NCT00691041

A Network Intervention for Reducing Sexual Risk for HIV With African American Men Who Have Sex With Men (AA MSM)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 233 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Federal
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to examine the efficacy of a network-oriented "outreach intervention" to reduce HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) related risk behaviors among African American men who have sex with men (AA MSM)and their social network. The hypothesis is to determine whether the new intervention is more efficacious at reducing high risk sexual behaviors than the standard normal of care provided to the public (a single session of individual HIV counseling and testing.

Detailed description

The intervention increases participants' personal level of knowledge and skills concerning HIV prevention and inspires participants to diffuse the information to their social network.

Conditions

• HIV Infections

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Unity in Diversity	HIV/STI counseling and testing and a 7 session intervention to increase participants' level of knowledge and skills concerning HIV prevention (to decrease HIV acquisition or transmission) and to diffuse the information to their social network

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-08-01
• Primary completion: 2010-03-01
• Completion: 2010-03-01
• First posted: 2008-06-05
• Last updated: 2012-06-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States