Texting Intervention to Sustain HIV Prevention in Women in High-drug-use Contexts (NCT02447484) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Texting Intervention to Sustain HIV Prevention in Women in High-drug-use Contexts
Mexico600 participantsStarted 2015-07-01
Plain-language summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a program of regular, theory-based text messages that encourages the message recipient to continue practicing safer sex (i.e., using condoms with sex partners) is effective in maintaining positive behavior change in women who have completed a brief safer-sex training.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexFEMALE
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Biologically female,
* at least 18 years old,
* report having exchanged sex for money, goods, shelter or drugs within the previous 30 days,
* test HIV-negative at baseline,
* agreeable to receiving antibiotic treatment for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and trichomoniasis if they test positive (to allow us to differentiate incident from prevalent cases at follow-up),
* report having unprotected vaginal or anal sex with a male client at least once during the previous month, and
* be treatment-naive (i.e., must not have already participated in the Mujer Segura or Mujer Más Segura safer-sex interventions).
Exclusion Criteria:
* Consistent use of condoms for vaginal and anal sex with all male clients during the previous month,
* known to be HIV+ or test HIV+ for the first time on-site,
* under 18 years of age,
* male or transgendered, and
* incapable of giving informed consent.