The Engaging Microenterprise for Resource Generation and Health Empowerment (EMERGE) Project: Feasibility of Assessing Economic and Sexual Risk Behaviors Using Text Messages in Homeless Young Adults
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 17
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Number of Participants Who Respond to the Survey in Week 1
研究概览
简要总结
As part of the development of the Engaging Microenterprise for Resource Generation and Health Empowerment (EMERGE) Project, the study team will conduct a single-group study to examine the feasibility of assessing economic and sexual risk behaviors using text messages. The team will enroll approximately 20 young adults, aged 18 to 24, who are African-American, homeless, out-of-school, and un/under-employed. Participants will complete a text-messaged survey each week for 5 weeks. The study team will collect information about the number of participants who respond to the weekly survey, the number of questions to which they respond in each survey, and the number of hours from sending a survey to participants to receiving their response. As an exploratory aim, participants will also receive 3 informational text messages each week for 5 weeks on HIV prevention and economic empowerment. The study team will obtain qualitative feedback from participants regarding text messages they most and least liked. The survey is not designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the text message intervention.
详细描述
As part of the development of the Engaging Microenterprise for Resource Generation and Health Empowerment (EMERGE) Project, the study team will conduct a single-group study to examine the feasibility of assessing economic and sexual risk behaviors using text messages. The study team will enroll approximately 20 young adults, aged 18 to 24, who are African-American, homeless, out-of-school, and un/under-employed. Participants will complete a text-messaged survey each week for 5 weeks. The study team will collect information about the number of participants who respond to the weekly survey, the number of questions to which they respond in each survey, and the number of hours from sending a survey to participants to receiving their response. As an exploratory aim, participants will also receive 3 informational text messages each week for 5 weeks on HIV prevention and economic empowerment. The study team will obtain qualitative feedback from participants regarding text messages they most and least liked. The survey is not designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the text message intervention. The single-group study is anticipated to start in August 2017.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 24 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Individuals will be included in the study if, at the time of enrollment, they are:
- •African American
- •Aged 18-24
- •Living in Baltimore City
- •Experiencing homelessness in the past 12 months
- •Employed fewer than 10 hours per week
- •Not enrolled in school
- •Ownership of a mobile phone with text-messaging capacity
- •Reporting at least one episode of unprotected sex in prior 6 months or one other personal or sexual partner HIV risk factor within prior 6 months (STI diagnosis, sex while high or drunk, sex exchange, illicit drug use, alcohol dependence).
排除标准
- •Aged 17 or younger.
- •Older than 24 years
- •Unwilling to provide consent for study participation
研究组 & 干预措施
Survey and informational text messages
Text-message survey and informational text messages
干预措施: Text-message survey and informational text messages (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Number of Participants Who Respond to the Survey in Week 1
时间窗: Week 1
Number of enrolled participants who respond to the survey in Week 1. Measure type 'number' was used for small sample size and as described in the original registration protocol.
Mean Number of Questions to Which Participant Respond in Each Survey in Week 1
时间窗: Week 1
Mean number of questions to which enrolled participant respond in each survey in Week 1.
Mean Number of Hours From Sending a Survey to Participants to Receiving Their Response in Week 1
时间窗: Week 1
Mean number of hours from sending a survey to enrolled participants to receiving their response in Week 1.
次要结局
未报告次要终点