Status:
COMPLETED
A Reinforcement Intervention for Increasing HIV Testing Among At-Risk Women
Lead Sponsor:
UConn Health
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Conditions:
HIV
HIV Testing
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
African American and Latina women, as well as women living in poverty, are an identified health disparities population for HIV. Risks for HIV are compounded in this population when additional risk fac...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria for Clinician Participants:
- \>6 months experience as a case manager, medical/nursing clinician or mental health/substance use therapist
- currently work with women at high risk for contracting HIV
- able to attend a training and participate in the evaluative components
- willing to conduct both standard HIV referral for testing and orientation to an online training and the same with reinforcement, depending on client's random assignment.
- Exclusion Criteria for Clinician Participants
- \- planning to end employment at the agency within the next 3 months
- Inclusion Criteria for Client Participants:
- female
- identifies as African American/black or Latina/Hispanic OR is living in poverty based on the most recent year's federal poverty guidelines
- 18 and older
- one or more high risk factors for HIV: intravenous drug use; or sexually active with past year partners with HIV or of unknown HIV status and no or inconsistent use of condoms
- English or Spanish speaking
- passes a quiz related to understanding the informed consent form
- has an address at which they expect to be able to receive mail and/or a phone to retrieve messages for the next 15 months
- Exclusion Criteria for Client Participants:
- received a fourth-generation HIV test in the past 6 months
- HIV positive.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 4 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 11 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
334 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03768986
Start Date
February 4 2019
End Date
December 11 2024
Last Update
September 23 2025
Active Locations (1)
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UConn Health
Farmington, Connecticut, United States, 06030