Sistas Informing Sistas on Topics About AIDS and Prevention (SISTA-P)

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: Health Behavior, Risky
Health-Related Behavior
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Brief Summary: In this project, the investigators will provide a new HIV prevention training and empowerment sessions to Black women in Washington D.C. who are at high risk for getting HIV. This training is tailored to the experience of Black women and seeks to reduce the high HIV transmission rates in the Black community.

Detailed Description: Experienced facilitators will implement two cycles of six 3-hour sessions with up to 15 participants per cycle while expert panelists observe. After each session, participants and subject matter expert observers will complete brief surveys. Surveys following each session include closed and open-ended measures: six items rating how well the session conveyed core information (e.g., I am confident I can communicate more effectively \[Session 3\]; I have a better understanding of the effects of alcohol on making sexual choices, \[Session 4\]) and single-item scales to evaluate the facilitator's performance and the session overall. In open-ended measures, respondents will be prompted to elaborate on their survey responses to identify ways the session could be improved.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
SISTA-P Intervention	SISTA-P Intervention	Participants will complete four sessions lasting up to three hours each over the course of one week. The sessions will be overseen by two facilitators and a technical monitor. Core elements of SISTA-P are: (1) small group discussions, modeling and role-play that facilitate repetition, reinforcement and sequential approximation; (2) skilled facilitators; (3) gender and culturally specific materials to enhance pride and self-worth; (4) teaching negotiation, self-advocacy; and (5) HIV prevention relevant skills; (6) discussing gender and culture-specific barriers and facilitators to prevention; and (7) enhancing HIV prevention norms and self-efficacy. Each discussion group will consist of 12- 15 participants and each cycle will consist of one group. Participants will be asked to complete a follow up survey and two booster sessions. They will also be asked to submit photo-confirmation of PrEP prescription to the research team.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acceptability of the Intervention Scale	At the end of each cycle (each cycle is 42 days)	5-item scale, range 1 (strongly disagree) to (strongly agree). Weiner, B.J., Lewis, C.C., Stanick, C. et al. Psychometric assessment of three newly developed implementation outcome measures. Implementation Sci 12, 108 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0635-3
Feasibility of the Intervention Scale	At the end of each cycle (each cycle is 42 days)	5-item scale, range 1 (strongly disagree) to (strongly agree). Weiner, B.J., Lewis, C.C., Stanick, C. et al. Psychometric assessment of three newly developed implementation outcome measures. Implementation Sci 12, 108 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0635-3
Appropriateness of the Intervention Scale	At the end of each cycle (each cycle is 42 days)	5-item scale, range 1 (strongly disagree) to (strongly agree). Weiner, B.J., Lewis, C.C., Stanick, C. et al. Psychometric assessment of three newly developed implementation outcome measures. Implementation Sci 12, 108 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-017-0635-3

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Participant Retention	At the end of each cycle (each cycle is 42 days)	Proportion of Session 1 participants who complete session 6. Benchmark: 80%
Post-Intervention Follow-up	At the end of each cycle (each cycle is 42 days)	Proportion of post-intervention surveys completed. Benchmark: 80%
Intervention Fidelity	At the end of each cycle (each cycle is 42 days)	Proportion of assigned materials distributed and assigned activities implemented (benchmark: 100%)
Feasibility of delivering 6 sessions in 6 weeks	At the end of each cycle (each cycle is 42 days)	Delivery of intervention sessions according to the planned timeline (6 weeks)
Recruitment	At the end of each cycle (each cycle is 42 days)	12-15 participants enrolled
Intervention Fidelity- participant characteristics	At the end of each cycle (each cycle is 42 days)	proportion of participants are potentially PrEP eligible Black women (benchmark: 100%)
Acceptability of the intervention delivery	At the end of each session	10-point scale assessment of facilitator performance. Benchmark: average acceptability rating of \>7.5/10
Participant Enrollment	At the end of each cycle (each cycle is 42 days)	Number of in-person participants in attendance at the first session. Benchmark: N = 12 - 15 in attendance at first session
Visual confirmation of self-reported PrEP uptake	At the end of each cycle (each cycle is 42 days)	Photo confirmation of self-reported PrEP use.

Locations (2): Rutgers University
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New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
The Women's Collective
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States