RecruitingNot Applicable

Assessing the Use of MY-RIDE, a Just-in-time Adaptive Intervention, to Improve HIV Prevention and Substance Use in Youth Experiencing Homelessness

United States450 participantsStarted 2024-11-26

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Motivating Youth to Reduce Infections, Disconnections, and Emotion dysregulation (MY-RIDE) decreases substance use , to determine whether MY-RIDE increases human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention strategies and to evaluate MY-RIDE effects on willingness to take Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), stress, substance use urge, and use of mental health and substance use services when compared to attention control youth

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 25 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * have engaged in substance use (alcohol or illicit drugs) * speak English * are experiencing homelessness * engaged in sexual activity in the last 6 months or plan to in the next month * are not planning to move out of the metro area during the 15-month study period. Exclusion Criteria: * Youth Experiencing Homelessness (YEH) who have low literacy based on the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine-Short Form (scores \< 4)

What they're measuring

Change in substance use

Timeframe: baseline, end of intervention (3 months after baseline), 3 months after intervention, 6 months after intervention, and 12 months after intervention

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06074354

SponsorThe University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2027-08-23

Contact for this trial

Diane M Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC, FSAHM

713-500-2002 Diane.M.SantaMaria@uth.tmc.edu

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