A Pilot Study of an Online HIV Stigma Training for Nursing Students in Iran
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of California, San Francisco
About this trial
In this study, the investigators will assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of online HIV stigma training in reducing stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors of nursing students in simulated clinical visits of patients living with HIV compared to an online HIV epidemiology training with no specific content on stigma.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Currently nursing students in their year 3 or 4 of training
Kerman Medical University (KMU) nursing schools
Disqualifiers
Nursing student in their year 1 and 2
Students of other fields and other universities
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
The online HIV-related stigma training
BehavioralThe intervention is an online HIV-related stigma training that takes 6 hours in 4 weeks to be completed.
The online HIV epidemiology training with no specific content on stigma
BehavioralNursing students will be trained in an online HIV epidemiology training with no specific content on stigma. It will take 6 hours in 4 weeks to complete the training.
Treatment groups
70 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: InterventionOther 1 intervention
Group B: ControlOther 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Stigma score
All nursing students will complete a validated stigma scale before and after the training interventions.
Time frame
Up to 4 weeks before and after intervention2
Behavioral manifestations of HIV stigma
Before and after the training interventions, all nursing students will meet with a randomly selected simulated patient for an HIV visit. These visits will be video recorded and will be coded and scored for stigmatizing behaviors.
Time frame
Up to 4 weeks before and after intervention3
Empathy score
All nursing students will complete a validated empathy scale before and after the training interventions.
Time frame
Up to 4 weeks before and after interventionSecondary outcomes
1
The attitudes and behaviors of nursing students after the online HIV stigma training
We will qualitatively examine study participants' real-world behaviors with HIV and at-risk patients to (1) explore if behaviors learned during the intervention carry on in real-world settings, (2) better understand how behaviors are manifested in natural settings, and (3) explore best methods to assess behaviors in real-world scenarios
Time frame
Three months after the interventionSponsors and contacts
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University of California, San Francisco
Lead sponsor
Ponce Health Sciences University
Collaborator
Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Collaborator
Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health
Collaborator
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