Status:
COMPLETED
ID and Testing Via Friendship Networks
Lead Sponsor:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Conditions:
Asymptomatic HIV
HIV Infections
Eligibility:
FEMALE
13-24 years
Brief Summary
This is a pilot study with a cross-sectional research design to recruit Hispanic/Latina and African American adolescent and young adult women, aged 13-24 years to serve as index recruiters, who will i...
Detailed Description
The proposed pilot study will utilize a cross-sectional research design to recruit Hispanic/Latina and African American young women to undergo HIV screening. The research design will consist of a frie...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria for INDEX RECRUITERS:
- Born female;
- Aged 13-24 years at the time of consent;
- African American or Hispanic/Latina ethnicity or mixed-race/ethnicity, which must include African American race and/or Hispanic/Latina ethnicity;
- A history of sexual intercourse with at least one male sexual partner;
- Any HIV status as follows: (1) HIV positive; (2) HIV negative defined as receiving a negative HIV test result \< 12 months prior to the date of study consent); or (3) HIV status unknown defined as either no history of HIV testing or receipt of negative HIV test results more than 12 months prior to the date of study consent);
- History of vaginal and/or anal sexual intercourse with a male;
- Willing to complete a HIV risk assessment; and
- Willing to recruit two or more friendship network members to discuss and eventually undergo HIV screening;
- Ability to understand written and spoken English; and
- Willing to provide written informed consent/assent.
- Inclusion Criteria for FRIENDSHIP NETWORK MEMBERS:
- Born female;
- Aged \> 13 years at the time of consent;
- A history of sexual intercourse with at least one male sexual partner;
- Willing to complete an HIV risk assessment;
- Willing to discuss and consider HIV screening;
- Self-report that the most recent HIV test result was negative, or has no prior history of HIV testing;
- Ability to understand written and spoken English; and
- Willing to provide written informed consent/assent.
- Exclusion Criteria for INDEX RECRUITERS:
- Psychiatric disorder (untreated) associated with thought disorder, hallucinations, acute substance use withdrawal. Stabilized patients receiving appropriate psychiatric care will not be excluded if informed consent can be reasonably assumed;
- Visibly distraught and/or visibly emotionally unstable (e.g., depressive mood; exhibiting manic, suicidal, or violent behavior);
- Active drug or alcohol use or dependence that, in the opinion of the site personnel, would interfere with ability to give true informed consent and to adhere to the study requirements; and
- Acutely ill at the time of enrollment.
- Exclusion Criteria for FRIENDSHIP NETWORK MEMBERS:
- Self-report an HIV positive test result;
- Psychiatric disorder (untreated) associated with thought disorder, hallucinations, acute substance use withdrawal. Stabilized patients receiving appropriate psychiatric care will not be excluded if informed consent can be reasonably assumed;
- Visibly distraught and/or visibly emotionally unstable (e.g., depressive mood; exhibiting manic, suicidal, or violent behavior);
- Active drug or alcohol use or dependence that, in the opinion of the site personnel, would interfere with ability to give true informed consent and to adhere to the study requirements;
- Acutely ill at the time of enrollment.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
535 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00841360
Start Date
January 1 2009
End Date
June 1 2010
Last Update
February 28 2017
Active Locations (3)
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1
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, Florida, United States, 33101
2
Stroger Hospital of Cook County
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
3
Montefiore Medical Center
The Bronx, New York, United States, 10467