Leveraging Chatbot Technology to Improve PrEP Awareness and Uptake Among Black MSM in the Southern United States
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 145
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- Change from baseline PrEP uptake in 90 days
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to develop a chatbot intervention to promote PrEP awareness and uptake among Black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Southern United States.
详细描述
In the United States (US), the epicenter of the HIV epidemic is in the South. The HIV-related death rate in the US South is high, but engagement with quality HIV prevention services and care is low. Although only 38% of the US population lives in the South, the region accounts for 51% of new HIV infections. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) account for 60% of new infections among African Americans in the South. Black MSM are one of the most vulnerable groups to HIV transmission in the US. HIV testing and PrEP uptake in Black MSM, however, remain low (10%) due to multiple factors including stigma, sexual-orientation based discrimination and low PrEP awareness among Black MSM. Innovative strategies that motivate and provide guidance for PrEP among Black MSM in the US South are therefore urgently needed. Chatbot technology should be tested and implemented to help improve PrEP awareness and uptake in the US South. In this project, the investigators aim to develop and pilot test to assess the acceptability and feasibility of a chatbot for PrEP awareness and uptake relative to treatment as usual (control).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Being cisgender Black male
- •Being aged ≥ 18 years
- •Having Internet access
- •Speaking English
- •Self-reporting condomless sex with another man in the past 6 months
- •HIV negative or untested.
排除标准
- •Having lived in the US South less than 3 months
- •Having received antiretroviral therapy (ART) treatment.
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention group
干预措施: A chatbot designed to promote PrEP awareness and uptake for Black MSM (Device)
Control group
干预措施: General educational messages (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Change from baseline PrEP uptake in 90 days
时间窗: At baseline, 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days
PrEP uptake will be measured as the mean of the frequency of taking PrEP medication. Specifically, the investigators will collect PrEP uptake by asking participants through a Qualtrics survey if they have been taken PrEP at baseline and every 30 days. If participants respond that they have taken PrEP, the investigators will ask them the date and frequency of taking it and ask them to upload a photo of their PrEP for verification to reduce social desirability bias in responses.
Change from baseline PrEP awareness in 90 days
时间窗: At baseline, 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days
PrEP awareness will be measured as the proportion of participants who are aware of PrEP. Specifically, the investigators will collect PrEP awareness by asking participants standardized questions through a Qualtrics survey.
次要结局
- Change in Usability score(At baseline, 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days)
- Change in Practicality score(At baseline, 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days)
- Change in Acceptability score(At baseline, 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days)
- Change in Recommendation score(At baseline, 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days)
- Change in Demand score(At baseline, 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days)
- Change in Adaptation score(At baseline, 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days)