Culturally Congruent HIV Risk Reduction App for Young Women, an Acceptability & Pilot Evaluation
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: HIV, STDs
In brief
Smartphone applications and mobile technologies offer users the potential to access critical information (e.g., proper condom use, directions to testing sites, and other sexual and reproductive health services) when it is needed most. Relevant findings will identify areas where existing interventions may be leveraged and adapted to work among young women of color in an urban setting and their networks. As SRH smartphone apps continue to proliferate, this study will expand researchers', developers', and health educators' limited knowledge about the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a sexual health educational app tailored with and for young Black and Latino women, aged 18-25 in NYC, including whether this app acts as a gateway to sexual health educators, clinical and other service providers. If proven effective, findings from this study will identify areas where existing interventions may be leveraged and adapted to work among a YBLW and their networks, and potentially adapted for other high needs communities.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02733692
- Run by
- City University of New York, School of Public Health
- People needed
- 110
- Starts
- 2015-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-08-25
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 25. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- women between 18 and 25 years old;
- self-identify as either Black and/or Latina;
- own a smartphone (iOS or android);
- live in NYC;
- report vaginal or anal intercourse in their lifetime;
- report unprotected intercourse in their lifetime;
- healthy (not controls) adults. There will be estimated total 110 of said subjects.
You may not qualify if…
- being married or partnered for more than one year,
- report only being sexually active with women,
- pregnant or have children 2 years old or younger,
- HIV+ status,
- men,
- individuals under 18 and over 25,
- live in a place other than New York City,
- formal training as a sexual peer health educator (beyond a high school health class) or
- unable to read English.
Where it is running
- CUNY — New York, New York, United States
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