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A Savings Intervention to Reduce Men's Engagement in HIV Risk Behaviors

NCT05385484 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1500

Last updated 2026-05-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This randomized control trial will test an economic intervention to reduce Kenyan men's engagement in behaviors that increase the risk of HIV/STIs. Participants randomized to the intervention group will be able to open accounts with a partner bank and will be incentivized to save with lottery-based rewards.

Conditions

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  • STI
  • Alcohol Consumption
  • Incentives
  • Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Receives mobile banking account with incentives to save

Participants will receive assistance in opening and using a mobile savings account, will be given education emphasizing saving practices and will be told about lottery-based incentives opportunities.

OTHER

Basic Health and financial education

Participants in the control group will be given basic information on the importance of saving for the future. In addition, health education curriculum developed by Impact Research \& Development Organization (IRDO) will be provided to participants with standard health education on places to seek services for HIV and STI prevention and treatment, including information on alcohol and transactional sex as risk factors for HIV transmission.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Harsha Thirumurthy, PhD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
39 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-07-18
Primary Completion
2025-06-26
Completion
2027-03-31

Countries

  • Kenya

Study Locations

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