Implementation of a Sexual Health Intervention for Young Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) in Two Vietnamese Cities

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Gonorrhea; Chlamydia; Syphilis; HIV; Hepatitis C
• Interventions: Behavioral: Sexual Health Promotion Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT02122094
• Lead Sponsor: National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.

Brief Summary

This study seeks to implement a sexual health promotion intervention for male sex workers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The study hypothesis is that this intervention will increase testing, treatment and vaccination for sexually transmitted infections, including intentions of participants to engage in these services beyond the conclusion of the intervention. At the community level, the study hypothesis is that male sex workers will be more aware of sexual health care and more likely to access these services in the future.

Detailed Description

The intervention is administered in community and clinic settings. The full intervention consists of seven core modules: Sexual Health, Sexual Diversity, HIV/STI Transmission, Behavioral Risk and Risk Reduction, Alcohol and Drugs, Stigma, and HIV/STI and Health Seeking Practices. In the community, outreach is conducted by Health Educators to deliver the intervention modules that young men express and interest in, as well as to provide risk reduction materials including condoms and lubricant. Study interviewers conduct a cross-sectional interview of young male sex workers in community venues (the interviewers and health educators are never present in a venue at the same time), and a random sample of interviewees are invited to a local clinic, where they receive a more detailed interview, the full intervention (delivered one on one by a Health Educator and including all seven modules), a clinical exam, testing for HIV and other STIs (HBV, HCV, gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia), onsite treatment, vaccination and referral, and a post-intevention assessment.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-05
• Study First Submitted: 2014-04-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-04-22
• Study First Posted: 2014-04-24
• Status Verified: 2015-10
• Primary Completion: 2016-09
• Study Completion: 2016-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-09-26
• Last Update Posted: 2016-09-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 1166

Inclusion Criteria

• Born biologically male; age 16-29; exchanged sex for money or other material goods with another man in the past 90 days

Exclusion Criteria

• inability to provide informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Sexual Health Promotion Intervention	Sexual Health Promotion Intervention	The SHP Intervention consists of seven core and five optional modules covering topics related to sexual health. It is delivered in both community (outreach) settings and i clinic-based settings.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acceptance of testing	2 hours	Participants in the clinic-based Sexual Health Promotion intervention will accept offer of testing for chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV, HBV and Hepatitis C Virus.
Return for test results	two weeks	Participants in the clinic-based Sexual Health Promotion intervention will return for their test results
Intention to access health services	two years	Participants who receive the community-based Sexual Health Promotion intervention will report intent to access health services for Sexually Transmitted Infection testing, treatment and vaccination

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Center for Applied Research on Men and Health (CARMAH); 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Hanoi Medical University; 🇻🇳 Hanoi, Vietnam