Education and Employment Support for HIV Prevention in Young Adults (ENSPIRE)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-24
SponsorUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

About this trial

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.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Aged 18-24

Economically-vulnerable in past 12 months

Sexually active in past 12 months

Living in Baltimore

Disqualifiers

Aged 17 or younger

Older than 24 years

Unwilling to provide consent for study participation

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Job announcements plus HIV prevention text messages, educational sessions, economic resources, and mentoring.
  • Job announcements

Treatment groups

500 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Lead sponsor

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Collaborator