The People Like Us Evaluation Study

Summary

The study is a pragmatic, randomized controlled trial design to evaluate an online video series developed by a community-based organization in Singapore for gay, bisexual and queer men.

A total of 300 HIV-negative, gay, bisexual and queer men in Singapore aged 18 to 29 years old will be recruited with the assistance of the partner community-based organization (CBO), Action for AIDS Singapore. Recruitment will utilize both online and offline channels, and with the help of other CBOs in Singapore. Participants should also not have watched the video prior to their participation in this study, which will be ascertained through a questionnaire.

Participants will subsequently be randomized into the intervention arm (n=150) and the control arm (n=150). The treatment group (n=150) will be assigned the intervention along with sexual health information via a pamphlet, while the control group (n=150) will be assigned only the sexual health information via a pamphlet. This will be conducted through block randomization.

Conditions

• HIV/AIDS
• Sexually Transmitted Infection
• Homosexuality
• Health Behavior
• Stigma, Social
• Health Care Seeking Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

People Like Us Online Video Series Intervention

People Like Us miniseries incorporates key sexual health messages to: 1. Increase viewers' knowledge and perceptions of HIV and other STI risk; 2. Address homophobia and sexual orientation disclosure; 3. Increase safer-sex negotiation self-efficacy; 4. Promote positive attitudes towards condom use and other safe sex behaviors; 5. Build skills and self-efficacy for practicing safer sex; 6. Provide information on HIV and other STI testing and its benefits; 7. Provide information on resources for HIV/STI testing and other mental health services; 8. Model appropriate behaviors around practicing safer sex. Each video in the six-part series ends with an educational video segment featuring the managers of Action for AIDS and Gayhealth.sg, who provide a brief synopsis of the episode and cover key points relevant to mental and sexual health for GBQ men.

BEHAVIORAL

Sexual Health Pamphlet (Standard of Care)

The control group will be provided with an e-pamphlet on sexual wellness catered to GBMSM. This e-pamphlet has been developed by the National Skin Centre and Department of Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic specifically for information on sexual wellness among GBMSM. It comprises segments on HIV/STI symptoms, etiology, information on how to seek help for HIV/STI, behavioral and biomedical methods of HIV prevention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Action for AIDS Singapore

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• National University of Singapore

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Rayner Kay Jin Tan, B.Soc.Sci · National University of Singapore

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

29 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-10-13

Primary Completion

2020-07-06

Completion

2020-07-06

Countries

• Singapore

Study Locations