Targeting Interventions at Venues Where Risk of HIV Transmission is High (PLACE)

University of Zambia

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: HIV

Treatments: Other: Condom distribution and peer education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01423357

PLACE

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate whether distribution of condoms and condom demonstrations by youth peer educators in venues where people meet new sexual partners in Livingstone, Zambia, leads to increased condom use among guests socializing in these venues.

Full description

In countries where the HIV prevalence is high, focusing on high risk places such as venues where people meet new sexual partners is probably more effective in reducing the transmission rate of HIV than targeting interventions just at perceived high risk groups. A survey conducted in 2005 in places where people met new sexual partners in Livingstone found that guests socializing there were engaging in high risk sex, but condoms were not always available in the venues. In this intervention study, youth peer educators will distribute condoms and demonstrate condom use in venues where people meet new sexual partners. After the intervention has run for a year, condom use among guests socializing in such venues in the intervention township will be compared with condom use among people socializing in similar venues in a comparison township.

Enrollment: 537 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Socializing in a venue where people are said to be meeting new sexual partners
• Age 18 years and above

Exclusion criteria

• Too drunk to give sensible answers

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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537 participants in 2 patient groups

Condom distribution and peer education

Experimental group

Description:

Youth peer educators distribute condoms and conduct condom demonstration in venues where people meet new sexual partners, i.e. bars, night clubs, sherbeens, guest houses

Treatment:

Other: Condom distribution and peer education

Business as usual

No Intervention group