NCT04021953

The People Like Us Evaluation Study

Evaluation of eHealth Videos for the Singaporean Gay, Bisexual and Queer Male Community

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 300 (actual)
• Sponsor: National University of Singapore · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 29 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study is a pragmatic, randomized controlled trial design to evaluate an online video series developed by a community-based organization in Singapore for gay, bisexual and queer men. A total of 300 HIV-negative, gay, bisexual and queer men in Singapore aged 18 to 29 years old will be recruited with the assistance of the partner community-based organization (CBO), Action for AIDS Singapore. Recruitment will utilize both online and offline channels, and with the help of other CBOs in Singapore. Participants should also not have watched the video prior to their participation in this study, which will be ascertained through a questionnaire. Participants will subsequently be randomized into the intervention arm (n=150) and the control arm (n=150). The treatment group (n=150) will be assigned the intervention along with sexual health information via a pamphlet, while the control group (n=150) will be assigned only the sexual health information via a pamphlet. This will be conducted through block randomization.

Conditions

• HIV/AIDS
• Sexually Transmitted Infection
• Homosexuality
• Health Behavior
• Stigma, Social
• Health Care Seeking Behavior

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	People Like Us Online Video Series Intervention	People Like Us miniseries incorporates key sexual health messages to: 1. Increase viewers' knowledge and perceptions of HIV and other STI risk; 2. Address homophobia and sexual orientation disclosure; 3. Increase safer-sex negotiation self-efficacy; 4. Promote positive attitudes towards condom use and other safe sex behaviors; 5. Build skills and self-efficacy for practicing safer sex; 6. Provide information on HIV and other STI testing and its benefits; 7. Provide information on resources for HIV/STI testing and other mental health services; 8. Model appropriate behaviors around practicing safer sex. Each video in the six-part series ends with an educational video segment featuring the managers of Action for AIDS and Gayhealth.sg, who provide a brief synopsis of the episode and cover key points relevant to mental and sexual health for GBQ men.
BEHAVIORAL	Sexual Health Pamphlet (Standard of Care)	The control group will be provided with an e-pamphlet on sexual wellness catered to GBMSM. This e-pamphlet has been developed by the National Skin Centre and Department of Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic specifically for information on sexual wellness among GBMSM. It comprises segments on HIV/STI symptoms, etiology, information on how to seek help for HIV/STI, behavioral and biomedical methods of HIV prevention.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-13
• Primary completion: 2020-07-06
• Completion: 2020-07-06
• First posted: 2019-07-16
• Last updated: 2021-09-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Singapore