Hybrid Type I Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Social Network Support Intervention
Harnessing Social Network Support to Improve Retention in Care and Viral Suppression Among People Living With HIV in Chicago and Alabama: A Hybrid Type I Effectiveness-implementation Trial
University of Chicago
900 participants
Feb 13, 2023
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goal of this Hybrid Type I effectiveness-implementation trial is to test an evidence-based, flexible, and tailored intervention that leverages existing social network members to promote retention in care and viral suppression among people living with HIV aged 18-49.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria10
- Aged 18-49 years old, inclusive
- Speak English
- Own a cell phone not shared with anyone else
- Have missed at least one HIV care scheduled visit or have not been virally suppressed in the past 24 months.
- Resides in Chicagoland, Illinois or Alabama
- Index agrees to engage the Support Confidant
- Age 18 years or older
- Speaks English
- Owns a cell phone not shared with others
- Is not a romantic/sexual partner of the Index participant
Exclusion Criteria2
- Romantic/Sexual partners of Index participant
- Relationship strain or abuse present in Index-Support Confidant relationship
Interventions
The Social Network Support Intervention is an evidence-based, flexible, and tailored intervention that leverages existing social network members to promote retention in care and viral suppression among people living with HIV. The intervention consists of (1) selection and invitation of a Support Confidant, (2) a face-to-face intervention between the Intervention Case Manager and the Index and Support Confidant, and (3) quarterly interactive mini-booster sessions delivered to the Index and Support Confidant via text or telephone, based on participant preference.
Locations(7)
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NCT05723653