At a glance
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NIMH Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial
In Brief
A Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating Community Popular Opinion Leader (C-POL) and HIV/STD educational materials for HIV Infections and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Completed, enrolled 18,147 participants across 5 sites in 5 countries.
Detailed Summary
This study will evaluate the effectiveness of a community-level HIV prevention program in promoting safer sexual behaviors and reducing the transmission of HIV/sexually transmitted diseases among at-risk populations in China, India, Peru, Russia, and Zimbabwe.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The C-POL intervention will teach identified opinion leaders to share personalized HIV prevention messages in conversations with peers in an effort to change community norms. Opinion leaders will be taught skills for sharing HIV risk-reduction messages during four to five weekly training sessions. At least 15% of the community population will be trained as opinion leaders. After the initial training, opinion leaders will attend six to nine booster sessions over the next 2 years to reinforce and support continued conversation efforts.
Communities will receive HIV/STD educational materials and treatment referral information to distribute to community members.