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A Social Media Intervention to Improve Retention in Care for Adolescents and Young Adults With HIV in Uganda

NCT06545968 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 105

Last updated 2025-05-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Adolescents and young adults with HIV (AYWH) aged 15- 24 years are the fastest-growing population of people living with HIV worldwide. AYWH have worse outcomes along the HIV continuum of care than adults with HIV; HIV/AIDS is the second leading cause of mortality and the fourth leading cause of disability among AYWH worldwide. This study will develop a youth-friendly, mobile health (mHealth) intervention to improve retention in care that has the potential to improve AIDS-related mortality and morbidity among AYWH and decrease onward new transmission, thus contributing towards ending the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Conditions

  • Adolescent Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

A social media based intervention

WatsApp-based modules to influence retention in care behaviour

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health

    collaborator NIH

  • Mbarara University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Julian Adong, MMed · Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-10-25
Primary Completion
2027-07-31
Completion
2028-01-30

Countries

  • Uganda

Study Locations

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