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Gathering Online for Dialogue and Discussion to Enhance Social Support

GODDESS (Gathering Online for Dialogue and Discussion to Enhance Social Support): Engaging Young African American Women in a Virtual Group App to Address Alcohol Misuse, Sexual Risk, and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in North Carolina (NC)

Who can join

Ages 18 to 30 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Selected Inclusion Criteria:

* identify as Black/African American
* identify as female
* be between 18 and 30 years old
* recent substance use
* HIV negative and not currently on PrEP
* have an Android or iOS-based smartphone

Selected Exclusion Criteria:

* test positive for HIV
* participated in the previous study activities of the current study or previous related studies

About the study

The goal of this trial is to test a modified mobile health intervention (with a group component) relative to a mobile health intervention in a two-arm randomized trial with up to 500 young women who are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative and who misuse alcohol.

The expected outcomes are to: (1) determine the efficacy of the virtual group component in reducing alcohol use and sexual risk and increasing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) utilization; and (2) understand selected outcomes for implementation.

Participants will be randomized to receive either the mHealth app or the mHealth app plus the group component, and followed up at 3- and 6-months post-enrollment.

What is being tested

• mHealth-Women's CoOp (behavioral)
• Virtual Group (behavioral)

Sponsor: RTI International · Participants: 500 · Started: Apr 7, 2025

Contact the study team

• Felicia A Browne, ScD, MPH · Phone: 9195416596

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05753683

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Sexually Transmitted Infections

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.