Education and Employment Support for HIV Prevention in Young Adults (ENSPIRE)
Recruiting · NCT06096324 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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What this trial is about
The study team will conduct a two-group study to examine the efficacy of implementing a combination intervention to improve economic stability and HIV preventive behaviors. The team will enroll approximately 500 young adults. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. The first group ("control") will receive text messages with information on job openings. The second group ("intervention") will receive text messages with information on job openings plus HIV prevention text messages, educational sessions on employment, income generation, and HIV prevention, economic resources, and mentoring.
Who can take part
Inclusion criteria
- are:
- Aged 18-24
- Economically-vulnerable in past 12 months
- Sexually active in past 12 months
- Living in Baltimore
- Has access to mobile phone with text messaging
Exclusion criteria
- are:
- Aged 17 or younger
- Older than 24 years
- Unwilling to provide consent for study participation
Where it is running
1 location listed across 1 US state.
- Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, Maryland, United States