Online Social Networking for HIV Prevention

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: HIV

• Registration Number: NCT00725959
• Lead Sponsor: Colorado School of Public Health

Brief Summary

In this randomized controlled trial, we will identify social networks on Facebook, an randomly assign each network to control or intervention status. We will then intervene at the level of the network with dynamic, interactive HIV prevention messages (intervention) or static messages about HIV prevention (control). We will develop the intervention content with input from our target audience (Facebook users) and will measure baseline, and 3 and 6 month assessments of condom use and abstinence among all participants

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2008-07-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-07-29
• Study First Posted: 2008-07-31
• Study Start: 2008-09
• Primary Completion: 2010-12
• Study Completion: 2011-12
• Results First Submitted: 2014-05-20
• Status Verified: 2017-10
• Results First Submitted QC: 2017-11-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-11-01
• Results First Posted: 2017-11-07
• Last Update Posted: 2017-11-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1578

Inclusion Criteria

• Facebook user with an existing Facebook page
• at least 16
• no older than 24
• English speaker

Exclusion Criteria

• older than 24 or younger than 16
• non English speaker
• does not have a Facebook page

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of Condom Usage	two months	number of times condom used divided by number of times person had sex in past 60 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Condom and Abstinence Norms, Attitudes, Self-efficacy and Intentions	two months