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Prepping for The Talk: Helping Trusted Adults and Youth Talk About Sexual Health

ConditionsHIV PreventionSexual Health
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexMale
Age14-17
SponsorRhode Island Hospital

About this trial

The goal of this study is to help young people talk to trusted adults (including their parents, but also other adults) about sexual health more openly and honestly- including how to prevent sexually transmitted diseases like HIV - while also respecting a young person's right to privacy. If youth don't have a parent they can talk to about sexual health, we want to help them find a trusted adult to talk to. We also want to help youth take control of their own health by learning about different ways to protect their health.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age 14-17

Assigned male

Oral OR anal sex with an assigned male

Live in the United States

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Intervention

    Behavioral

    Youth: interventionist-facilitated 1:1 conversation with the youth via videoconference that includes a) brief sexual health assessment, b) individualized information about HIV risk reduction including PrEP, and c) use of motivational interviewing strategies to discuss barriers to PrEP. Parents: brief (\~20-30 min) web-based, interactive learning module ("module") designed to provide information about sexual health communication (SHC) best practices, HIV prevention strategies (e.g., condoms, STI testing, PrEP), as well as build practical skills around SHC using evidence-based behavior change methods (e.g., building confidence, aligning values with actions).

  • Control

    Behavioral

    Youth: interventionist-facilitated 1:1 conversation with the youth via videoconference that includes a) brief sexual health assessment, and b) didactic information about condom use, STI testing (including HIV), and PrEP (but not motivational interviewing or individualized information on HIV risk reduction). Parent: brief written information on a digital platform (i.e., website) with advice about talking to youth about sexual health with web-links to resources about STI/HIV prevention and PrEP. This information will not be interactive or use behavior change methods.

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: InterventionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Treatment as usual +Active comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Sexual health communication scale score - youth

We will administer the SHC scale to youth as a survey

Time frame
4 weeks
2

Sexual health communication scale score - parent

We will administer the SHC scale to parent as a survey

Time frame
4 weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

PrEP uptake

Self-reported initiation of PrEP by youth

Time frame
4 weeks

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Rhode Island Hospital

Lead sponsor

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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