Utilization of the Community Popular Opinion Leader (C-POL) Model in Alabama - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention University of Alabama at Birmingham
Information provided by:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00260754

Purpose

Community members within the treatment city will report: 1)engaging in fewer sexual risk practices; 2)significantly higher condom use; 3) significantly higher rates of STD care seeking (including STD screening behaviors); 4) fewer having STDs in the past 6 months; 5) significantly higher awareness scores regarding syphilis and other STDs, as compared with those in the comparison city.

Condition	Intervention
Risk Behavior Sexually Transmitted Diseases	Behavioral: Community-Popular Opinion Leader Model Behavioral: Diffusion of Innovations

MedlinePlus related topics: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Syphilis

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Factorial Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Utilization of the Community Popular Opinion Leader (C-POL) Model to Achieve Syphilis Elimination in Alabama

Further study details as provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Changes in syphilis morbidity in affected community

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Changes in risk behavior and health care seeking behavior

Estimated Enrollment:	600
Study Start Date:	October 2002
Estimated Study Completion Date:	July 2005

Detailed Description:

The C-POL in Alabama project is and intervention study which sought to impact the health behaviors of community residents who live in zip codes that have high syphilis morbidity. The study is being implemented in Birmingham and Montgomery with shelter clients.

The intervention model used for this study is the Popular Opinion Leader (POL) model, which is effective at reducing new HIV infections. The intent of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a diffusion model (e.g. POL) at reducing syphilis infections in affected communities.

For the intervention, community members identified as popular opinion leaders were recruited and trained to share accurate information about syphilis transmission, symptoms, testing, treatment and prevention. Prior to intervention implementation and several times after, community members were given a survey and screened for syphilis as well as 2-3 additional STDs. During each assessment, cross-sections of the community members were sampled.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Clients who utilized two community homeless shelters in the affected community. The affected community was one that had significant syphilis morbidity at the onset of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

None

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00260754

Locations

United States, Alabama
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294-0022

Sponsors and Collaborators

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Investigators

Study Chair:	Samantha Williams, Ph.D.	CDC/NCHSTP/DSTDP/BIRB
Principal Investigator:	Diane Grimley, Ph.D.	University of Alabama at Birmingham

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	CDC-NCHSTP-4087, U65/CCU422269
Study First Received:	December 1, 2005
Last Updated:	May 30, 2006
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00260754
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Risk behavior
Sexually transmitted diseases

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Genital Diseases, Female
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Genital Diseases, Male
Syphilis

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Infection

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009