Actively Recruiting
Prevention Ambassadors: Intervention to Promote HIV Service Engagement in the Networks of SSP Clients
Led by San Diego State University · Updated on 2026-01-29
210
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
104 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
S
San Diego State University
Lead Sponsor
U
University of California, San Diego
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
HIV testing and service uptake are infrequent among people who use drugs (PWUD) in the United States. In partnership with a community-based syringe service program (SSP), this project will develop the SSP-based "Prevention Ambassadors" (PA) intervention to promote HIV testing and service uptake among PWUD via the secondary distribution (i.e., peer delivery) of HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits with local HIV service information and referrals to HIV service navigation in the social networks of SSP clients (i.e., PWUD). The PA intervention will then be piloted to assess its preliminary effects, acceptability, and feasibility among PWUD in the Ending the HIV Epidemic priority jurisdiction of Riverside County, California.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Prevention Ambassadors: Intervention to Promote HIV Service Engagement in the Networks of SSP Clients
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Be 18 years of age or older
- Report drug use in the past month (index participants) or past 3 months (peer-recruit participants)
- Have other people who use drugs in your social network (index participants)
- Be willing to discuss HIV testing and services with at least two people who use drugs in your network and try to refer them to the study (index participants)
- Speak English fluently
- Be recruited by an index participant with a referral coupon (peer-recruit participants)
You will not qualify if you...
- Participated in earlier study activities related to developing the Prevention Ambassadors intervention
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
San Diego State University
San Diego, California, United States, 92182
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
H
Heather Pines
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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