NCT00836550

Video-based Counseling & Rapid HIV Testing for Teens

An RCT to Evaluate the Effectiveness of an Emergency Department Based Multimedia HIV Testing Model in Adolescents

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (actual)
• Sponsor: North Bronx Healthcare Network · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study evaluated the educational effectiveness of a youth-friendly pre-test video (derived from a previous qualitative study) and compared it with in-person HIV pre-test counseling. A convenience sample of 200 medically stable individuals between the ages of 15 and 21 presenting to an urban ED were recruited to participate in this study and randomized into 2 groups. Individuals were eligible if they were English-speaking, sexually active and able to consent. All participants completed a sexual risk factor and demographic survey. Group 1 completed a validated pre-test knowledge measure, viewed the HIV education video then completed a post-test knowledge measure. Group 2 completed the same knowledge measures, but received pre-test HIV counseling from a trained public health advocate. HIV testing was optional

Conditions

• HIV
• HIV Infections

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Video	The participants saw a 6 minute video
BEHAVIORAL	in-person HIV pre-test counseling

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-08-01
• Primary completion: 2008-12-01
• Completion: 2008-12-01
• First posted: 2009-02-04
• Last updated: 2009-09-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States