NCT03559595

Increasing PrEP Among African Americans in Louisville KY

Increasing Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among High-Risk African Americans in Louisville KY

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 205 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Louisville · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 29 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a multifaceted strategy to increase pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP; a medication regimen to reduce HIV risk) uptake among high risk African Americans in Louisville, KY. We will do this by 1) implementing a media campaign to raise awareness about PrEP, 2) providing PrEP education to medical personnel who can prescribe PrEP, and 3) partnering with AIDS service organizations to improve outreach and linkage to PrEP services.

Conditions

• HIV/AIDS PREVENTION

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Project Prevent	The Project Prevent intervention entails 1) a media campaign to raise PrEP awareness, 2) geographically targeted education initiatives with medical personnel to increase access to consumers, and 3) programming with AIDS service organizations to improve service delivery around PrEP.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-04
• Primary completion: 2020-12-31
• Completion: 2020-12-31
• First posted: 2018-06-18
• Last updated: 2021-03-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States