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Behavioral Intervention

Love Infection: A Dramatized Story Intervention (Telenovela/Soap Opera) for HIV Prevention (IA Trial)

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Natalia Villegas Rodriguez, PhD

Research Sponsored by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be between 18 and 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up one-month after the baseline survey

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial tests if watching a four-episode telenovela online can help Latinas in North Carolina learn about HIV prevention. The show aims to boost confidence, engage emotions, and use stories to teach safe practices. The study will see if this method improves condom use, HIV testing, and awareness of preventive measures.

Eligible Conditions

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline to 4 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline to 4 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline to 4 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Mean Change in HIV Test Perception Score

Mean Condom Use

Number of Participants Who Report Change in HIV Testing

+3 more

Secondary study objectives

Mean Change in Depression (PHQ-9) Score

Mean Change in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Score

Mean Change in Substance Abuse Score

+2 more

Other study objectives

Change in Emotional Response

Change in Narrative Engagement

Change in Self-Efficacy for Condom Use

+6 more

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Wait-listedExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

A wait-listed control group of 33 Latinas will receive IA in the same manner as the intervention group. Latinas will start watching the telenovela episodes 4 months after their baseline survey (after T3 survey). Latinas will be informed at recruitment of this group condition and the study randomization. During the waiting time, participants will be called on a monthly basis to encourage participation and refer to services if needed.

Group II: Infeccion de Amor (Love Infection)Experimental Treatment1 Intervention

33 Latinas will view four IA intervention episodes, one per week immediately after the baseline survey and orientation. Participants will receive an email to their preferred email address with a password to access to the episode on the IA's website: https://www.infecciondeamor.com. Each 10-minute episode can be watched more than once during the week and presents a situation with notable HIV risk and ways the characters avoided risk (e.g., condom use) or confronted consequences of poor practices (e.g., HIV infection). The one-week time frame for each episode is needed to provide time to review and reflect about IA's content and modify HIV prevention behaviors. It will also allow Latinas to obtain information and support from the team and referral if needed. This time frame was effective to improve behaviors in previous studies.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Infeccion de Amor (Love Infection)

2022

N/A

~60

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