A Randomized Trial to Prevent HIV Among Gay Couples
HIV Infections
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for HIV Infections focused on measuring HIV, gay couples, relationships, dyads
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years or older
- speak English
- live in the San Francisco Bay Area
- have knowledge of their own and their partner's serostatus
- are in a concordant HIV-negative or discordant relationship
- at least one partner has had condomless anal sex (CAS) in the last three months
- identify as biologically male and not transgender
- in a committed relationship (defined as two men who are committed to each other above anyone else and have had sex with each other) with their primary male partner (who they will participate in the study with) for at least 3 months.
Exclusion Criteria:
- under 18
- do not speak English
- do not live in the San Francisco Bay Area
- do not know their own or their partner's HIV status
- are in a relationship where both partners are HIV positive, neither partner reports CAS in the last three months
- identifies as transgender
- is of female sex
- not in a current committed relationship for at least 3 months.
Sites / Locations
- Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuaity (CREGS) At San Francisco State UniversityRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
Active Comparator
PRIDE
ePRIDE
Men's Health
The in-person experimental condition, PRIDE, consists of in-person intervention activities that are scheduled over two Saturdays, back to back, approximately 3 hours each (6 hours total). This intervention consists of relationship-focused activities for couples to take part in together, focusing on relationship communication, dynamics, and sexual agreements.
ePRIDE is an online adaptation of the experimental condition, PRIDE, and consists of online intervention activities that are scheduled to be completed over two weeks, lasting approximately 6 hours total. This intervention consists of relationship-focused activities for couples to take part in together, focusing on relationship communication, dynamics, and sexual agreements, and is designed for couples to take together sitting side by side.
Men's Health is the active comparator group. Participants in this group go through in-person intervention days, scheduled on Saturdays back to back, but differ from the PRIDE arm because this intervention does not focus on relationship dynamics. Instead, these two Saturday intervention days focus on general men's health, including heart health, cancer, and STDs.