A Multi-Lingual, Culturally-Competent Mobile Health Intervention to Reduce Medical Mistrust, Stigma, and Improve Treatment Adherence Among Women Living With HIV/AIDS (WLWH)

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Behavioral, Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The purpose of this study is: 1. To develop a new mobile health (mHealth) system that will send text messages to remind both pregnant and non-pregnant women with HIV to adhere to their treatment plan (like keeping appointments, fillings prescriptions, and taking their medication) and address individual barriers to HIV care (like stigma, medical mistrust and resilience). 2. The intervention will also include patient navigation and motivational interviewing 2\) Investigators also want to see if the mHealth system is feasible, easily accepted and if it will impact patient health in a positive way.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Confirmed HIV diagnosis as per the clinic standard

• Female \>= 18 years old at enrollment

• Currently active or recently returned into care or newly enrolled

• With two or more previously scheduled visits (12 months prior to study enrollment

• in the 12 months prior to enrollment:

• missed one or more visits or

• viral load detectable (\>20 mL) or

• not taking prescribed HIV anti-retroviral medications

Locations
United States
Florida
University of Miami
RECRUITING
Miami
Contact Information
Primary
Lunthita M Duthely, Ed.D.
lduthely@med.miami.edu
305-243-5800
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-05-02
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 80
Treatments
Active_comparator: Control Arm
The control arm will receive standard of care.
Experimental: Mobile Health Messaging Arm
The Patient Navigation and Mobile Health Messaging Arm will receive standard of care, as well as patient navigation assistance and the mobile health intervention. The mHealth intervention includes psycho-educational messaging as well.
No_intervention: Focus Group Arm
The results of the focus groups will contribute to the wording and design of the intervention.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Leads: University of Miami

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