Increasing HIV/STI Home Testing Via a Digital Intervention Among Black Women

Description

The proposed intervention is a web-based intervention guided by theoretical components to increase HIV home testing among Black women at risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in a HIV hotspot in the South. The intervention will promote using the home test, linkage to care, and linkage to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) evaluation. The intervention has the potential to be implemented on a large scale and tailored based on location and population to increase testing, treatment, and PrEP adoption.

Conditions

Hiv, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Economic Problems

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Study overview

The proposed intervention is a web-based intervention guided by theoretical components to increase HIV home testing among Black women at risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in a HIV hotspot in the South. The intervention will promote using the home test, linkage to care, and linkage to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) evaluation. The intervention has the potential to be implemented on a large scale and tailored based on location and population to increase testing, treatment, and PrEP adoption.

Increasing HIV/STI Home Testing, Linkage to Care, and Linkage to PrEP Via a Digital Intervention Among Black Women in a Geographic Hotspot

Increasing HIV/STI Home Testing Via a Digital Intervention Among Black Women

Condition
Hiv
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Austin

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Austin, Texas, United States, 78701

Dallas

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dallas, Texas, United States, 75202

Houston

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, United States, 77019

San Antonio

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78205

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * 15 - 59 years of age
  • * Identify as a cisgender woman
  • * Identify as Black/African-American (Black/African American mixed race/ethnicity is included)
  • * Read/speak/type in English
  • * Have not tested for HIV/STIs in the past 12 months
  • * Live in urban or suburban areas in Austin, Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio, Texas
  • * Had condom-less sex in the past 6 months
  • * Have access to a device (i.e., smart phone, tablet, or computer/laptop)
  • * Have access to the internet
  • * Reports at least one of the following:
  • * A sexual partner who is living with HIV
  • * Does not use or uses condoms inconsistently for vaginal/anal sex
  • * Injects drugs with a partner who is living with HIV
  • * Shared drug preparation or injection equipment with others
  • * Over the age of 59 or younger than 15 years
  • * Identify as any gender other than a cisgender woman
  • * Identify as any race/ethnicity other than Black/African-American
  • * Are unable to fluently speak, read, or type in English
  • * Had an HIV/STI test within the past 12 months
  • * Live in rural areas of Texas or urban/suburban areas other than Austin, Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio, Texas
  • * Use condoms 100% of the time during vaginal/anal sex in the past 6 months
  • * Do not have access to a device (i.e., smart phone, tablet, or computer/laptop)
  • * Do not have access to the internet
  • * Reports that they do not have a sexual partner who is living with HIV, always uses condoms for vaginal/anal sex, does not inject drugs with a partner living with HIV, and does not share drug preparation or injection equipment with others.

Ages Eligible for Study

15 Years to 59 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,

Liesl A Nydegger, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Study Record Dates

2025-09-30