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Improving Clinic Delivery of HIV-related Anal Health Services

Partnering to Enhance Anal Health Communication and HIV-related Evidence-based Services

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests ways to reduce shame and judgment around anal sex-related HIV care at eight clinics in the Mississippi Delta. It aims to help more people get testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), prevention medicines, and cancer screening. It is for clinic staff and patients over age 18 who meet the study rules.

This project will test ways to reduce stigma in healthcare settings so that more providers offer, and more patients receive, important anal sex-related HIV services, including anorectal sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing, preventive medications, and cancer screening. By evaluating these stigma-reduction strategies in eight clinics in the Mississippi Delta, a region with high rates of HIV and STIs, the research team will learn whether and how these approaches work to improve access to care. The results will help guide healthcare systems in using the most effective methods to reduce stigma, making it easier for people to get prevention services and improving public health.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Staff: Work at one of eight Coastal Family Health Center clinics when taking the survey.
  • Staff: Be over age 18.
  • Patients: Have used sexual health services at one of these eight clinics in the past 12 months.
  • Patients: Be over age 18.

Who can't join

  • Staff or patients who cannot give informed consent, meaning they cannot understand the study and agree to join.
  • People who are in jail, prison, or state custody.
  • Patients whose visits are only for issues unrelated to HIV or STIs and who do not meet the study rules based on their electronic health records.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Staff participants ("Strategy Recipients" and "Strategy Recipients") * employed at one of eight Coastal Family Health Center clinics at the time of the survey * over age 18 years old Patient participants ("Patients") * accessing sexual health services at one of eight Coastal Family Health Center clinics in the last 12 months * over 18 years old Exclusion Criteria: * Staff or patients who are unable to provide informed consent (e.g., significant cognitive impairment) * Individuals currently incarcerated or in state custody * Patients whose only visits are for non-HIV, non-STI issues and who do not meet the EMR-based eligibility criteria above

Study sites (1)

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