SEPA III: The Effectiveness Trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: HIV Prevention
• Interventions: Behavioral: SEPA III

• Registration Number: NCT02405481
• Lead Sponsor: University of Miami

Brief Summary

The study evaluates the effectiveness of SEPA (Salud, Educacion, Prevencion y Autocuidado; Health, Education, Prevention and Self-Care) to increase HIV prevention behaviors and to reduce the incidence of STIs for Hispanic women when delivered in a real-world setting by community agency personnel. The study recruits Hispanic women between the ages of 18 and 50 who are sexually active and are randomized to either SEPA or a Wait-List Control condition.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-06
• Study First Submitted: 2015-03-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-03-31
• Study First Posted: 2015-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2016-03
• Study Completion: 2016-03
• Status Verified: 2018-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-17
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 320

Inclusion Criteria

• Hispanic Women,
• 18 to 50 years old,
• Sexually active in the past three months

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Exclusion Criteria

• Non-Hispanic,
• younger than 18,
• older than 50,
• not sexually active

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
SEPA III Intervention	SEPA III	SEPA brings together two important theoretical perspectives that will be effective and sustainable for HIV/AIDS prevention among Hispanic women in an inner city environment. The content and learning strategies of SEPA are based on the social cognitive theory and of HIV/AIDS prevention that prior research has shown to be the most effective in increasing HIV/AIDS prevention behaviors, modified to take into account the special needs of Hispanic women related to gender inequality and cultural values and practices. SEPA's conceptual framework integrates the Social Cognitive Model of behavioral change with Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed that guides the delivery and contextual tailoring.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Condom Use	1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Miami; 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States