Expansion to Interdisciplinary HIV Prevention in Women
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | HIV / AIDS, HIV / AIDS, Psychiatric, Women's Studies |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Immunology / Infectious Diseases, Psychiatry / Psychology, Reproductive |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 44 |
| Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
| Start Date: | December 2012 |
| End Date: | September 2015 |
Preventing FAS/ARND in Russian Children/Expansion to Interdisciplinary HIV Prevention in Women
This trial will pilot test intervention strategies to increase utilization of HIV testing
and gain knowledge for designing a clinical trial to evaluate prevention strategies to
reduce HIV sexual transmission in the general population in Russia. The study will assess
whether external (cost, convenience) or internal factors (low perception of own risk,
reluctance to identify a partner as at-risk, fear of stigma) drive Russian women's
reluctance to be tested and if peer support impacts their decision. A randomized
experimental manipulation, comparing opt-in vs. bundled opt-out testing approaches, followed
by focus group discussions, followed by a second-chance testing offer will be used to inform
these questions. The answers will enable the international research team to engineer and
then test an HIV testing promotion strategy in Russia. The project will collect preliminary
data for a larger study to develop an evidence-based program to reduce the HIV transmission
in this high risk population.
and gain knowledge for designing a clinical trial to evaluate prevention strategies to
reduce HIV sexual transmission in the general population in Russia. The study will assess
whether external (cost, convenience) or internal factors (low perception of own risk,
reluctance to identify a partner as at-risk, fear of stigma) drive Russian women's
reluctance to be tested and if peer support impacts their decision. A randomized
experimental manipulation, comparing opt-in vs. bundled opt-out testing approaches, followed
by focus group discussions, followed by a second-chance testing offer will be used to inform
these questions. The answers will enable the international research team to engineer and
then test an HIV testing promotion strategy in Russia. The project will collect preliminary
data for a larger study to develop an evidence-based program to reduce the HIV transmission
in this high risk population.
A mixed methods research design combining qualitative and quantitative data collection
methods will be used to increase the understanding of barriers to HIV testing, identify
promising strategies to increase testing, generate research hypotheses, and design a future
randomized clinical trial to evaluate HIV prevention targeted to at-risk women in the
general population in Russia. The qualitative methods include structured interviews and a
focus group participation to assess women's reasons for being the tested and possible
prevention strategies. The quantitative methods include observation/recording of women's
testing behaviors.
methods will be used to increase the understanding of barriers to HIV testing, identify
promising strategies to increase testing, generate research hypotheses, and design a future
randomized clinical trial to evaluate HIV prevention targeted to at-risk women in the
general population in Russia. The qualitative methods include structured interviews and a
focus group participation to assess women's reasons for being the tested and possible
prevention strategies. The quantitative methods include observation/recording of women's
testing behaviors.
Inclusion Criteria:
- A parent study participants who completed HIV risk survey and
- Reported two or more partners in the last 12 months and no or inconsistent condom use
in the last 3 months and no HIV testing in the last 12 months
- Or reported any sexually-transmitted disease and no HIV testing in the last 12 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- A parent study participants who declined to be contacted for participating in future
research studies
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