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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) |
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Information provided by: | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00698529 |
This study will compare the effectiveness of face-to-face training versus Web-based training seminars in disseminating HIV prevention interventions to nongovernmental organizations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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HIV Infections |
Behavioral: Face-to-face training Behavioral: Distance training Behavioral: Popular Opinion Leader (POL) |
Phase II |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Parallel Assignment |
Official Title: | Communication Technology to Disseminate Evidence-Based HIV Interventions to NGOs |
Estimated Enrollment: | 99 |
Study Start Date: | November 2008 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | May 2011 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | May 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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No POL Training: No Intervention
Participating NGOs and their staff will receive no specialized training.
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Face-to-Face: Experimental
Participating NGOs and their staff will receive training through face-to-face seminars held at the NGOs and through post-seminar consultation telephone calls.
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Behavioral: Face-to-face training
NGOs will receive the POL intervention through face-to-face training. Staff will receive 2-day training on the POL intervention and individualized telephone follow-up consultations concerning POL implementation.
Behavioral: Popular Opinion Leader (POL)
POL is a community-level HIV intervention that recruits and trains opinion leaders in the community to promote safe sex behaviors through risk-reduction conversations with peers.
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Distance Learning: Experimental
Participating NGOs and their staff will receive training through Web-based seminars and through post-seminar consultation telephone calls.
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Behavioral: Distance training
NGOs will receive the POL intervention through Web-based training. Staff will receive training delivered entirely by means of a Web-based, distance learning curriculum and through individualized telephone follow-up consultations concerning POL implementation.
Behavioral: Popular Opinion Leader (POL)
POL is a community-level HIV intervention that recruits and trains opinion leaders in the community to promote safe sex behaviors through risk-reduction conversations with peers.
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An estimated total of 60 million people have been infected with HIV since the first cases were reported in the early 1980s. Although the HIV/AIDS pandemic is a global crisis, certain regions have been affected more than others. The Eastern European and Central Asian region, in particular, has one of the fastest growing rates of HIV infections in the world. Most new HIV infections in this region have been occurring among injection drug users, commercial sex workers, and men who have sex with men, but the virus continues to increasingly affect the general population, too. HIV prevention interventions that are able to be disseminated to a large population are necessary. The Popular Opinion Leader (POL) intervention is an HIV prevention program that recruits and trains opinion leaders in the community to promote safe sex behaviors through risk-reduction conversations with peers. Administering the POL intervention to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) may be an effective means of assuring that the intervention is extended throughout the region. However, the best means of disseminating the POL program and assuring its full adoption by NGOs is unknown. This study will compare the effectiveness of face-to-face training versus Web-based training seminars in disseminating the POL intervention to NGOs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Participation in this study will last 24 months. Potential NGOs will first undergo baseline assessments that will include an in-depth 90-minute phone interview with the NGO director and completion of attitude scales about the POL HIV intervention. NGOs will then be assigned randomly to one of three study groups:
All participating NGOs will undergo follow-up assessments 12 and 24 months after completing the intervention training. Assessments will include a 90-minute phone interview with the NGO director and a 10-minute phone interview with NGO staff members to assess attitudes concerning the intervention, their adoption of the core elements of the intervention model, and the extent of usage of training materials. A number of NGOs that report full adoption of the POL intervention will be selected randomly to undergo a 2-day validation site visit by an assessment team member. Site visits will be used to conduct interviews with NGO staff and the opinion leaders, validate reports of intervention adoption, observe POL sessions, and review materials used in training sessions.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria for NGOs:
Exclusion Criteria for NGOs:
Contact: Ruzanna Aleksanyan | raleksan@mcw.edu | |
Contact: Kevin D. Brown | kdbrown@mcw.edu |
United States, Wisconsin | |
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin | |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226 |
Principal Investigator: | Jeffrey A. Kelly, PhD | Medical College of Wisconsin |
Study Director: | Yuri A. Amirkhanian, PhD | Medical College of Wisconsin |
Study Director: | Anton M. Somlai, EdD | Medical College of Wisconsin |
Study Director: | Timothy L. McAuliffe, PhD | Medical College of Wisconsin |
Study Director: | Laura R. Glasman, PhD | Medical College of Wisconsin |
Study Director: | Steven D. Pinkerton, PhD | Medical College of Wisconsin |
Responsible Party: | Medical College of Wisconsin ( Jeffrey A. Kelly, PhD ) |
Study ID Numbers: | R01 MH079730, DAHBR 9A-ASPQ |
Study First Received: | June 13, 2008 |
Last Updated: | September 19, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00698529 |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
Technology Transfer HIV Seronegativity |
Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral HIV Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Retroviridae Infections Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes |
RNA Virus Infections Slow Virus Diseases Immune System Diseases Lentivirus Infections Infection |