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Community Popular Opinion Leader Intervention for HIV Prevention Uptake in Rural South Africa

NCT07741474 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2026-08-03

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Summary

The Community Popular Opinion Leader (CPOL) is an intervention dveloped in the United States which identifies, trains, and enlists key opinion leaders within communities to deliver messages to peers and help link them to services. This project involves testing the feasibility and acceptability of such a localized version of the CPOL intervention in rural South Africa. This will be achieved through a pilot intervention in three purposively selected communities in the Hlabisa sub-district of uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal. The investigators will select potential peer leaders in three ways (at random; based on nominations by peers; based on statistical analysis of previously collected social network data). Peer leaders will be invited to attend four weekly training sessions to learn about HIV prevention and persuasive communication. They will then be coached to start HIV prevention conversations with peers, including provision of HIV self-test kits and linkage to healthcare services. The investigators will evaluate this pilot using group discussions, in-depth interviews and brief pre/post questionnaires with session facilitators, peer leaders, contacted peers and healthcare providers. The investigators will analyse the data collected with the Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model (PRISM) dissemination and implementation framework, identifying factors likely to affect Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance (RE-AIM).

Conditions

  • HIV
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

CPOL group training

Trained research assistants will deliver four two-hour training sessions to a group of \~20 young adults, leading to the trainees providing sexual health information and HIV self-tests (with onward self-referral to local clinics) to their friends and close contacts. Sessions include training on local sexual health information, effective communication strategies, practice conversations and feedback.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University College, London

    collaborator OTHER

  • Africa Health Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
28 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-08-31
Primary Completion
2026-10-31
Completion
2026-10-31

Countries

  • South Africa

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