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Education and Employment Support for HIV Prevention in Young Adults (ENSPIRE)
Who can join
Ages 18 to 24 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria are: * Aged 18-24 * Economically-vulnerable in past 12 months * Sexually active in past 12 months * Living in Baltimore * Has access to mobile phone with text messaging Exclusion criteria are: * Aged 17 or younger * Older than 24 years * Unwilling to provide consent for study participation
About the study
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.
What is being tested
- Job announcements plus HIV prevention text messages, educational sessions, economic resources, and mentoring. (behavioral)
- Job announcements (behavioral)
Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Participants: 500 · Started: Sep 19, 2023
Contact the study team
- Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, PhD MHS · Phone: 919-445-5099
- Adriana Parker, MPH · Phone: 919-843-9293
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06096324
Locations in the U.S.
| Maryland | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.