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NCT Number: NCT00922038

Rewarding Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Prevention and Control in Tanzania

This project evaluates the effect of a combined economic and psycho-social intervention to reduce risky sexual activity and its consequences. The main hypothesis to be tested is that risky sexual activity and resulting sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can be reduced through an intervention of counseling, regular STI testing, and positive reinforcement using cash rewards. The intervention is being implemented in a population of young people in rural Tanzania where more conventional behavioral change interventions have had limited effect in battling a generalized HIV epidemic.

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Key information

Conditions

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Communicable Diseases Disease Attributes Genital Diseases Infections Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Urogenital Diseases

Age range

16 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Plan to live in study area for next 12 months

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnant

Treatment and study plan

Cash reward

Behavioral

Enrollees testing negative for treatable sexually transmitted infections will receive cash rewards.

Primary outcomes

  1. Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections measured in laboratory testing (Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Trichomonas, Mycoplasma genitalium, HSV-2, HIV)

    Time frame: 4, 8, and 12 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, Berkeley

Other

Collaborators

  • Health Effects Institute
  • Population Health Research Institute
  • RTI International
  • University of California, San Francisco
  • William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
  • World Bank

Registry information

Official study title

Encouraging Safe Sexual Practices Among Youth Using Cash Rewards: A Randomized Trial in the Kilombero/Ulanga Districts, Tanzania

Acronym: RESPECT

Important dates

Study start
2009
First posted
Jun 17, 2009
Registry last updated
Jun 17, 2009

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