Peer-Driven Intervention to Seek, Test, and Treat Heterosexuals at High Risk for HIV, New York City, 2011-2016 (ICPSR 39781)

Version Date: Apr 14, 2026

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Principal Investigator(s):
Marya Gwadz, New York University

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39781.v1

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Alternate Title

BCAP1/2 and BCU (or BCAP3)

Summary

This study is part of the Seek, Test, Treat and Retain (STTR) Collaboration Project that involved over twenty studies in the fields of HIV and drug abuse. All studies were independently developed, but were chosen for the collaboration because they focused on one or more steps of the HIV treatment cascade: Seek, Test, Treat and Retain. As part of STTR Collaboration Project, the studies were grouped into Criminal Justice-related studies and Vulnerable Population-related studies. The data collected by these studies included twelve common domains (e.g., Demographic characteristics, Mental Health) in each of which a shared questionnaire or instrument was taken up by the studies and adapted to fit the study.

This study is divided into BCAP1/2 and BCU (or BCAP3):

BCAP1/2

  • Compares Respondent-driven sampling (RDS)and Venue-based sampling (VBS) recruitment in terms of numbers of new diagnosis of HIV+ and examines the effectiveness of peer-driven intervention (PDI) in heterosexuals at high risk (HHR). BCAP2 only includes those who tested HIV+ in BCAP1 who were included in recruitment but not in the main analyses. PDI involving structured intervention sessions including a computerized "CARE for Prevention" tool and HIV pre-test and post-test counseling, the opportunity to educate three peers on core education messages, and navigation for those HIV infected. If HIV-negative: total 3.5 hours of facilitated/computer intervention activities, plus peer education experiences; if HIV-positive: 5 hrs facilitated/computer activities, plus peer education experiences and six months of navigation.

BCU (or BCAP3)

  • BCU is a supplement study to BCAP1/2 and tests an anonymous, single-session HIV testing intervention (ASTN) in the same high-risk area (HRA) in Brooklyn as BCAP1/2 and compare to CTTN in two phases: the Seek and Test phase (N=750), and Treat and Retain phase (N=65). The primary endpoint of the Seek and Test intervention phase is the relative yield (proportion of newly identified HIV infections) of the RDS-ASTN intervention. The study assesses the proportion of those newly diagnosed that engages in activities of the Treat and Retain part (i.e., feasibility). The primary endpoints for the Treat and Retain intervention phase are the proportion linked to care within three months (i.e., attending a care appointment and receiving CD4 and viral load tests) and time to the HIV care appointment.1 BCU2 only includes those who tested positive in BCU1 who were included in ST counseling sessions and blood collection but not included in TrR phase.

Citation

Gwadz, Marya. Peer-Driven Intervention to Seek, Test, and Treat Heterosexuals at High Risk for HIV, New York City, 2011-2016. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-04-14. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39781.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse (5R01DA032057, 1R01DA032098, 1R01DA032100, 1R01DA032059, 1R01DA032083, 1R01DA032106, 1R01DA032061, 1R01DA032110, 1R01DA032080, 1R01DA032082)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

Zip Code

Restrictions

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Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2012-04 -- 2016-04, 2015-02 -- 2016-08

Date of Collection

2011-12 -- 2015-08, 2015-02 -- 2015-08

Data Collection Notes

  1. Please note that all data files have been converted to the Stata format, trimmed to include only participants enrolled in the study, and had cross-study IDs and other variables appended.

  2. This study includes baseline and longitudinal data files, study summaries, and study data documentation.

  3. This release is a Fast Track Release and is distributed as it was received from the data depositor. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.

  4. For tracking participants across multiple studies, users should refer to STTR_ppts_in_multiple_studies_20170127.dta in study ICPSR 39784.
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Study Purpose

BCAP1/2:

  • Test whether participants recruited by RDS will be more likely to test positive for HIV compared to those recruited via VBS.
  • To test whether participants in the "Test and Treat: phase of the peer-driven intervention (all of whom will be HIV-infected) will show a shorter time to an HIV clinical appointment, a shorter time to starting HIV medication (when medically indicated), higher rates of viral load suppression, and higher rates of retention in care compared to those in the control arm.

BCU (or BCAP3):

  • To compare the yield of a brief, anonymous, single-session HIV testing intervention (ASTN "Anonymous Single-Session Testing with Navigation") to seek out and identify undiagnosed HIV infection among heterosexuals at high risk (HHR) with those from CTTN ("Confidential Two-Session Testing with Navigation") and VBS interventions being tested in the main study.

Study Design

BCAP1/2:

  • This study used a two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial for PDI and observational study for RDS/VBS comparison. Initial seeds were randomly assigned to an intervention or control arm at a 1:1 ratio, using a permuted blocks randomization procedure.

BCU (or BCAP3):

  • Single-arm intervention efficacy trial.

Sample

BCAP1/2:

  • RDS and VBS.

BCU (or BCAP3):

  • Development Phase: Community outreach methods conducted in the HRA, from the pool of BCAP study participants.
  • Implementation & Evaluation Phase: RDS.

Time Method

Longitudinal

Universe

All heterosexuals at high risk (HHR), where "high risk" is defined by geography.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

The data includes variables about participants' medication and health history, and substance use. Demographic variables include race, income, employment, and age.

Presence of Common Scales

BCAP1/2:

  • Risk Behavior Assessment (RBA)
  • CESD-20 for depression
  • Anxiety items of the Brief Symptom Inventory

BCU (or BCAP3):

  • PHQ2 for depression

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Original Release Date

2026-04-14

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