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NCT Number: NCT00137644

Evaluation of the Preventing AIDS Through Live Movement and Sound (PALMS) Intervention for Minority Adolescents

The purpose of this program evaluation is to determine whether the Preventing AIDS Through Live Movement and Sound (PALMS) group-level intervention is effective in reducing HIV sex risk behaviors and increasing HIV testing of high-risk, incarcerated or adjudicated youth. The intent of this program is to support the evaluation of an existing intervention and provide feedback to the implementing organization for improved program effectiveness, not to conduct research.

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Key information

Conditions

HIV Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Behavior Blood-Borne Infections Communicable Diseases Genital Diseases HIV Infections Immune System Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Infections Lentivirus Infections RNA Virus Infections Retroviridae Infections Risk-Taking Safe Sex Sexual Behavior Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Slow Virus Diseases Urogenital Diseases Virus Diseases

Age range

12 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1 / Phase 2

Primary location

Philadelphia Health Management Corporation

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19102, United States

About this study

Philadelphia Health Management Corporation (PHMC) is evaluating the Preventing AIDS Through Live Movement and Sound (PALMS) group-level intervention for high-risk, incarcerated or adjudicated youth. PALMS uses three theater-based sessions to increase knowledge about HIV/AIDS, increase HIV testing, and reduce risky sexual behavior through increased self-efficacy. The intervention is delivered by peers, and peers work with the intervention team to use evaluation results to improve the program. The evaluation will recruit male adolescents, aged 12 to 18 years, who are residing in juvenile justice or drug treatment facilities in Philadelphia. The evaluation design uses concurrent intervention (N=132) and comparison (N=132) groups. Data will be collected at baseline, immediate post-intervention, and at a 6-month post-intervention follow-up. The intent of this program is to support the evaluation of an existing intervention and provide feedback to the implementing organization for improved program effectiveness, not to conduct research.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Male adolescents
  • Between the ages of 12 and 18
  • Receiving residential services at juvenile justice or drug treatment facilities
  • African-American or Latino

Exclusion criteria

  • Do not speak English
  • Prior participation in PALMS intervention
  • Female adolescents

Treatment and study plan

Preventing AIDS Through Live Movement and Sound (PALMS)

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. Sexual activity

    Time frame: Within past 3 months & ever

  2. Number and type (main and non-main) of female sex partners

    Time frame: Within past 3 months

  3. Frequency of condom use with female sex partners

    Time frame: Within past 3 months

  4. HIV testing (ever tested, number of tests, likelihood of test)

    Time frame: Within past 3 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Drug use

    Time frame: Within past 3 months

  2. Knowledge of HIV transmission, prevention and testing

    Time frame: Concurrent

  3. Attitudes and beliefs about condoms and safe sex

    Time frame: Concurrent

  4. Beliefs about HIV and HIV testing

    Time frame: Concurrent

  5. Perception of HIV risk

    Time frame: concurrent

  6. Self-efficacy to use condoms and practice safe sex

    Time frame: Concurrent

  7. Self-esteem

    Time frame: Concurrent

  8. Perceptions of cultural and peer norms

    Time frame: Concurrent

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Fed

Collaborators

  • Public Health Management Corporation

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of the Preventing AIDS Through Live Movement and Sound (PALMS) Innovative HIV Prevention Intervention for Minority Adolescents by the Philadelphia Health Management Corporation in Philadelphia, PA

Important dates

Study start
2005
Study completion
2007
First posted
Aug 30, 2005
Registry last updated
May 11, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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