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Young Men and Media Study

NCT04109443 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 154

Last updated 2021-09-14

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Summary

Adolescent sexual minority males (ASMM) continue to account for a disproportionate number of HIV infections in the United States. Racial and ethnic minority populations are particularly affected. Increased HIV rates reflect sexual risk behaviors during early sexual experiences. Research suggests that initial sexual risk-taking occurs during adolescence among sexual minority males. Therefore, it is important for HIV prevention interventions to target adolescent sexual minority males. Targeting sexual minority males during adolescence will help them learn and establish healthy sexual behaviors early in their psychosexual development, which will have both immediate and long-term health benefits.To promote adolescent sexual minority males' critical examination of online media and decrease their sexual risk-taking, this study proposes an exploratory clinical trial to pilot test an online sexual health media literacy intervention that was developed during formative research for feasibility and acceptability. Overall, the proposed research has the potential to reach a wide audience of sexual minority males early in their sexual development, ultimately decreasing their sexual risk-taking and reducing the number of new HIV infections in this population.

Conditions

  • Sexual Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Young Men & Media Program

The online sexual health media literacy website includes content about (1) male anatomy; (2) HIV/STI prevention; (3) overall sexual health; and (4) sexually explicit online media (SEOM) literacy.

BEHAVIORAL

Available websites on safe sex and preventing STIs

Available websites (such as by the CDC) that provide information about sexual health and preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Boston University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kimberly M Nelson, PhD · Boston University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-27
Primary Completion
2020-08-17
Completion
2020-08-17

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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