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NCT07731932

Overview

NCT ID: NCT07731932
Lead Sponsor: Vanderbilt UniversityOTHER
Official Title: Personalized Normative Feedback to Decrease Unhealthy Alcohol Use and Increase HIV Prevention Behavior Among Youth and Young Adults in Rural Ugandan Schools
Brief Summary: Randomized controlled trial to test the preliminary efficacy and mediating mechanism of a personalized normative feedback intervention on behavioral intentions, heavy alcohol use, and HIV/STI prevention among adolescents and young adults in Rwampara District, Uganda.
Conditions: HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
Alcohol Misuse
STI
Interventions

Status and Timeline

Status: Not yet recruiting
Last Update Posted: Jul 28, 2026Actual
Start Date: Sep 1, 2026Estimated
Primary Completion Date: Aug 30, 2029Estimated
Completion Date

Participation Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study: Child (0-17)Adult (18-64)
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Yes
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

All students enrolled in Kinoni High School, Kinoni Girls Secondary School, or Rugando Technical Institute, 13-25 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

Persons with psychosis, neurological damage, acute intoxication, or other cognitive impairment (all of which are determined informally in the field by non-clinical research staff in consultation with a supervisor)

Study Plan

Study Type: Interventional
Phase: Not Applicable
Enrollment: 1,350Estimated
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Double

Contacts and Locations

Central Contacts: Jessica M. Perkins, Ph.D.Contact
jessica.m.perkins@vanderbilt.edu585-750-6694

Similar Studies

Participant Group/Arms

Arm 1: No normative feedbackNo Intervention

Each version of the questionnaire has similar questions about personal alcohol (mis)use and engagement in HIV/STI transmission and prevention behavior and perceived norms about other students' alcohol misuse and engagement in HIV/STI transmission and prevention behavior. The content of the prompt presented prior to the questions varies based on treatment arm. This version does not provide any normative feedback information.

Arm 2: PNF-HIV norms onlyExperimental

Each version of the questionnaire has similar questions about personal alcohol (mis)use and engagement in HIV/STI transmission and prevention behavior and perceived norms about other students' alcohol misuse and engagement in HIV/STI transmission and prevention behavior. The content of the prompt presented prior to the questions varies based on treatment arm. This version provides personalized normative feedback with descriptive and injunctive norms information about school level rates of engagement in HIV-transmission and prevention behaviors.

Behavioral: PNF - HIV norms

Arm 3: PNF-Alcohol use norms onlyExperimental

Each version of the questionnaire has similar questions about personal alcohol (mis)use and engagement in HIV/STI transmission and prevention behavior and perceived norms about other students' alcohol misuse and engagement in HIV/STI transmission and prevention behavior. The content of the prompt presented prior to the questions varies based on treatment arm. This version provides personalized normative feedback with descriptive and injunctive norms information about alcohol use.

Behavioral: PNF - Alcohol use norms

Arm 4: PNF-HIV transmission and alcohol use normsExperimental

Each version of the questionnaire has similar questions about personal alcohol (mis)use and engagement in HIV/STI transmission behavior and perceived norms about other students' alcohol misuse and engagement in HIV/STI transmission and prevention behavior. The content of the prompt presented prior to the questions varies based on treatment arm. This version provides personalized normative feedback with both school level descriptive and injunctive norms surrounding alcohol use and engagement in HIV/STI transmission and prevention behaviors.

Behavioral: PNF - HIV and alcohol use norms