Computer-Assisted HIV Prevention for Young Drug Users
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In this study, the investigators are developing and evaluating an interactive, computer-assisted HIV, STD and disease prevention program for young substance abusers that incorporates effective components of both prevention science and educational technologies.
Condition | Intervention |
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HIV |
Procedure: computer-based HIV, STD & Hepatitis Education Procedure: educator-delivered HIV, STD and Hepatitis education |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Computer-Assisted HIV Prevention for Young Drug Users |
- HIV risk behavior
- knowledge related to HIV, Hepatitis, STDs
- behavioral intentions
- attitudes toward risk-reduction behavior
- feedback on intervention
Estimated Enrollment: | 56 |
Study Start Date: | August 2004 |
Adolescents and young adults who use drugs are at high risk for infection with HIV, STDs and other diseases with similar transmission dynamics. Although several age-appropriate and effective HIV, STD and disease prevention efforts have been identified for young substance abusers, most interventions have been narrow in focus and are generally not structured to readily address changing patterns of drug use among adolescents that place them at risk for infection with these diseases. In this study, we are developing and evaluating an interactive, computer-assisted HIV, STD and disease prevention program for young substance abusers that incorporates effective components of both prevention science and educational technologies. We plan to develop this program with the input from the target population of adolescents and young adults. We also plan to conduct a randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the benefit of including this program in HIV and disease prevention efforts with youth in substance abuse treatment. In so doing, we will evaluate the ability of the program to promote accurate knowledge about HIV and other diseases, promote self-efficacy to reduce risk behavior and change actual rates of risk behavior among young substance abusers. This computer-based program will be designed to promote the increased adoption of effective HIV and disease prevention science for this population. New information about changing patterns of drug use and HIV risk behaviors can be readily incorporated into the program as it becomes available. The program can be easily exported and able to be applied with fidelity. Importantly, the program will be structured such that a therapist or educator may customize the program content for use by various sub-populations of substance-abusing adolescents and young adults. Thus, the program will be able to address risk factors specific to each young drug user. This program may address many of the challenges associated with the current delivery of evidence-based HIV prevention programs to this population.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 13 Years to 18 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aadolescents in outpatients substance abuse treatment
- Ages 13 - 18 years
- Within first month of treatment entry
Exclusion Criteria:
United States, New York | |
Daytop | |
Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11217 | |
St. Luke's-Hospital, CAPA Program | |
New York, New York, United States, 10025 |
Principal Investigator: | Lisa Marsch, PhD | National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. |
No publications provided
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00182585 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | R01 DA015964 |
Study First Received: | September 10, 2005 |
Last Updated: | August 11, 2008 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.:
HIV hepatitis STDs adolescents |
addiction treatment prevention HIV and related risk behavior among youth in drug treatment |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 14, 2013