Intervening With Haitian Immigrants in the U.S. to Improve HIV Outcomes

Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to test a culturally tailored engagement and retention intervention for Haitian Immigrants Living With HIV (HILWH). The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does this intervention result in measurable engagement and retention in care? * Does this intervention result in measurable viral suppression within 6 months? Participants will * participate in a pilot health intervention entailing 4 individual meetings, approximately once monthly over a six-month period and completing research questionnaires at enrollment, post-intervention and at 6 months post-enrollment. * Six participants who have completed the pilot intervention and agree to take part, will participate in the photovoice portion of the study. This activity will consist of 6 additional meetings where participants will be taught about using photographs to illustrate their experience participating in the study and take and display photographs.

Conditions

HIV Infection Primary

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to test a culturally tailored engagement and retention intervention for Haitian Immigrants Living With HIV (HILWH). The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does this intervention result in measurable engagement and retention in care? * Does this intervention result in measurable viral suppression within 6 months? Participants will * participate in a pilot health intervention entailing 4 individual meetings, approximately once monthly over a six-month period and completing research questionnaires at enrollment, post-intervention and at 6 months post-enrollment. * Six participants who have completed the pilot intervention and agree to take part, will participate in the photovoice portion of the study. This activity will consist of 6 additional meetings where participants will be taught about using photographs to illustrate their experience participating in the study and take and display photographs.

Intervening With Haitian Immigrants in the U.S. to Improve HIV Outcomes

Intervening With Haitian Immigrants in the U.S. to Improve HIV Outcomes

Condition
HIV Infection Primary
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Miami

Care Resource, Inc., Miami, Florida, United States, 33137

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Seropositive for HIV
  • 2. Either a recent HIV diagnosis (within the last 2 months) or non-virally suppressed.
  • 3. Migrated to the US from Haiti
  • 1. Virally suppressed

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Florida International University,

Study Record Dates

2026-06-30