Increasing HIV/STI Home Testing Via a Digital Intervention Among Black Women

Part of paid clinical trials in Austin, Texas.

Sponsor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Study ID
NCT05390541
Status
Terminated

Conditions

  • Economic Problems
  • Hiv
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
FEMALE
Age
15 Years - 59 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Empowered to Test Yourself — BEHAVIORAL
    There will be 5 sessions of the intervention, all of which will follow the same format. Participants will be sent push notifications for each session. Each session will begin with using relevant constructs from sIMB (i.e., information and behavioral skills). Next, participants will choose positive outcomes resulting from the behavior, barriers to performing the behavior (mental contrasting), select situational cues and action plans to overcome selected barriers (implementation intentions), and practice typing in implementation intentions and positive outcomes from memory (memory practice). To ensure participants retain the implementation intentions, the investigators will use memory practice. Participants will be asked to self-code if the participant is correct or incorrect. Lastly, participants will learn behavioral skills to engage in each of the 5 actions to increase self-efficacy.
  • Educational Control — OTHER
    Participants will receive the HIV/STI home testing kit, instructions to mail in the kit, notification when results are ready to check online, treatment from a provider at Kind Clinic for positive results, and referral to Kind Clinic for PrEP. Each session and assessment will occur every 3 days. Session 1: Basic information about STIs. Session 2: HIV and stigma, basic information about HIV, and HIV transmission facts and myths. Session 3: Four stories about different people who are HIV-positive, how HIV was contracted, and one story about a woman who contracted herpes and how to all cope and live healthy lives. Session 4: How to disclose positive STI status. Session 5: Basic information about PrEP, and information on how to correctly use a male condom, female condom, and dental dam.

Study Details

The proposed intervention is a web-based intervention guided by theoretical components to increase HIV home testing among Black women at risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in a HIV hotspot in the South. The intervention will promote using the home test, linkage to care, and linkage to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) evaluation. The intervention has the potential to be implemented on a large scale and tailored based on location and population to increase testing, treatment, and PrEP adoption.

Key Dates

Start date
Feb 2, 2022
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2025
Completion
Jun 30, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
31 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Active Comparator: Educational Control
    Participants will receive a generic standard of care via a combination of videos, audio, and text/graphics across 5 sessions during 4 weeks.
  • Experimental: Empowered to Test Yourself
    There will be 5 tailored web based sessions of the intervention over 4 weeks, all of which will follow the same format.

Primary Outcome Measure

Number of Participants Who Used Home HIV Test [ Time Frame: 4 days ]

Locations (4)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthAustinTexas78701-
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthDallasTexas75202-
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthHoustonTexas77019-
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthSan AntonioTexas78205-

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