Mobile HIV Prevention App for Black Women

Part of paid clinical trials in Atlanta, Georgia.

Sponsor
Emory University
Study ID
NCT05080972
Status
Completed

Conditions

  • Hiv
  • Mobile Phone Use
  • Stigma, Social

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
FEMALE
Age
18 Years - 44 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • in-the-kNOW mobile app — BEHAVIORAL
    in-the-kNOW is a mobile app with restricted access through a single-use registration code. The app will be developed with regular input from Black women enrolled in Atlanta Healthy Start Initiative (AHSI). The app will have culturally- and contextually targeted HIV prevention and optimal sexual health messaging. Each participant will have 4 months to engage with the app, with e-reminders in time intervals preferred by the participants (a minimum of 3 times per week) via push notifications. During the 4-month study period, participants will receive push notifications to encourage the use of all app domains: My Logger, My Test, My Resources, and My Circle. Research staff will complete 2-month check-ins via phone call or video chat with participants.
  • Control — BEHAVIORAL
    The control condition will be a one-time virtual women's health counseling session with a healthcare provider. Participants will get information on 1. Sexual Transmitted Infections (STI)/HIV prevention, 2. Family planning, and 3. General health promotion (e.g., exercise and diet). The control condition provides access to HIV prevention materials that are publicly available but that do not offer the dynamic and individually customized features of the health communication/new media research approach proposed herein. Control group participants will continue to receive the usual care associated with Atlanta Healthy Start Initiative (AHSI) enrollment. The control group will not have access to intervention content (e.g. commodity ordering) until after the study has concluded. Research staff will complete 2-month check-ins via phone call or video chat with participants.

Study Details

Black women have a significantly higher risk of acquiring HIV compared to their non-Black counterparts. The purpose of this study is to refine and test a mobile HIV Prevention and Reproductive Health app developed specifically for Black women.

Key Dates

Start date
Feb 5, 2022
Status verified
Feb 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2024
Completion
Dec 31, 2024

Study Design

Enrollment
56 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER

Arms

  • Experimental: in-the-kNOW mobile app.
    Participants will be assigned to the in-the-kNOW mobile app for four (4) months.
  • Active Comparator: Control condition.
    Participants will be randomized to receive a one-time virtual women's health counseling session with a healthcare provider.

Primary Outcome Measure

Retention Rate [ Time Frame: 4 months ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Center for Black Women's WellnessAtlantaGeorgia30312-

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