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Assessing the Impact of an Educational HIV Prevention Intervention in Zambia

NCT03316040 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8270

Last updated 2019-01-31

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Summary

In Zambia, 13% of the 15 to 49 year old population lives with HIV. The highest number of new HIV infections is among young people. To counter the spread of the disease, developmental and governmental actors are increasingly relying on educational behavior change tools. A particularly widely used tool, implemented by the German Development Corporation (henceforth, GIZ), is the so-called "Join-In-Circuit on AIDS, Love Sexuality" (JIC). The tool aims to improve a) HIV and sexual reproductive health knowledge, b) HIV testing uptake, and c) demand for health services. Previous research has investigated the direct effect of the JIC on knowledge about Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) as well as self-reported sexual behavior in Zimbabwe, and has found positive effects in both domains.

The research project evaluates the JIC in Zambia. The study randomly assigns 170 participating schools to five different JIC treatment arms. The first two arms represent control schools. Here, no JIC will be implemented. The third arm implements the JIC among a random subset of students. The fourth arm implements the JIC among indegree central students. The fifth arm implements the JIC among edge betweeness central students. In each school, the JIC will be implemented in one pre-determined grade. Within each school at least 30 students will be selected. For larger schools, 20 percent of students in the selected grade are selected.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

JIC

The "Join In Circuit on HIV, love and sexuality" is a mobile learning system on the core topics of reproductive health and HIV and AIDS, targeting young people. JIC works with person-to-person communication in order to give an opportunity for discussion and for providing information in an open, engaging atmosphere. The JIC uses interactive exercises, pictorial aids and edutainment strategies to promote behavior change among young people aged 15 years and older.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Development Corporation

    collaborator OTHER

  • American Institutes for Research

    collaborator OTHER

  • Columbia University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Donald Green, PhD · Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
22 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-16
Primary Completion
2017-12-02
Completion
2017-12-02

Countries

  • United States
  • Zambia

Study Locations

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