Pilot Intervention to Empower HIV Clients as Prevention Advocates in Uganda

This randomized controlled pilot study of the "Game Changers" program will: 1. Assess the feasibility and acceptability of implementing an HIV prevention advocacy intervention with people living with HIV who are in HIV care, and who will be trained to be advocates of HIV protective behaviors within their social networks. 2. Assess preliminary intervention effects on a) protective behavior of the HIV-positive clients (condom use, partner concurrency/number of partners, engagement in HIV care, ART adherence); and b) diffusion of prevention messages across the network, as assessed by the content and extent of communication with network members about protective behaviors (condom use, partner concurrency/number of partners, HIV testing, engagement in HIV care, circumcision), HIV disclosure, and HIV stigma. 3. Explore characteristics of HIV-positive clients who more effectively engage in prevention advocacy (in terms of socio-demographics, network characteristics, and network position and type of alters receiving advocacy).