NCT01170741

Computer-Assisted Tailored Cue-card Health [CATCH] Study

A Tailored Cue Card HIV/STI Intervention for High Risk Groups Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 122 (actual)
• Sponsor: RTI International · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will draw from proven interventions to refine and pilot test a cue card driven computer-assisted intervention, along with HIV/STI testing, that will be tailored to each participant's demographic characteristics, risk behaviors, and biological test results. The specific aims of the proposed study are: 1. To refine a cue card driven computer-assisted risk reduction intervention that will be tailored to each participant's demographic characteristics (e.g., gender, ethnicity), risk behaviors, and biological test results (HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis and herpes). 2. To pilot test the tailored intervention's effects on sexual risk behaviors (e.g., frequency of unprotected sex, condom use), drug use during sex and injection risk behaviors (e.g., direct syringe sharing, indirect sharing practices) using a two-group randomized design that compares the tailored intervention with a delayed treatment control condition. 3. To assess the feasibility and acceptability of the tailored intervention in a rural setting.

Conditions

• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• STDs
• Hepatitis, Viral, Human

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Tailored Cue Cards	The proposed intervention uses education to increase knowledge and skill building to influence behavior-specific self-efficacy and outcome expectations. In addition to providing general information regarding drug use and diseases, the cue-cards include information that is designed to raise awareness regarding perceived threats (perceived susceptibility and perceived severity) related to HIV and other STIs and blood-borne infections, which increases motivation to reduce risk behaviors. The cue-cards also provide information regarding risk reduction strategies. The cue-cards also contain instructions on how to anticipate and avoid risky situations (e.g., using alcohol or drugs prior to sex). This information is augmented with an exercise that involves modeling and guided practice. This combination of information and exercises modifies outcome expectations by increasing confidence (i.e., perceived self-efficacy) that a protective action can be performed

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-06-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2012-06-01
• First posted: 2010-07-27
• Last updated: 2012-10-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States