Gender-specific HIV and substance abuse prevention strategies for South African men: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young men in South Africa face concurrent epidemics of HIV, drug and alcohol abuse, and unemployment. Standard HIV prevention programs, located in healthcare settings and/or using counseling models, fail to engage men. Soccer and vocational training are examined as contexts to deliver male-specific, HIV prevention programs.

Methods

Young men (n = 1200) are randomly assigned by neighborhood to one of three conditions: 1) soccer league (n = 400; eight neighborhoods); 2) soccer league plus vocational training (n = 400; eight neighborhoods); or 3) a control condition (n = 400; eight neighborhoods). Soccer practices and games occur three times per week and vocational training is delivered by Silulo Ulutho Technologies and Zenzele Training and Development. At baseline,

SUBMITTER: Rotheram-Borus MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6090831 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature