Online Social Networking for HIV Prevention

University of Colorado

Status: Completed

Conditions: HIV

Treatments: Behavioral: Online social networking HIV prevention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00725959

COMIRB 07-0459

R01NR010492 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

1R01NR01492-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this randomized controlled trial, we will identify social networks on Facebook, an randomly assign each network to control or intervention status. We will then intervene at the level of the network with dynamic, interactive HIV prevention messages (intervention) or static messages about HIV prevention (control). We will develop the intervention content with input from our target audience (Facebook users) and will measure baseline, and 3 and 6 month assessments of condom use and abstinence among all participants

Enrollment: 1,578 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Facebook user with an existing Facebook page
• at least 16
• no older than 24
• English speaker

Exclusion criteria

• older than 24 or younger than 16
• non English speaker
• does not have a Facebook page

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,578 participants in 2 patient groups

Facebook Arm

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm will have exposure to innovative, dynamic and regularly updated HIV Prevention messages on Facebook

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online social networking HIV prevention

Control arm

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this arm will have exposure to static information on HIV prevention currently available online

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online social networking HIV prevention