A Cognitive Behavioral And Structural HIV Prevention Intervention for Young Ugandan Sex Workers (ZETRA)

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sexually Transmitted Infection

Treatments: Behavioral: ZETRA cognitive behavioral structural

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03203200

R01 HD085805-01

5R01MH109337-02 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study develops and tests a behavioural and structural intervention to prevent unprotected sex among young female sex workers. Half the participants will receive the intervention and half will receive the standard of care.

Enrollment: 640 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 15 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• HIV-uninfected women, aged 15-24 years, being sexually active and having engaged in any form of transactional sex at least once in the last 3 months, agreeing to participate in all intervention sessions and to all study procedures and interviews planned over 18 months of follow-up.

Exclusion criteria

• presence of any physical or mental condition likely to cause inability to provide consent or hinder study participation; HIV infection

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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640 participants in 2 patient groups

health literacy and technology skill building

Experimental group

Description:

ZETRA cognitive behavioral and structural

Treatment:

Behavioral: ZETRA cognitive behavioral structural

Standard Counselling

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard of care prevention counselling