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Filter by:A non-blinded parallel group randomized controlled trial is conducted. Adult male full-time employees of factories in Shenzhen who have access to smartphone and WeChat are recruited by staff of the Longhua Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After completing an online baseline questionnaire, participants will be randomized evenly to either the intervention group or the control group. Participants in the control group will have access to a WeChat Mini Program providing HIV and sexually transmitted prevention information during the project period. In addition to those received by the control group, the Mini Program will proactively ask participants in the intervention group some simple questions to assess presence of sexual risk behaviors at Month 0 and Month 1, and invite them to watch online health promotion video(s) tailored to their current sexual risk behaviors. All participants will complete two online follow-up surveys six and twelve months after completion of the interventions.
The purpose of this research study is to provide help and support for mental health and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk reduction among Romanian gay and bisexual men. GBM will participate in this study using mobile device (phones, tablets, or laptops) and will complete several confidential surveys and 8 confidential one-hour sessions, either with a trained counselor via chat or by reading about health information. This study also involves testing for HIV, syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea.
This study will evaluate the effectiveness of a program in promoting the safe usage of dating applications amongst young adults in Hong Kong. One group will receive the program regarding dating applications and the other group will receive a placebo program regarding health and exercise.
Objective The objectives of the study are to evaluate the relative efficacy of an enhanced version of HIV testing and counselling (EHTC) versus standard-of-care HIV testing and counselling (SHTC) in reducing sexual risk behaviours, increasing retesting rate and risk perception among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Hong Kong. Participants Inclusion criteria are: 1) men of age 18 years or above using HTC services at AIDS Concern, 2) anal intercourse with at least one man in the last six months, 3) able to read and comprehend Cantonese, 4) willingness to provide contact information and to complete a simple follow up evaluation at Month 6, and 5) no intention to leave Hong Kong for one month consecutively within the next six months. Those self-reported or tested to be HIV positive will be excluded from the study. Design A parallel-group and non-blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted. A total of 430 participants will be randomly allocated into the intervention group receiving EHTC (n=215) and the control group receiving SHTC (n=215). Evaluation will be performed six months afterwards. Outcomes Primary outcomes are: 1) Prevalence of unprotected anal intercourse with any and specific types of male partners during the 6-month follow up period; 2) uptake of any type of HIV antibody testing within the 6-month follow-up period, and 3) HIV risk perception.