Project AWARE: Using the Emergency Department (ED) to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) in Youth
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Official title
Project AWARE: Using the ED to Prevent STIs in Youth
Brief summary
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Project Aware introduces a sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening model for sexually experienced adolescents aged 14 to 21 in a large, inner-city Emergency Department (ED) in the Bronx, N.Y. Project Aware will scaffold routine, rapid testing and counseling for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) onto an existing, successful, ED-based HIV testing and counseling program, Project BRIEF. Project Aware will educate and motivate youth to use condoms with the aid of a theory-based, youth-friendly multimedia behavioral intervention proven to be effective during the investigator's K23 training. Through Project Aware, the investigators propose to change the paradigm of STI testing. Whereas a view of "HIV exceptionalism" has persisted in U.S. health policies on STI testing, the investigators propose a comprehensive approach, in which efforts to identify, treat, and prevent multiple STIs coalesce in one program. The research study has two phases. In the production phase, new STI material will be added to the multimedia intervention currently used for HIV education. In the evaluation phase, a randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted to assess the effectiveness of Project Aware in identifying, treating, and preventing new STI infections among high-risk adolescents. The RCT is designed to test the incremental effectiveness of three STI prevention methods: (1) HIV testing and counseling (T\&C), (2) HIV T\&C and STI testing, and (3) HIV/STI Testing plus a point-of-service risk reduction video that incorporates both HIV and STI counseling and education. The study is powered to examine three STI prevention outcomes: (1) the number of STI infections identified and treated successfully at baseline; (2) the number of new STI infections over the 12 months following study entry, identified by (a) performing STI testing at each follow-up assessment; and (b) obtaining anonymized rate data on STIs reported to the New York City Department of Health; (3) condom use behavior. 600 youth aged 14-21 will be enrolled in the RCT. Youth will be approached in the ED waiting room and recruited by Public Health Advocates. All will complete a survey to screen for eligibility; eligible youth will complete the baseline measures and be randomized. The follow-up data points and measures will be followed at 4, 8 and 12 months (4 time points) and STI testing will be included.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01195220
- Recruitment status
- Withdrawn
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- Not listed
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 14 Years to 21 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 30, 2011
- Primary completion
- Dec 31, 2012
- Completion
- Apr 30, 2013
- Last update posted
- May 7, 2015
2011 – 2013
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobi Medical Center | The Bronx | New York | 10461 | — |
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