Harnessing the Power of Peer Navigation and mHealth to Reduce Health Disparities in Appalachia
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
By combining two strategies (i.e., peer navigation and mHealth) into a complete, culturally compatible, bilingual intervention to increase the use of needed HIV, STI, and HCV prevention and care services among racially/ethnically diverse GBMSM and transgender women in rural Appalachia. Study Investigators anticipate that participants in the intervention group, relative to counterparts in the delayed-intervention group, will demonstrate increased HIV, STI, and HCV testing.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• reside in one of the rural Appalachian catchment countiesreside in one of the rural Appalachian catchment counties
• be ≥18 years of age
• report being assigned male sex at birth and having had sex with at least 1 man in past 12 months
• provide informed consent
Locations
United States
North Carolina
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
RECRUITING
Winston-salem
Contact Information
Primary
Scott D. Rhodes, Ph.D, MPH
srhodes@wakehealth.edu
336-713-5080
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-04-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-05
Participants
Target number of participants: 141
Treatments
Active_comparator: intervention group
7 community health leaders; 56 social network members
Active_comparator: delayed-intervention
7 community health leaders; 56 social network members
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Wake Forest University Health Sciences