The People Like Us Evaluation Study

Evaluation of eHealth Videos for the Singaporean Gay, Bisexual and Queer Male Community

The study is a pragmatic, randomized controlled trial design to evaluate an online video series developed by a community-based organization in Singapore for gay, bisexual and queer men.

A total of 300 HIV-negative, gay, bisexual and queer men in Singapore aged 18 to 29 years old will be recruited with the assistance of the partner community-based organization (CBO), Action for AIDS Singapore. Recruitment will utilize both online and offline channels, and with the help of other CBOs in Singapore. Participants should also not have watched the video prior to their participation in this study, which will be ascertained through a questionnaire.

Participants will subsequently be randomized into the intervention arm (n=150) and the control arm (n=150). The treatment group (n=150) will be assigned the intervention along with sexual health information via a pamphlet, while the control group (n=150) will be assigned only the sexual health information via a pamphlet. This will be conducted through block randomization.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Self-reported HIV-negative status, or unsure of HIV status
• Self-reported gay, bisexual or queer sexual orientation
• Self-reported male gender, regardless of sex assigned at birth
• Self-reported age of 18 to 29 years old at point of recruitment
• Singapore citizen or permanent resident at the point of recruitment
• Self-reported as never having watched an online video drama series by Gayhealth.sg or Action for AIDS in the last year

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants who have watched the People Like Us Series prior to study
• Participants who have self-reported being HIV-positive
• Participants who are not English-literate
• Participants aged below 18 or above 29 at baseline recruitment