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Adolescents and youth who don't have smartphones will be offered with one to enable them connect digitally. Brief orientation about the Telegram messaging app will be provided to all participants in the intervention arm to close any digital divide. Two modules (individual life skills module and the social mastery skills module) in 12 sessions (module 1: introduction, goal-setting, decision-making, myths and misconceptions about HIV, self-acceptance, self-care, resilience; module 2: coping skills, communication skills, onward disclosure of HIV status, understanding stigma language, and building relationship) will be offered over 16 weeks.",[13,14],"Behavioral: Peer support based digital anti-HIV stigma intervention","Behavioral: A standard in-clinic in-person psychosocial support",{"label":16,"type":17,"description":18,"interventionNames":19},"In-person peer support","ACTIVE_COMPARATOR","In the in-clinic in-person peer support, adolescents and youth living with HIV meet in-person fortnightly and share experiences and receive peer led lessons based on the national psychosocial support module. They also had time to spend together playing and eating lunch. Furthermore, they receive a small amount of fee to cover transport.",[14],[21,27],{"type":22,"name":23,"description":24,"armGroupLabels":25,"otherNames":26},"BEHAVIORAL","Peer support based digital anti-HIV stigma intervention","Participants in the intervention arm will remotely attend educational sessions facilitated by peer leaders and supervised by healthcare providers and members of the research team. They will receive audiovisual content as part of modules (two modules in 12 sessions) designed to enhance both individual and social life skills. The intervention group will be organized into seven groups, each consisting at most 20 participants. Peer leaders, who received training on facilitation skills, will facilitate discussions on the session topics, with each session expected to last about one hour.\n\nTo bridge the digital divide, the research team will provide smartphones to participants to support online discussions via the Telegram messaging platform. Technical orientation on using the Telegram app for discussions will be provided to all participants, regardless of their prior experience with the platform. Internet data for connectivity will be secured every fortnightly over the period of 16 weeks.",[9],null,{"type":22,"name":28,"description":29,"armGroupLabels":30,"otherNames":26},"A standard in-clinic in-person psychosocial support","In arm 2, the control arm, participants will receive the existing psychosocial support routinely provided in the hospitals where they receive care. As part of this in-clinic peer support, adolescents living with HIV meet monthly to sit together and discuss a topic under the supervision of an assigned healthcare provider. After the discussion, they spend time playing together, followed by sharing a meal before departing, with a small transport allowance provided.",[9,16],[32,37],{"name":33,"role":34,"phone":35,"phoneExt":26,"email":36},"Melkamu Merid Mengesha, Master of Public Health in Epi","CONTACT","+251912094941","melkamu_merid.mengesha@med.lu.se",{"name":38,"role":34,"phone":39,"phoneExt":26,"email":40},"Cecilia Follin, PhD","+46709760463","cecilia.follin@med.lu.se",[42,55,69,82,95],{"facility":43,"status":44,"city":45,"state":46,"zip":26,"country":47,"countryCode":48,"cosmosGeoPoint":49,"geoPoint":54,"contacts":26},"Arba Minch General Hospital","COMPLETED","Arba Minch","South Ethiopia","Ethiopia","ET",{"type":50,"coordinates":51},"Point",[52,53],37.55,6.03333,{"lat":53,"lon":52},{"facility":56,"status":57,"city":58,"state":46,"zip":26,"country":47,"countryCode":48,"cosmosGeoPoint":59,"geoPoint":63,"contacts":64},"Dilla University Teaching Hospital","RECRUITING","Dara",{"type":50,"coordinates":60},[61,62],37.78333,12.91667,{"lat":62,"lon":61},[65],{"name":66,"role":34,"phone":67,"phoneExt":26,"email":68},"Kassahun Alehegn, MD","+251912770715","alehegnkassahun12@gmail.com",{"facility":70,"status":57,"city":71,"state":46,"zip":26,"country":47,"countryCode":48,"cosmosGeoPoint":72,"geoPoint":76,"contacts":77},"Sawula General Hospital","Gofa",{"type":50,"coordinates":73},[74,75],37.15,6.61667,{"lat":75,"lon":74},[78],{"name":79,"role":34,"phone":80,"phoneExt":26,"email":81},"Matusala Samuel, BSc","+251909203360","matosami90@gmail.com",{"facility":83,"status":57,"city":84,"state":46,"zip":26,"country":47,"countryCode":48,"cosmosGeoPoint":85,"geoPoint":89,"contacts":90},"Jinka General Hospital","Jinka",{"type":50,"coordinates":86},[87,88],36.65,5.65,{"lat":88,"lon":87},[91],{"name":92,"role":34,"phone":93,"phoneExt":26,"email":94},"Tizita Chebud, BSc","+251913361175","drbisreg@gmail.com",{"facility":96,"status":44,"city":97,"state":46,"zip":26,"country":47,"countryCode":48,"cosmosGeoPoint":98,"geoPoint":102,"contacts":26},"Wolaita Sodo University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital","Sodo",{"type":50,"coordinates":99},[100,101],37.76159,6.86,{"lat":101,"lon":100},{"type":104,"investigatorFullName":26,"investigatorTitle":26,"investigatorAffiliation":26,"oldNameTitle":26,"oldOrganization":26},"SPONSOR","100625691","digital-peer-support-based-anti-hiv-stigma-intervention-among-adolescents-living-with-hiv-in-ethiopia-100625691",false,"NCT07425925","Digital Peer-support-based Anti-HIV Stigma Intervention Among Adolescents Living With HIV in Ethiopia","Feasibility and Effectiveness of Digital Peer-support-based Anti-HIV Stigma Intervention in Improving Clinical Outcomes Among Adolescents Living With HIV in Ethiopia","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Adolescents who have been disclosed of their HIV status\n* adolescents and young people between the age of 15 and 22 years old\n* receiving antiretroviral medications; and\n* completed at least first cycle primary school education (i.e. grade 4).\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Participants with known diagnosed mental health condition\n* Participants with hearing loss or loss of vision","ALL","14 Years","22 Years",{"count":116,"type":117},282,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[120],"NA","Advances in HIV care and treatment turned a once deadly disease into a chronic condition where people living with HIV, including perinatally HIV acquired children, can now lead a healthy life and live longer with their highly effective antiretroviral therapy. Despite the advancements and successes in HIV care and treatment, HIV-related stigma remained a challenge to people living with HIV and for the provision of the available successful treatment and support. Stigma and discrimination related to HIV infection inhibit health-seeking behaviour, clinical outcomes, physical and psychosocial wellbeing and is a major obstacle for timely diagnosis.\n\nPeer support programs to people living with HIV appeared to have improved self-confidence of members and consequently reduced self-stigma and improved their coping ability against external stigma. However, these services are limited in terms of geography owing to lack of adequate financing to cover operational costs for adolescents coming from rural areas and space and facility limitation to accommodate large groups.\n\nThe eHealth services have potential to provide some of the services offered in the in-person sessions of the peer support group. Despite this important potential of eHealth services, they are underutilized and are not often used to target HIV-related stigma in adolescents living with HIV. The present study will investigate whether the digital peer-support anti-HIV stigma reduces internalized and anticipated stigma among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in South Ethiopia. Further, we will explore the health-related outcomes including adolescent's psychological wellbeing, retention in care and sustained viral load suppression.",[123,124,125],"HIV-related Stigma","Psychological Wellbeing","Retention in Care",[127,128,129,130],"digital peer-support","HIV-related stigma","adolescents living with HIV","south Ethiopia","2026-02-19",{"date":133,"type":134},"2026-02-23","ACTUAL",{"date":136,"type":134},"2025-11-13",{"date":138,"type":117},"2026-05-01",{"name":5,"class":6},5]