NC Young Women's CoOp

Summary

This three-arm cross-over randomized trial will develop, test, and compare the efficacy of two delivery formats of the Young Women's CoOp (YWC), which is designed to provide risk reduction and empowerment skills, as well as linkages to healthcare services for women who use substances. The current study will develop a revised version of the YWC and evaluate the relative efficacy of a face-to-face (face-to-face YWC), mobile Health application (mHealth YWC) delivery format, and HIV counseling and testing (HCT) as a control to reduce risky sexual behaviors and reduce substance use among young (18-25) African American women who use substances and are sexually active and have not recently been tested for HIV in three NC counties.

Conditions

• Condomless Sex
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
• Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)
• Alcohol and Drug Use

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Face-to-Face Young Women's CoOp (YWC)

Participants will be offered HIV counseling and testing (HCT) and a two-session face-to-face YWC intervention. The face-to-face sessions will include information addressing the intersection of substance use, sexual risk, and violence through skill building, role-play, and rehearsal.

BEHAVIORAL

mHealth Young Women's CoOp (YWC)

Participants will be offered HIV counseling and testing (HCT) and training on the mHealth application, which will include all content addressed in the face-to-face YWC delivery format. Participants will also be offered a tablet to complete the two-session intervention.

BEHAVIORAL

HIV Counseling and Testing

Participants will be offered standard HIV counseling and testing (HCT).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Durham County Department of Public Health

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Guilford County Department of Public Health

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Wake County Human Services

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• RTI International

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Felicia Browne, ScD · RTI International

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

25 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-01-18

Primary Completion

2020-03-17

Completion

2020-03-17

Countries

• United States

Study Locations