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Hybrid Type I Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Social Network Support Intervention

Harnessing Social Network Support to Improve Retention in Care and Viral Suppression Among People Living With HIV in Chicago and Alabama: A Hybrid Type I Effectiveness-implementation Trial

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About This Trial

The goal of this Hybrid Type I effectiveness-implementation trial is to test an evidence-based, flexible, and tailored intervention that leverages existing social network members to promote retention in care and viral suppression among people living with HIV aged 18-49.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Inclusion Criteria for Index Participants: - Aged 18-49 years old, inclusive - Speak English - Own a cell phone not shared with anyone else - Have missed at least one HIV care scheduled visit or have not been virally suppressed in the past 24 months. - Resides in Chicagoland, Illinois or Alabama Exclusion Criteria for Index Men: - If a participant fails to meet all inclusion criteria Inclusion Criteria for Support Confidants: - Index agrees to engage the Support Confidant - Age 18 years or older - Speaks English - Owns a cell phone not shared with others - Is not a romantic/sexual partner of the Index participant Who Should NOT Join This Trial: - Romantic/Sexual partners of Index participant - Relationship strain or abuse present in Index-Support Confidant relationship Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria for Index Participants: * Aged 18-49 years old, inclusive * Speak English * Own a cell phone not shared with anyone else * Have missed at least one HIV care scheduled visit or have not been virally suppressed in the past 24 months. * Resides in Chicagoland, Illinois or Alabama Exclusion Criteria for Index Men: * If a participant fails to meet all inclusion criteria Inclusion Criteria for Support Confidants: * Index agrees to engage the Support Confidant * Age 18 years or older * Speaks English * Owns a cell phone not shared with others * Is not a romantic/sexual partner of the Index participant Exclusion Criteria: * Romantic/Sexual partners of Index participant * Relationship strain or abuse present in Index-Support Confidant relationship

Treatments Being Tested

BEHAVIORAL

Social Network Support Intervention

The Social Network Support Intervention is an evidence-based, flexible, and tailored intervention that leverages existing social network members to promote retention in care and viral suppression among people living with HIV. The intervention consists of (1) selection and invitation of a Support Confidant, (2) a face-to-face intervention between the Intervention Case Manager and the Index and Support Confidant, and (3) quarterly interactive mini-booster sessions delivered to the Index and Support Confidant via text or telephone, based on participant preference.

Locations (7)

University of Alabama at Birmingham 1917 Clinic
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Birmingham AIDS Outreach
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Thrive Alabama
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Howard Brown Health
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Chicago Center for HIV Elimination
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States