Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of Chicago

Code:

NCT06894199

Conditions

HIV

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

The Work Shop

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the pilot test of the employment program among young Black sexual minority men.

The main question it aims to answer is: What is the feasibility and acceptability of the employment program?

Young Black sexual minority male participants will attend the two day employment program and will complete four study surveys over the course of 13 months.

Employment program facilitators will complete a study survey and participate in a focus group over the course of 1 day.

Conditions

HIV

Study ID

NCT06894199

Start date

Apr 22, 2025

Status verified date

Apr, 2026

Completion date

Apr 22, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 30, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Identifying as male
  • Having ever had sex with another man
  • Being ages 18-29 years old
  • Identifying as Black or African American OR
  • Being ages 18 or older
  • Participated in facilitation or administrative support for the program, "The Work Shop," at a partnering community-based organization

Exclusion Criteria:

\- Participated in the preceding employment intervention, "Work2Prevent"

Study Design

Enrollment

132 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Young Black sexual male

Participate in two day employment program

Employment program facilitators

Lead or support the two day employment program

Interventions

The Work Shop

Employment intervention consists of 2 days (about 5 hours each) of interactive educational content focused on a variety of topics.

Primary outcome measure

  • Acceptability of intervention [ Time Frame: Post-Intervention, week 2 ]
  • Satisfaction with intervention [ Time Frame: Post-Intervention, week 2 ]
  • Workshop feasibility [ Time Frame: Immediately after the intervention ]
  • Missed sexual healthcare visits [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months and 12 months ]
  • Change in participants perceived ability and confident to perform job seeking activities [ Time Frame: Baseline through 12 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Jordan Victorian

773-702-5915jordan.victorian@bsd.uchicago.edu

Darnell Motley

773-834-5910dmotley22@bsd.uchicago.edu

Locations

University of Chicago

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637

Contacts

Jordan Victorian

773-702-5915jordan.victorian@bsd.uchicago.edu

Darnell Motley

773-834-5910dmotley22@bsd.uchicago.edu

Principal Investigator:

Darnell Motley, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Chicago

Last update posted

Apr 13, 2026

Last verified

Apr, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Chicago on 2026-04-13.