Video-based Counseling & Rapid HIV Testing for Teens

North Bronx Healthcare Network

Status: Completed

Conditions: HIV; HIV Infections

Treatments: Behavioral: Video; Behavioral: in-person HIV pre-test counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00836550

HD054315-02

2005-456-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluated the educational effectiveness of a youth-friendly pre-test video (derived from a previous qualitative study) and compared it with in-person HIV pre-test counseling. A convenience sample of 200 medically stable individuals between the ages of 15 and 21 presenting to an urban ED were recruited to participate in this study and randomized into 2 groups. Individuals were eligible if they were English-speaking, sexually active and able to consent. All participants completed a sexual risk factor and demographic survey. Group 1 completed a validated pre-test knowledge measure, viewed the HIV education video then completed a post-test knowledge measure. Group 2 completed the same knowledge measures, but received pre-test HIV counseling from a trained public health advocate. HIV testing was optional

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 21 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 15-21 year old
• sexually active
• English-Speaking

Exclusion criteria

• medically unstable

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

The participants spoke with a live counselor prior to answering the knowledge measure

Treatment:

Behavioral: in-person HIV pre-test counseling

Video

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Video