention toolkit, including the content of modules, aesthetic appeal, and overall design with HIV-negative male couples target population, the research team will pilot test whether the RCT with the prevention toolkit will help reduce HIV risk through formation and adherence to a sexual agreement, reduction in occurrences of condomless anal sex with casual sex partners, and increase testing behaviors among at-risk HIV-negative male couples. The interactive website, herein referred to as the "HIV prevention toolkit" will contain unique modules about sexual agreements and effective HIV prevention strategies.

Conditions

• HIV

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Male Couples Agreement Project

Couples assigned to the intervention group will first as individuals view general video about purpose of study and how to use website functions; timeline activity about their relationship; select top values about their relationship; learn about effective HIV prevention strategies; learn about sexual agreements; select what items they want to have in their agreement; explore a learning module about testing and view the sexual health resource center. As a couple, they will log back into the website to view and compare timelines and relationship values; watch a video about communicating more effectively; negotiate and decide together what items they want to include in their agreement; explore the sexual health resource center and/or any other modules from when they were logged into the website as individuals; download a corresponding smartphone app that will include a copy of their newly created agreement and sexual health resource center.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

  collaborator NIH

• University of Miami

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jason W Mitchell, PhD · University of Miami

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

MALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2015-10-31

Primary Completion

2016-09-30

Completion

2016-09-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations