SAM-KAP

Survey of Adolescent MSM Knowledge and Preferences (SAM-KAP)

 

Funded By: Merck Sharp & Dohme

Duration: 1 Year

 

Study Population(s):

  1. Ages 14-17
  2. Self-identify as a man who has sex with men
  3. Lives in Alabama

 

Background

In Alabama, the undiagnosed HIV rate is over 20%, and school-based comprehensive sexual health education is illegal. School-based sexual health education must be abstinence-based, and HIV prevention is only discussed within the context of marriage. In response to these structural limitations, CBOs have developed their own sexual health and HIV prevention education programs; however their content is typically not tailored for sexual minority youth. While increasing HIV testing and PrEP uptake among young sexual minority men (YSMM) is urgently warranted and federal and local agencies are supporting behavioral interventions to reach this group, adolescent sexual minority men will not engage in HIV testing if they do not understand their risk. There is an unmet need to deliver tailored HIV prevention interventions for young male sexual minority youth which may also enhance the effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions for older male sexual minority youth.

 

Study Aim

  • Conduct a one-time online qualitative assessment with sexual minority men who are adolescents aged 14-17
  • Minimum estimate N=200
  • We will screen for age, residence in Alabama, sex, and sexual engagement with men
  • Qualtrics will be used as the survey tool