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

a study on HIV/AIDS

Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 18 years and up (full criteria)
Healthy Volunteers
healthy people welcome
Location
at San Diego, California
Dates
study started
completion around
Principal Investigator
by Angela R Bazzi
Headshot of Angela R Bazzi
Angela R Bazzi

Description

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.

Official Title

Prevention Ambassadors: an HIV Self-testing Intervention to Promote HIV Service Engagement in the Networks of SSP Clients

Keywords

HIV, Prevention Ambassadors

Eligibility

For people ages 18 years and up

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.

Location

  • San Diego State University accepting new patients
    San Diego California 92182 United States

Lead Scientist at UCSD

  • Angela R Bazzi
    Professor, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health & Human Longevity Science, Vc-health Sciences-schools. Authored (or co-authored) 137 research publications. Research interests: HIV prevention · substance use · infectious diseases · qualitative research · implementation science

Details

Status
accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
San Diego State University
ID
NCT06848686
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
Expecting 150 study participants
Last Updated
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