Testing a Barbershop-based HIV Prevention Initiative Among Men

Summary

To test community-based approaches to engage heterosexual men at risk for HIV and specifically to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a barbershop based HIV prevention program.

Conditions

• HIV Infections

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

General, status-neutral HIV education

General, status-neutral HIV education

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

HIV self-test kits

HIV self-test kits

OTHER

Information about where to receive HIV prevention services

Information about where to receive HIV prevention services

BEHAVIORAL

Barber-led peer support group education

Barber-led peer support group education

BEHAVIORAL

Facility-based HIV risk reduction counseling

Facility-based HIV risk reduction counseling

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Facility-based HIV testing

Facility-based HIV testing

OTHER

Information about facility distributed HIV self-test kits

Information about facility distributed HIV self-test kits

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

STI testing

STI testing

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

  collaborator NIH

• HIV Prevention Trials Network

  lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

• Zubair Lukyamuzi, MBChB, MPH · Makerere University, Johns Hopkins University Collaboration (MU-JHU)

• Brenda Gati Mirembe, MBChB, MscEpi · Makerere University, Johns Hopkins University Collaboration (MU-JHU)

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

16 Years

Sex

MALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-03-13

Primary Completion

2025-06-30

Completion

2025-06-30

Countries

• Uganda

Study Locations