Assessing the Impact of an Educational HIV Prevention Intervention in Zambia
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Conditions studied: HIV/AIDS
In brief
In Zambia, 13% of the 15 to 49 year old population lives with HIV. The highest number of new HIV infections is among young people. To counter the spread of the disease, developmental and governmental actors are increasingly relying on educational behavior change tools. A particularly widely used tool, implemented by the German Development Corporation (henceforth, GIZ), is the so-called "Join-In-Circuit on AIDS, Love Sexuality" (JIC). The tool aims to improve a) HIV and sexual reproductive health knowledge, b) HIV testing uptake, and c) demand for health services. Previous research has investigated the direct effect of the JIC on knowledge about Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) as well as self-reported sexual behavior in Zimbabwe, and has found positive effects in both domains. The research project evaluates the JIC in Zambia. The study randomly assigns 170 participating schools to five different JIC treatment arms. The first two arms represent control schools. Here, no JIC will be implemented. The third arm implements the JIC among a random subset of students. The fourth arm implements the JIC among indegree central students. The fifth arm implements the JIC among edge betweeness central students. In each school, the JIC will be implemented in one pre-determined grade. Within each school at least 30 students will be selected. For larger schools, 20 percent of students in the selected grade are selected.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03316040
- Run by
- Columbia University
- People needed
- 8270
- Starts
- 2017-03-16
- Expected to finish
- 2017-12-02
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-01-31
Who can join
Age: 14 and older, up to 22. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Students must be enrolled in the selected grade in one of the study schools and present on the day of the interview (for piloting) or on the day of baseline and endline (for main evaluation)
- Students must have informed consent
- Students must speak English or Tonga
You may not qualify if…
- There are no exclusion criteria within the pre-defined schools
Where it is running
- Columbia University — New York, New York, United States
- American Institutes for Research — Choma, Zambia
- American Institutes for Research — Livingstone, Zambia
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