Appalachian Partnership to Reduce Disparities (Aim 2)
Harnessing the Power of Peer Navigation and mHealth to Reduce Health Disparities in Appalachia
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * reside in one of the rural Appalachian catchment countiesreside in one of the rural Appalachian catchment counties * be ≥18 years of age * report being assigned male sex at birth and having had sex with at least 1 man in past 12 months * provide informed consent
About the study
By combining two strategies (i.e., peer navigation and mHealth) into a complete, culturally compatible, bilingual intervention to increase the use of needed HIV, STI, and HCV prevention and care services among racially/ethnically diverse GBMSM and transgender women in rural Appalachia.
Study Investigators anticipate that participants in the intervention group, relative to counterparts in the delayed-intervention group, will demonstrate increased HIV, STI, and HCV testing.
What is being tested
- Peer Navigation (behavioral)
- mHealth (behavioral)
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Participants: 141 · Started: Apr 1, 2022
Contact the study team
- Scott D. Rhodes, Ph.D, MPH · Phone: 336-713-5080
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04378439
Locations in the U.S.
| North Carolina | Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.