Gathering Online for Dialogue and Discussion to Enhance Social Support

Launched by RTI INTERNATIONAL · Feb 22, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is looking at ways to help young African American women who misuse alcohol and are HIV-negative. The researchers want to see if adding a virtual group support feature to a mobile health app can help these women reduce their alcohol use, lower their risk of sexually transmitted infections, and encourage them to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a medication that helps prevent HIV.

To participate, women must be between 18 and 30 years old, identify as Black or African American, and have a smartphone. They should also be experiencing recent substance use and not be currently taking PrEP. Participants will be randomly assigned to either use the health app alone or the app with the added group support, and they will be followed up for up to a year to see how well the programs work. This study is currently not recruiting participants, but it aims to gather important information on how to better support young women in these areas.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Selected Inclusion Criteria:
• • identify as Black/African American
• • identify as female
• • be between 18 and 30 years old
• • recent substance use
• • HIV negative and not currently on PrEP
• • have an Android or iOS-based smartphone
• Selected Exclusion Criteria:
• • test positive for HIV
• • participated in the previous study activities of the current study or previous related studies