Personalized Normative Feedback to Increase HIV Testing

Summary

Randomized trial to measure the effect of personalized normative feedback about local HIV testing rates and local rates of HIV-related stigma on self-reported HIV testing intentions and perceptions about others' HIV testing intentions.

Conditions

• HIV Testing
• HIV Stigma

Interventions

OTHER

Survey questionnaire

Each version of the questionnaire has similar questions about personal HIV testing intentions and perceived norms about other men and women's HIV testing intentions. The content of the prompt presented prior to the questions varies based on treatment arm. This version does not provide any normative feedback information.

OTHER

Survey questionnaire

Each version of the questionnaire has similar questions about personal HIV testing intentions and perceived norms about other men and women's HIV testing intentions. The content of the prompt presented prior to the questions varies based on treatment arm. This version provides personalized normative feedback with descriptive norms information about local HIV testing rates.

OTHER

Survey questionnaire

Each version of the questionnaire has similar questions about personal HIV testing intentions and perceived norms about other men and women's HIV testing intentions. The content of the prompt presented prior to the questions varies based on treatment arm. This version provides personalized normative feedback with injunctive norms information about local HIV stigma rates.

OTHER

Survey questionnaire

Each version of the questionnaire has similar questions about personal HIV testing intentions and perceived norms about other men and women's HIV testing intentions. The content of the prompt presented prior to the questions varies based on treatment arm. This version provides personalized normative feedback with descriptive and injunctive norms information about both local HIV testing rates and local HIV stigma rates.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mbarara University of Science and Technology

  collaborator OTHER

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

  collaborator NIH

• Massachusetts General Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Alexander C Tsai, MD, PhD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-11-02

Primary Completion

2025-01-06

Completion

2025-01-06

Countries

• Uganda

Study Locations