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Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Motivating Youth to Reduce Infections, Disconnections, and Emotion dysregulation (MY-RIDE) decreases substance use , to determine whether MY-RIDE increases human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention strategies and to evaluate MY-RIDE effects on willingness to take Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), stress, substance use urge, and use of mental health and substance use services when compared to attention control youth

Condition

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Between 18 Years and 25 Years
Eligible Genders
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • have engaged in substance use (alcohol or illicit drugs) - speak English - are experiencing homelessness - engaged in sexual activity in the last 6 months or plan to in the next month - are not planning to move out of the metro area during the 12-month study period.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Youth Experiencing Homelessness (YEH) who have low literacy based on the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine-Short Form (scores < 4)

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Masking
Single (Participant)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Experimental
MY-RIDE group
  • Behavioral: MY-RIDE group
    MY-RIDE has three main components: 1) One nurse-led face-to-face session; 2) three months of Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMA) with personalized messaging delivered by phone in real-time in response to one's current risk; and 3) access to on-demand healthcare/PrEP navigation and referrals.
Active Comparator
Attention-control group
  • Behavioral: Attention-control group
    Participants will receive a one-hour general health promotion session from a nurse and be issued a phone that will deploy the EMA on the same schedule as the intervention arm. They will also receive usual care from the clinics, drop-in center, and shelter recruitment sites. Usual care includes accessing social workers and case managers for immediate housing, food, and clothing needs and assistance in navigating the local Continuum of Care system to access social services.

Recruiting Locations

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas 77030
Contact:
Diane M Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC, FSAHM,
713-500-2002
Diane.M.SantaMaria@uth.tmc.edu

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Contact

Diane M Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC, FSAHM,
713-500-2002
Diane.M.SantaMaria@uth.tmc.edu

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