HOPE (Harnessing Online Peer Education): Using Online Social Networks for HIV Prevention and Testing

University of California, Los Angeles558 enrolled

Overview

This study seeks to determine whether social networking technologies can be used to increase HIV prevention and testing.The HOPE (Harnessing Online Peer Education) model seeks to apply a diffusion of innovations style intervention to social media to increase HIV testing.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

558

Conditions

HIV

Interventions

HIV knowledge InterventionBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 100 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years or older * Has had sex with a man in the past 12 months * Lives in Lima or Callao, Peu * Has a Facebook account or willing to create one Exclusion Criteria: * Does not satisfy inclusion criteria

Locations (2)

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States

Epicentro Commun

Lima, Peru

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

HIV self-testing-Number of participants who request an HIV self-testing kit

Time frame: Measured during the intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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