A Community-Based Intervention With Popular Opinion Leaders (C-POL) in Texas

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Conditions studied: Risk Behavior, Sexually Transmitted Diseases

In brief

After exposure to the C-POL intervention: 1) unprotected vaginal or anal sex, sex with casual partners, concurrent sexual relationships, and exchange of sex for drugs or money will decrease significantly; 2) perceived syphilis-risk for self and peer group, knowledge about highly relevant risk-factors, information sources and resources will increase significantly; and 3) syphilis morbidity will decrease significantly in the intervention community as compared to the comparison community.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00260715

Run by

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

People needed

1200

Starts

2002-10-01

Expected to finish

2005-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2005-12-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Community members who live and/or frequent the affected community. The affected community was one that had significant syphilis morbidity at the onset of the study.

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• Texas A& M University — College Station, Texas, United States

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