Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
CIET-BM1
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
CIET-BM1
Study hypothesis
Engaging motor dealership employees community outreach education increases their Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-protective attitudes and practices.
Ethics approval
Ethics approval received from CIET Africa Ethics Board on the 30th April 2007 (ref: BM2-2007).
Study design
Pragmatic randomised controlled cluster trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Condition
HIV/Acquired Immune Deficiency Virus (AIDS) prevention
Intervention
The unit of randomisation is the dealership, each dealership employing a staff of 40 - 100 people and an adjacent community where a large number of the staff live. Some 20 participating dealerships nationally will be allocated randomly to first wave or second wave of intervention. Although the dealerships are typically in well-to-do or commercial areas, the linked communities tend to be much more modest.
Workplaces are randomised after baseline survey, to early and late initiation of intervention.
Intervention:
1. AIDS prevention education
2. Sexual violence education
3. Participant involvement in community outreach education
The intervention lasts 4 - 6 months in each dealership, although aspects of this will continue well beyond the investment. For example, employees will be trained to implement the sexual violence prevention education, which they will continue to implement on an ongoing basis, once a week.
Control:
Usual education
The impact of the first wave of dealerships will be assessed after one year, while the second wave (controls for the first wave) will be assessed a year later.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
HIV-related protective attitudes and practices among dealership employees, measured after one year.
Secondary outcome measures
1. Work absenteeism
2. Work performance
3. HIV related knowledge
4. Attitudes
5. Positive deviation from subjective norms
6. Intention to change
7. Sense of agency to implement prevention measures
8. Discussion of HIV prevention
All secondary outcomes measured after one year.
Overall trial start date
01/05/2007
Overall trial end date
30/04/2009
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
All employees of participating dealerships
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
3000 employees
Participant exclusion criteria
Dealerships declining to participate prior to randomisation
Recruitment start date
01/05/2007
Recruitment end date
30/04/2009
Locations
Countries of recruitment
South Africa
Trial participating centre
CIET Trust Botswana
Gaborone
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Botswana
Sponsor information
Organisation
Community Information, Empowerment and Transparency (CIET) Trust (South Africa)
Sponsor details
c/o Neil Andersson
CIET Trust Botswana
PO Box 1240
Gaborone
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Botswana
Sponsor type
Charity
Website
Funders
Funder type
Industry
Funder name
BMW (South Africa)
Alternative name(s)
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Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list