Status:
COMPLETED
HIV Prevention With the Mentally Ill
Lead Sponsor:
Boston Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Conditions:
HIV Infections
Eligibility:
All Genders
19+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether motivational interviewing and skills building interventions reduce HIV risk behavior for adults with serious and persistent mental illness.
Detailed Description
Our long-term objective is to reduce the incidence of HIV for people with serious and persistent mental illness (SMI) by developing an effective primary and secondary HIV risk reduction intervention f...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 19 and older
- Able to provide consent
- Able to understand and speak English
- Willing and able to participate
- Suffer from a serious and persistent mental illness (SMI)
- Have had at least one HIV risk behavior (unprotected sexual activity, sharing injection drug needles without following Center for Disease Control guidelines for needle-cleaning, sexual activity while under the influence of drugs or alcohol) during the three-month period prior to the baseline evaluation
Exclusion
- Do not suffer from a serious mental illness
- Have not engaged in an HIV risk behavior during the three-month period prior to the baseline evaluation.
- Unable to provide consent
- Unable to understand and speak English
- Under the age of 19
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
53 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00643305
Start Date
February 1 2006
End Date
January 1 2009
Last Update
May 3 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118