Dataset Information

Brief Report: Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Match Young Black Men and Transwomen Who Have Sex With Men or Transwomen to HIV Testing Options in New York City (All About Me).

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV testing is critical to HIV prevention and care. Infrequent HIV testing and late HIV diagnosis have been observed among young Black men who have sex with men and transwomen. Novel interventions to increase HIV testing rates among young Black men who have sex with men and transwomen are needed.

Methods

A randomized controlled trial among 236 young Black men and transwomen who have sex with men or transwomen evaluated the efficacy of an intervention that included completion of a brief survey and receipt of a personalized recommendation of an optimal HIV testing approach. Participants completed a computerized baseline assessment and were randomized to electronically receive either a personalized recommendation or standard HIV testing information. Follow-up surveys were conducted online at 3 and 6 months.

Results

Retention was 92% and 93% at 3-month and 6-month follow-up, respectively. At baseline, 41% of participants reported that they tested for HIV in the past 3 months and another 25% between 4 and 6 months ago. Intent-to-treat analyses found that participants randomized to the experimental arm (personalized recommendation) were not significantly more likely to test for HIV compared with participants in the standard HIV testing information control arm at 3 months (76% vs. 71%; P = 0.40) and 6 months (73% vs. 72%; P = 0.81), respectively.

Conclusions

This study evaluated an innovative intervention to increase HIV testing by matching individuals to optimal HIV testing approaches. Participants in both arms increased past 3-month HIV testing, suggesting that providing information on options and/or raising risk awareness is sufficient to significantly increase HIV testing.

Trial registration

ClinicalTrial.gov NCT02834572 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02834572.

SUBMITTER: Frye V

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7882213 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

ACCESS DATA

Publications

Brief Report: Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Match Young Black Men and Transwomen Who Have Sex With Men or Transwomen to HIV Testing Options in New York City (All About Me).

Frye Victoria V Nandi Vijay V Hirshfield Sabina S Chiasson Mary Ann MA Wilton Leo L Usher DaShawn D Hoover Donald R DR Koblin Beryl A BA

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 20200101 1

<h4>Background</h4>HIV testing is critical to HIV prevention and care. Infrequent HIV testing and late HIV diagnosis have been observed among young Black men who have sex with men and transwomen. Novel interventions to increase HIV testing rates among young Black men who have sex with men and transwomen are needed.<h4>Methods</h4>A randomized controlled trial among 236 young Black men and transwomen who have sex with men or transwomen evaluated the efficacy of an intervention that included compl ...[more]

PMID: 31809359

Similar Datasets

Project description:Although racial/ethnic disparities in police contact are well documented, less is known about other dimensions of inequity in policing. Sexual minority groups may face disproportionate police contact. We used data from the P18 Cohort Study (Version 2), a study conducted to measure determinants of inequity in STI/HIV risk among young sexual minority men (YSMM) in New York City, to measure across-time trends, racial/ethnic disparities, and correlates of self-reported stop-and-frisk experience over the cohort follow-up (2014-2019). Over the study period, 43% reported stop-and-frisk with higher levels reported among Black (47%) and Hispanic/Latinx (45%) than White (38%) participants. Stop-and-frisk levels declined over follow-up for each racial/ethnic group. The per capita rates among P18 participants calculated based on self-reported stop-and-frisk were much higher than rates calculated based on New York City Police Department official counts. We stratified respondents' ZIP codes of residence into tertiles of per capita stop rates and observed pronounced disparities in Black versus White stop-and-frisk rates, particularly in neighborhoods with low or moderate levels of stop-and-frisk activity. YSMM facing the greatest economic vulnerability and mental disorder symptoms were most likely to report stop-and-frisk. Among White respondents levels of past year stop-and-frisk were markedly higher among those who reported past 30 day marijuana use (41%) versus those reporting no use (17%) while among Black and Hispanic/Latinx respondents stop-and-frisk levels were comparable among those reporting marijuana use (38%) versus those reporting no use (31%). These findings suggest inequity in policing is observed not only among racial/ethnic but also sexual minority groups and that racial/ethnic YSMM, who are at the intersection of multiple minority statuses, face disproportionate risk. Because the most socially vulnerable experience disproportionate stop-and-frisk risk, we need to reach YSMM with community resources to promote health and wellbeing as an alternative to targeting this group with stressful and stigmatizing police exposure.

Dataset Information

Brief Report: Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Match Young Black Men and Transwomen Who Have Sex With Men or Transwomen to HIV Testing Options in New York City (All About Me).

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Trial registration

Publications

Brief Report: Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Match Young Black Men and Transwomen Who Have Sex With Men or Transwomen to HIV Testing Options in New York City (All About Me).

Similar Datasets

OmicsDI is part of the ELIXIR infrastructure

Tweets