Church-based HIV Screening: Taking It to the Pews

Summary

The primary aim of this study is to fully test a culturally/religiously-tailored, church-based HIV screening intervention (TIPS) against a standard HIV information intervention on HIV screening rates at 6 and 12 months with adult African American church members and community members who use church outreach services. Our secondary outcome is to reduce sexual risk behaviors with this same population.

Conditions

• HIV

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Taking It to the Pews (Comparison)

Pastors and Health Action Team members will be trained and receive manualized pastor/church liaison trainings on study procedures, HIV basics and local resources and coordination of HIV screening events. Comparison churches will receive: a) non-tailored project materials (videos, brochures) collected from health organizations and b) standard, non-tailored activities (e.g., community-based HIV testing events) coordinated by their church liaisons. The comparison churches will offer 3 HIV screening events and deliver 1-2 standard materials per month for the 12 month study period. All comparison churches will receive all Taking It to the Pews HIV Tool Kit materials after the completion of 12-month assessments.

BEHAVIORAL

Taking It to the Pews (Experimental)

Pastors and Health Action Team members will be trained in treatment implementation procedures using the scripted, study implementation manual. Intervention churches will receive the TIPS HIV Tool Kit, including a study manual. These churches will hold a Kick-off event, where tools will be distributed, and motivational strategies implemented. After the Kick-off, liaisons will deliver 1-2 Tool Kit materials/activities per month through targeted multilevel church activities minimum of 24 tools over the 12 month study period. Two additional HIV screening events will be planned (one for community members) and will be open to all persons seeking screening, including study nonparticipants. Both groups will receive manualized pastor/church liaison trainings on study procedures, HIV basics and local resources and coordination of HIV screening events.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• City of Kansas City Missouri Health Department

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Kansas City CARE Clinic

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• RAND

  collaborator OTHER

• Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

  collaborator OTHER

• Caanon Worship Center

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Christian Fellowship Baptist Church

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Friendship Baptist Church

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• JayDoc Free Clinic

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Metropolitan Spiritual Church of Christ

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• NBC Community Development Corporation

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Concord Fortress of Hope Church

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Victorious Life Church

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Calvary Community Outreach Network

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Missouri, Kansas City

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jannette Y. Berkley-Patton, PhD · University of Missouri, Kansas City

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SCREENING

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

64 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2015-07-31

Primary Completion

2019-10-31

Completion

2019-12-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations