Computer-Assisted Tailored Cue-card Health [CATCH] Study

This study will draw from proven interventions to refine and pilot test a cue card driven
computer-assisted intervention, along with HIV/STI testing, that will be tailored to each
participant's demographic characteristics, risk behaviors, and biological test results. The
specific aims of the proposed study are:

1. To refine a cue card driven computer-assisted risk reduction intervention that will be
tailored to each participant's demographic characteristics (e.g., gender, ethnicity),
risk behaviors, and biological test results (HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis and
herpes).

2. To pilot test the tailored intervention's effects on sexual risk behaviors (e.g.,
frequency of unprotected sex, condom use), drug use during sex and injection risk
behaviors (e.g., direct syringe sharing, indirect sharing practices) using a two-group
randomized design that compares the tailored intervention with a delayed treatment
control condition.

3. To assess the feasibility and acceptability of the tailored intervention in a rural
setting.