Social media based intervention for increasing HIV testing and care engagement for Men having Sex with Men (MSM)
Phase 3
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/03/032280
- Lead Sponsor
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
(1) >=18
years old; (2) live or work in Mumbai; (3) fluent in Hindi or English, (4) identify as male, (5) anal sex
with men in past 2 years; (6) report that they have either never tested for HIV, are unaware of HIV test
results, or are HIV-negative with last HIV test >6 months ago and anal sex since last test; (7) able to
provide and verify Whatsapp mobile number and email address; (8) willing to answer online surveys
for 18 months; (9) have not used services through HST in past 12 months (verified by checking
mobile phone number against HSTâ??s client registry); and (10) have not participated in a prior HIV
research study (by self-report).
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method dichotomous measures (yes/no) of receipt of a verified HIV test <br/ ><br>Timepoint: within 6 months of randomization <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method frequency of HIV testing within and receipt <br/ ><br>of a verified HIV test within 12 and 18 months of randomization and HIV treatment linkage and ART initiation for those testing HIV positiveTimepoint: Within 12 and 18 months of randomization