A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Preventing AIDS Through Live Movement and Sound (PALMS) in Hiv, sponsored by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to male participants aged 12 Years to 18 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-11.
Sponsored by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Prevention
The purpose of this program evaluation is to determine whether the Preventing AIDS Through Live Movement and Sound (PALMS) group-level intervention is effective in reducing HIV sex risk behaviors and increasing HIV testing of high-risk, incarcerated or adjudicated youth. The intent of this program is to support the evaluation of an existing intervention and provide feedback to the implementing organization for improved program effectiveness, not to conduct research.
Philadelphia Health Management Corporation (PHMC) is evaluating the Preventing AIDS Through Live Movement and Sound (PALMS) group-level intervention for high-risk, incarcerated or adjudicated youth. PALMS uses three theater-based sessions to increase knowledge about HIV/AIDS, increase HIV testing, and reduce risky sexual behavior through increased self-efficacy. The intervention is delivered by peers, and peers work with the intervention team to use evaluation results to improve the program. The evaluation will recruit male adolescents, aged 12 to 18 years, who are residing in juvenile justice or drug treatment facilities in Philadelphia. The evaluation design uses concurrent intervention (N=132) and comparison (N=132) groups. Data will be collected at baseline, immediate post-intervention, and at a 6-month post-intervention follow-up. The intent of this program is to support the evaluation of an existing intervention and provide feedback to the implementing organization for improved program effectiveness, not to conduct research.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Sexual activity
Time frame: Within past 3 months & ever
Number and type (main and non-main) of female sex partners
Time frame: Within past 3 months
Frequency of condom use with female sex partners
Time frame: Within past 3 months
HIV testing (ever tested, number of tests, likelihood of test)
Time frame: Within past 3 months
Drug use
Time frame: Within past 3 months
Knowledge of HIV transmission, prevention and testing
Time frame: Concurrent
Attitudes and beliefs about condoms and safe sex
Time frame: Concurrent
Beliefs about HIV and HIV testing
Time frame: Concurrent
Perception of HIV risk
Time frame: concurrent
Self-efficacy to use condoms and practice safe sex
Time frame: Concurrent
Self-esteem
Time frame: Concurrent
Perceptions of cultural and peer norms
Time frame: Concurrent
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