ID and Testing Via Friendship Networks

Completed

Conditions studied: Asymptomatic HIV, HIV Infections

In brief

This is a pilot study with a cross-sectional research design to recruit Hispanic/Latina and African American adolescent and young adult women, aged 13-24 years to serve as index recruiters, who will in turn recruit members of her female friendship network, aged 13 years and older to undergo HIV screening. This approach seeks to identify new HIV infections in the target population.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00841360

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

535

Starts

2009-01-01

Expected to finish

2010-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-02-28

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 24. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

• University of Miami School of Medicine — Miami, Florida, United States
• Stroger Hospital of Cook County — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States

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