N/A N=38 Randomized Other

Microenterprise Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk Behaviors in Young Adults

Feasibility

Bottom Line

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Enrolled (actual)

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Oct 2020

Primary outcome: Primary: Proportion of Participants in Both Groups Who Have Responded to 70% or More of the Weekly Text Message Surveys — 5; 9 Participants

Study Design & Population

Study type: Interventional
Phase: N/A
Interventions: Intervention (Behavioral); Control (Behavioral)
Age: Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex: All
Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Primary completion: Aug 2019

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Proportion of Participants in Both Groups Who Have Responded to 70% or More of the Weekly Text Message Surveys	5; 9	—
PRIMARY Proportion of Intervention Participants Who Have Completed 70% or More of Intervention Activities (i.e., Text Message Receipt, Session Attendance, Grant Spending, and Mentor Contact)	11	—
SECONDARY Proportion of All Participants Who Receive One or More Informational Text Messages	38; 38; 38; 38; 38; 38	—
SECONDARY Proportion of All Participants Who Respond to the Text Message Survey	29; 33; 34; 31; 31; 29	—
SECONDARY Proportion of Intervention Participants Who Attend an Educational Session	12; 12; 12; 10; 11; 10	—
SECONDARY Proportion of Intervention Participants Who Receive One or More Mentor Contacts	0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 11	—
SECONDARY Proportion of Intervention Participants Who Spend One or More Grant Payments	0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 0	—
SECONDARY Proportion of Participants in Each Group Who Report One or More Unprotected Sex Acts in Last Week	—	—
SECONDARY Proportion of Participants in Each Group Who Report One or More Unprotected Sex Acts in Last Month	10; 7; 7; 6	—
SECONDARY Proportion of Participants in Each Group Who Report One or More Safer Sex Acts in Last Week	—	—
SECONDARY Proportion of Participants in Each Group Who Report One or More Safer Sex Acts in Last Month	16; 15; 10; 13	—
SECONDARY Proportion of Participants in Each Group Who Report One or More HIV Preventive Care-seeking or Information-seeking Acts in Last Week	—	—
SECONDARY Proportion of Participants in Each Group Who Report One or More HIV Preventive Care-seeking or Information-seeking Acts in Last Month	18; 18; 19; 14	—
SECONDARY Proportion of Participants in Each Group Who Report One or More Paid Hours of Work in the Last Week	—	—
SECONDARY Proportion of Participants in Each Group Who Report One or More Paid Hours of Work in the Last Month	6; 7; 15; 9	—

Summary

The study team will conduct a two-group study to examine the feasibility of implementing an enhanced microenterprise intervention to reduce sexual risk behaviors. The team will enroll approximately 40 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 and business educational sessions, mentored apprenticeship, a start-up grant (provided in 6 payments), and HIV behavioral economics text messages.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion criteria are:

African American;
Aged 18-24;
Living in Baltimore City;
Having experienced one episode of homelessness in last 12 months;
Unemployed or employed fewer than 10 hours per week;
Not enrolled in school;
Owning a mobile phone with text messaging function;
Reporting at least one episode of unprotected/unsafe sex in prior 12 months

Exclusion criteria are:

Aged 17 or younger;
Older than 24 years;
Unwilling to provide consent for study participation

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03766165). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.