Seroconversion CRF in We Prevent: A Dyadic Approach to HIV Prevention and Care Among Young Male Couples

Seroconversion CRF SAS
Study Description
This project sought to develop and refine a developmentally-appropriate relationship skills session as an addition to current HIV Counseling, Testing, and Referrals (CTR) and Couples HIV Testing and Counseling (CHTC) for young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. This project involved three phases to develop and pilot test the intervention, including developing the intervention content, pilot testing the intervention, and conducting a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of the We Prevent intervention (CTR and/or CHTC + a relationship skills component) to CTR alone, both delivered via telemedicine. Participants were recruited online. In the pilot RCT, there were significant differences in condomless sex with outside partners among those in the We Prevent intervention condition compared to the CRT alone control condition; however, there were no differences in other sexual behaviors, sexual agreements, HIV testing, intimate partner violence (IPV), or communication between the conditions across the 9-month follow-ups. The study population included young sexual minority men, inclusive of trans men and nonbinary young people, ages 15-24 in a relationship with cisgender men.