RecruitingNot Applicable

Prevention Ambassadors: Intervention to Promote HIV Service Engagement in the Networks of SSP Clients

United States210 participantsStarted 2025-02-03

Plain-language summary

HIV testing and service uptake are infrequent among people who use drugs (PWUD) in the United States. In partnership with a community-based syringe service program (SSP), this project will develop the SSP-based "Prevention Ambassadors" (PA) intervention to promote HIV testing and service uptake among PWUD via the secondary distribution (i.e., peer delivery) of HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits with local HIV service information and referrals to HIV service navigation in the social networks of SSP clients (i.e., PWUD). The PA intervention will then be piloted to assess its preliminary effects, acceptability, and feasibility among PWUD in the Ending the HIV Epidemic priority jurisdiction of Riverside County, California.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Index Participant Inclusion Criteria: * Being greater than or equal to 18 years old * Reporting drug use (past month) * Having other people who use drugs (PWUD) in one's social network * Being willing to talk about HIV testing and services with at least 2 PWUD in their networks and attempt to refer them to the study * Speaking English fluently Peer-Recruit Participant Inclusion Criteria: * Being greater than or equal to 18 years old * Reporting drug use (past 3 months) * Being recruited by an index participant (evidenced by presenting the coupon used to recruit them) * Speaking English fluently Exclusion Criteria: \- Persons who participated in formative study activities related to the development of the PA intervention will not be eligible to participate.

What they're measuring

HIV testing (past 3 months)

Timeframe: 3-month follow-up

Linkage to PrEP/HIV care (past 3 months)

Timeframe: 3-month follow-up

PrEP/ART uptake (past 3 months)

Timeframe: 3-month follow-up

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06848686

SponsorSan Diego State University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-07

Contact for this trial

Heather Pines

619-594-2481 hpines@sdsu.edu

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Plain-language summary

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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