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NCT Number: NCT00249327

Online HIV Prevention Vignette Evaluation

This is an evaluation of the effect that an online live action, dramatic vignette about four gay men, two HIV positive and two HIV negative, struggling with the responsibility for safer sex has on the sexual behavior and HIV testing intentions of the gay/bisexual men who watch the vignette and participate in the evaluation study. The primary hypothesis is that men will be more likely to: 1)express the intent to have an HIV test and 2) to express the intent to inform their sex partners of their HIV status after watching the vignette. The secondary hypothesis is that men will be more likely to follow through on these intentions in the three months following the intervention than they were in the three months before viewing the vignette. This is a one group pre-posttest intervention in which each man serves as his own control.

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Key information

Conditions

HIV Infections Blood-Borne Infections Communicable Diseases Genital Diseases Immune System Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Infections Lentivirus Infections RNA Virus Infections Retroviridae Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Urogenital Diseases Virus Diseases

Age range

18 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc.

New York, 10013, United States

About this study

  • Men over 18 years of age will be recruited for the study through a banner posted on the exit page of manhunt.net an internet gay hook-up site. Those clicking on the banner will go to the evaluation website (www.hivbigdeal.org)
  • asked to read the consent and click agreement.
  • asked to complete a relatively brief questionnaire about their sexual behavior, HIV testing and HIV disclosure in the preceding three months
  • watch the 8 minute dramatic vignette
  • complete a brief questionnaire that elicits their response to the video and their HIV testing and disclosure intentions.
  • if they agree to provide the study with their e-mail address, participants will be re-contacted in three months and asked to complete a second behavioral survey online that asks about sexual behavior, HIV testing and HIV disclosure in the three months since watching the vignette.Behavior before and after watching the vignette will be compared.
  • The entire study will be conducted online.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • English-speaking
  • Gay/bisexual men
  • Age > 18

Exclusion criteria

  • Women
  • Men under 18
  • Men who do not have sex with other men

Treatment and study plan

Education

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. Increase in HIV testing

  2. Increase in disclosure of HIV status to sex partner

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Public Health Solutions

Other

Collaborators

  • The New York Community Trust
  • Van Ameringen Foundation Inc

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2005
Study completion
2006
First posted
Nov 7, 2005
Registry last updated
Apr 19, 2007

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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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