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CompletedNCT02071264Updated Apr 27, 2021

Effects of an HIV Intervention Among Sex Workers in the Philippines

An interventional study of HIV/STI intervention in HIV/AIDS Prevention, sponsored by Lianne Urada. Completed at 1 site in Philippines. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-04-27.

Sponsored by Lianne Urada · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Not applicable
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study will implement a socio-behavioral intervention in Quezon City, the Philippines, using a community-based participatory approach. The intervention involves 1-2 psychosocial and health education training workshops for the establishment managers and their workers, focusing on HIV/AIDS risk reduction information and condom use and condom negotiation skill-building. Participants will also be invited to do dream-building activities that explore their personal goals and goals for their organization of peers.

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This study will implement a socio-behavioral intervention in Quezon City, the Philippines, using a community-based participatory approach. The intervention involves 1-2 psychosocial and health education training workshops for the establishment managers and their workers, focusing on HIV/AIDS risk reduction information, condom use, and condom negotiation skill-building. Participants will also be invited to do dream-building activities that explore their personal goals and goals for their organization of peers.

The intervention involves targeted and tailored bio-psycho-educational interventions directed at organizational behavior change and social influence modeling through training peers and managers. The intervention site will receive peer and manager trainings consisting of specific information on STIs along with standard care, held on a day convenient to the participants and at the establishment or neutral location.

In addition to quick pre-post tests before and immediately after the intervention, participants will be interviewed 6-12 months after the intervention to evaluate the effects of the intervention on their STI/HIV knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, safer sex practices, and social support.

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Conditions studied

  • HIV/AIDS Prevention

Keywords

  • HIV/AIDS
  • sex work
  • reproductive health
  • human rights
  • ethics
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In context

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

2,040 studies on the registry are indexed under Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; 272 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 100 is close to the median of 105 across 1,543 interventional studies indexed under Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Lianne Urada as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • self-identification as conducting sex work or working in a venue where sex work occurs.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • those not actively engaging in sex work activities or working in a venue or area where sex work occurs.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
100 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    HIV/STI intervention

    This study implements a socio-behavioral intervention in Metro Manila, the Philippines, using a community-based participatory approach with 1-2 psychosocial and health education training workshops for the establishment managers and their workers, including street sex workers, focusing on HIV/AIDS risk reduction information, condom use, and condom negotiation skill-building. Participants participate in dream-building activities to explore personal goals and goals for their organization of peers. The interventions are directed at organizational behavior change and social influence modeling through training peers and managers. The participants receive information on STIs along with standard care, held on a day convenient to the participants and at a neutral location.

    Behavioral: HIV/STI intervention

Interventions

  • BehavioralHIV/STI intervention

    The intervention covers HIV101 information, reproductive health and human rights national policies, goal setting activities as individuals and as a group, results of prior research on ethics of doing research with sex workers.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. HIV/STI knowledge

    Knowledge of HIV/STI transmission and ways to protect oneself

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Center for Environment and Sustainable Development Foundation, Inc.
    Manila, Philippines
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References and documents

Publications

  • Urada LA, Morisky DE, Pimentel-Simbulan N, Silverman JG, Strathdee SA. Condom negotiations among female sex workers in the Philippines: environmental influences. PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e33282. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033282. Epub 2012 Mar 20. PubMed 22448241 ↗
  • Urada LA, Morisky DE, Hernandez LI, Strathdee SA. Social and structural factors associated with consistent condom use among female entertainment workers trading sex in the Philippines. AIDS Behav. 2013 Feb;17(2):523-35. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-0113-x. PubMed 22223297 ↗
  • Urada LA, Strathdee SA, Morisky DE, Schilling RF, Simbulan NP, Estacio LR Jr, Raj A. Sex work and its associations with alcohol and methamphetamine use among female bar and spa workers in the Philippines. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2014 Mar;26(2):138-46. doi: 10.1177/1010539512471969. Epub 2013 Jan 22. PubMed 23343641 ↗
  • Urada LA, Simmons J, Wong B, Tsuyuki K, Condino-Enrera G, Hernandez LI, Simbulan NP, Raj A. A human rights-focused HIV intervention for sex workers in Metro Manila, Philippines: evaluation of effects in a quantitative pilot study. Int J Public Health. 2016 Nov;61(8):945-957. doi: 10.1007/s00038-016-0875-z. Epub 2016 Sep 6. PubMed 27600733 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 27, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02071264
Lead sponsor
Lianne Urada
Collaborators
University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Environment and Sustainable Development Foundation, Inc., National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), The Fordham University HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute (RETI), University of California, San Diego, San Diego State University
Responsible party
Lianne Urada (Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Feb 25, 2014
Start date
Aug 2013
Primary completion
Dec 2016
Completion
Dec 2016
Last update
Apr 27, 2021

Study contacts

Lianne A Urada, PhD
principal investigator · University of California, San Diego

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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