Video-based Intervention Study to Prevent HIV/Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Among STD Clinic Patients

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

In brief

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a brief 23-minute video-based educational waiting room intervention to reduce incident STD and high risk behavior among STD patients attending STD clinics in three United States (U.S.) cities.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00137670

Run by

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

People needed

45000

Starts

2002-04-01

Expected to finish

2009-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-09-27

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• STD Incidence Outcome Study:
• All medical records for STD clinic patients visiting participating STD clinics during the study period.
• Behavioral Outcome Study:
• STD clinic patients:
• Not returning for a follow-up visit related to a previously diagnosed problem.
• 18 years of age or older.
• Not known to be HIV-infected by self-report.
• Able to understand and speak English fluently.
• Have not been previously seen as a patient in the clinic during an intervention block when the video was being played.
• Have never received a diagnosis of a condition that necessitates frequent return visits (e.g., genital warts) by self-report.
• Have not previously enrolled in the study.
• Reported being in the clinic waiting room at least 20 minutes.
• Do not plan to move outside the clinic's catchment area during the next 6 months.
• Are willing to provide informed consent for review of their medical record and STD surveillance registry information by study staff.
• Are not known to be pregnant according to self-report (women only).
• Are not known by clinicians or counselors to be seriously ill (e.g. new HIV diagnosis or severe pelvic inflammatory disease [PID]).
• Engaged in intercourse in the last three months.

Where it is running

• California State University, Long Beach — Long Beach, California, United States
• San Francisco Department of Public Health — San Francisco, California, United States
• Denver Public Health — Denver, Colorado, United States
• Education Development Center, Inc. — Newton, Massachusetts, United States

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