Healthy Choices to Promote Health and Reduce Risk in HIV-Infected Youth

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Conditions studied: HIV Infection

In brief

Risk behaviors and their associated adverse health outcomes are becoming increasingly problematic among HIV-infected youth. This study is being conducted to test whether a brief motivational enhancement (ME) intervention will help reduce health risk behaviors (drug and alcohol use, sexual risk behavior, poor adherence to medications) among HIV+ youth.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00103532

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

225

Starts

2005-03-01

Expected to finish

2008-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-26

Who can join

Age: 16 and older, up to 24. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• HIV infection as documented by professional referral and medical record review. HIV+ participants who are self-referred and not in medical care will be required to provide documentation of test results.
• Males or females between the age of 16 years and 0 days and 24 years and 364 days at the time of study enrollment.
• Reports having ever engaged in at least 2 of the following 3 behaviors based on screening questionnaire:
• taken prescribed antiretroviral medications, OR been told by his/her physician that he/she should be on antiretroviral medications (whether he/she takes them or not);
• vaginal or anal sex, OR
• alcohol or drug use.
• At least one of the 3 aforementioned behaviors are currently at a problem level, based on screening questionnaire:
• taking currently prescribed antiretroviral medications <90 % of the time in the last month,
• having unprotected intercourse within the last 3 months,
• demonstrating problem level alcohol and/or drug use as measured during screening.
• Able to understand spoken and written English sufficiently to provide consent/assent and be interviewed and participate in study intervention.
• Not intending to relocate out of the current geographical area for the duration of study participation.

You may not qualify if…

• History of any psychiatric thought disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder).
• Currently involved in behavioral research (assessment or intervention) targeting adherence, sexual risk, or alcohol and/or drug substance abuse OR currently involved in a substance abuse treatment program.

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital of Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California, United States
• University of Southern California — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Children's Diagnostic and Teatment Center — Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
• University of Maryland — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Children's Hospital of Michigan — Detroit, Michigan, United States
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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