CompletedNot Applicable

Increasing Engagement and Improving HIV Outcomes Via HealthMPowerment

United States750 participantsStarted 2020-07-07

Plain-language summary

The overall goal of this 3-arm randomized trial is to test whether a network-driven online intervention tailored for intersectional stigma amelioration can elicit online social support, promote intervention engagement, and mitigate the impact of multiple stigmas on HIV-related outcomes among young Black and/or Latino men who have sex with men and transgender women.

Who can participate

Age range15 Years – 29 Years

SexMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Ages 15-29 (inclusive); * Identify as Black/African American and/or Latino/Hispanic; * Be U.S. residents (verified by zip code); * Report at least one episode of condomless anal sex act with a man in prior 6 months; * Assigned male sex at birth; * Currently identifies as male or as woman * Have access to internet * Reports owning or having regular access to a smartphone device or laptop/tablet through which to log onto the study site. Exclusion Criteria: * Assigned female sex at birth * Aged 14 years or younger or 30 years or older at time of screening * Does not speak or read English or Spanish * Did not have consensual anal sex with a male partner in the prior 6 months * Does not reside in the United States * Currently incarcerated * Planning to move out of the United States in next 12 months

What they're measuring

Percent of Participants Reporting Changes in Their HIV Testing Behavior Using Self-report Questionnaires

Timeframe: 12 month

Percent of Participants Reporting Viral Suppression Using Self-Report Questionnaires

Timeframe: 12 month

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03678181

SponsorUniversity of Pennsylvania

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2023-10-15

Results submitted2024-08-26