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Prevention and Risk: Treatment With a New Emphasis on Relationships

CompletedNA

Sponsor: Hunter College of City University of New York

Conditions: Adherence, Medication, Risk Reduction, Drug Use, Sex, Anal, HIV/AIDS

Interventions: PARTNER, Education Intervention

Countries: United States

This research examines the efficacy of an individually-delivered intervention tailored for YMSM in relationships. The intervention - termed PARTNER - utilizes a brief (4 session) motivational interviewing format to target Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake/adherence, HIV transmission risk behavior, and associated drug use.

Eligibility overview

Sex: MALE

Age: 18 Years to 29 Years

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 to 29 years of age (inclusive);
* Main partner must be aged 18 or older.
* Must be in a main partner relationship with another male (duration ≥ 1 months);
* HIV-negative serostatus (confirmed by rapid test);
* Recent (past 30 day) use of at least one of the substances identified as most commonly used by YMSM (marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin or other opiates, MDMA, psychedelics, GHB, and/or ketamine);
* Sexual behavior meeting CDC criteria for PrEP candidacy (TRB with a casual partner in the past 30 days or TRB with a non-monogamous or serodiscordant main partner).
* Participants must reside in the NYC metro area
* Ability to communicate in English

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unstable, serious psychiatric symptoms (assessed by the Psychotic Disorder subsection of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV);
* Current suicidal/homicidal ideation;
* Evidence of gross cognitive impairment (a score of \<24 on the mini-mental state examination)
* A history of severe physical or sexual Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) victimization in the current relationship in which participants report not currently feeling "safe" in their relationship and/or coerced to participate in the study.

Locations (1)

New York, New York, United States