Urban Gardening and Peer Nutritional Counseling for People With HIV and Food Insecurity

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

NCT06412016

NA

Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Summary

The investigators are conducting a fully powered cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a culturally appropriate, multicomponent intervention combining peer nutritional counseling with urban gardening among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the Dominican Republic (DR) to assess efficacy, analyze mediators of effects, and evaluate detailed process data to inform scale-up. The study will examine the impact of the intervention on participants' HIV clinical outcomes (HIV viral load, antiretroviral therapy adherence, and HIV care retention) as well as intermediate outcomes such as food security and HIV-related stigma.

Official title: ProMeSA: Urban Gardening and Peer Nutritional Counseling to Improve HIV Care Outcomes Among People With Food Insecurity in the Dominican Republic

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

433

Start Date

2024-06-14

Completion Date

2027-06-30

Last Updated

2026-01-14

Healthy Volunteers

No

Conditions

HIV Food Insecurity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peer Nutritional Counseling + Urban Gardening

Peer nutritional counseling and urban gardens

Locations (20)

Hospital Taiwan 19 de marzo

Azua, Dominican Republic

Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia

Higüey, Dominican Republic

CPN Las Cinco Casas

Monte Plata, Dominican Republic

Hospital Nuestra Señora de Regla

Peravia, Dominican Republic

Hospital Ricardo Limardo

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic

SAI Veron

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Hospital Leopoldo Pou

Samaná, Dominican Republic

Hospital Juan Pablo Pina

San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic

Hospital San Vicente de Paul

San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic

Hospital Dr. Alejandro Cabral

San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic

Centro de Salud Integral Bella Vista

Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Centro Especializado de Atención de Salud Juan XXIII

Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Hospital José María Cabral y Báez

Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Instituto Dominicano de Estudios Virológicos IDEV