Video Tool to Promote Knowledge of Syphilis as Facilitator of HIV Transmission

During the winter of 2007, the Syphilis Advisory Group and Bureau of STD Control of the NYC Department of Health funded the Emergency Department of Jacobi Medical Center to further evaluate the effectiveness of the Syphilis and Men video in additional settings where men access STD related information and testing and where high-risk groups, such as MSM, frequent. The video was evaluated for promoting knowledge of syphilis, especially as facilitator of HIV transmission, and in encouraging concurrent testing (syphilis and HIV) among men recruited from a community-based organization, an ambulatory care setting, and a dance club.

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Key information

Conditions

Syphilis Bacterial Infections Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Communicable Diseases Genital Diseases Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial Spirochaetales Infections Treponemal Infections Urogenital Diseases

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Gay Men of African Descent, Manhattan, New York, United States

About this study

The Solomon-four group design was applied to assess the effectiveness of the video in raising syphilis knowledge among participants, while controlling for the influence of the pre-test knowledge survey in skewing post-knowledge survey scores. Participants in Group 1 received a pre-test survey, the video intervention, and the post-test survey; Group 2 received the pre-test and post-test surveys; Group 3 received the video intervention and post-test survey; and Group 4 received the post-test survey only. A computer-generated randomization list was used to assign participants to one of the four groups.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

must speak english or spanish

Exclusion criteria

excluded if hearing or visually impaired

Treatment and study plan

Educational Video

Other

educational video

Primary outcomes

The primary outcome was the score on a 10-question measure designed to assess knowledge attained from the syphilis educational video

Time frame: 20 minutes

Secondary outcomes

A secondary outcome was the decision to be tested for syphilis and HIV

Time frame: 20 minutes

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Jacobi Medical Center

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2006
Study completion: 2007
First posted: Nov 5, 2007
Registry last updated: Nov 5, 2007

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