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Mitigating Sexual Stigma Within Healthcare Interactions Improve Engagement of MSM in HIV Prevention

NCT04779736 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 113

Last updated 2025-05-29

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore drivers and mitigators of anal sex stigma in healthcare, and then to develop and pilot an intervention for health workers that mitigates the deterrent effects of this stigma on the engagement of gay and bisexual men in HIV-related services.

Conditions

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  • Stigma, Social
  • Patient Engagement

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

A set of implementation strategies to reduce sexual stigma

The set of implementation strategies was finalized based on formative interviews and consultation with an advisory board. This included an in-person workshop for skills development, environmental restructuring through a website of information resources for healthcare consumers and HCWs, and supportive coaching components (i.e., coaching calls, an optional email listserve) and quality improvement meetings with two clinics to encourage and respond to the implementation of recommended practices.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Columbia University

    collaborator OTHER

  • New York State Psychiatric Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • GMR Transcription

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bryan Kutner, PhD, MPH · Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-08-23
Primary Completion
2024-09-30
Completion
2025-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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