Mobile HIV Prevention App for Black Women

Summary

Black women have a significantly higher risk of acquiring HIV compared to their non-Black counterparts.

The purpose of this study is to refine and test a mobile HIV Prevention and Reproductive Health app developed specifically for Black women.

Conditions

• Mobile Phone Use
• Hiv
• Stigma, Social

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

in-the-kNOW mobile app

in-the-kNOW is a mobile app with restricted access through a single-use registration code. The app will be developed with regular input from Black women enrolled in Atlanta Healthy Start Initiative (AHSI). The app will have culturally- and contextually targeted HIV prevention and optimal sexual health messaging. Each participant will have 4 months to engage with the app, with e-reminders in time intervals preferred by the participants (a minimum of 3 times per week) via push notifications. During the 4-month study period, participants will receive push notifications to encourage the use of all app domains: My Logger, My Test, My Resources, and My Circle. Research staff will complete 2-month check-ins via phone call or video chat with participants.

BEHAVIORAL

Control

The control condition will be a one-time virtual women's health counseling session with a healthcare provider. Participants will get information on 1. Sexual Transmitted Infections (STI)/HIV prevention, 2. Family planning, and 3. General health promotion (e.g., exercise and diet). The control condition provides access to HIV prevention materials that are publicly available but that do not offer the dynamic and individually customized features of the health communication/new media research approach proposed herein. Control group participants will continue to receive the usual care associated with Atlanta Healthy Start Initiative (AHSI) enrollment. The control group will not have access to intervention content (e.g. commodity ordering) until after the study has concluded. Research staff will complete 2-month check-ins via phone call or video chat with participants.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Morehouse School of Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  collaborator OTHER

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

  collaborator NIH

• Emory University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Rasheeta Chandler, PhD, RN · Nell Hodgson School of Nursing, Emory University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

44 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-02-05

Primary Completion

2024-12-31

Completion

2024-12-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations