Welcome to PrEP School Utilizing Peer Educators to Improve Uptake of Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV at an HBCU (PrEPSchool)

Morehouse School of Medicine

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: HIV Prevention Program

Treatments: Behavioral: PrEP Awareness and Uptake Educational Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT07053527

2264597

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study involves a peer-educator/navigation model targeting gaps in PrEP awareness, uptake, and access in priority populations.

Full description

The study focuses on increasing awareness and uptake of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention among African American college students at a consortium of historically Black colleges and universities in Atlanta, GA.

Enrollment: 123 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 26 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-26 years old
• not currently on PrEP
• English speaking
• HIV negative
• 5. Enrolled in the following universities: Spellman College, Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse school of medicine

Exclusion criteria

• Age < 18 years old
• Non-English speaking
• HIV positive
• Not currently enrolled any of the four colleges/universities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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123 participants in 1 patient group

Educational Intervention Arm: African American College Students Receiving PrEP Awareness Sessions

Experimental group

Description:

Develop a peer-educator/navigation intervention to help decrease stigma and discrimination and foster knowledge around PrEP use, in the prevention of HIV

Treatment:

Behavioral: PrEP Awareness and Uptake Educational Program