Expanding a short alcohol counseling program to help prevent HIV in Vietnam
Official title: Scaling up the brief alcohol intervention to prevent HIV infection in Vietnam: a cluster randomized, implementation trial
Funded at Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill · NIH-11388407 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project will offer a brief alcohol counseling program in HIV clinics in Vietnam to help people with HIV drink less and lower the chance of passing HIV to others.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Chapel Hill, United States) |
| Project start | September 15, 2022 |
| Project end | July 31, 2027 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $19,721 |
| NIH project number | 3R01AA030480-04S1 |
| Project ID | NIH-11388407 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal participants are people living with HIV who receive care at participating ART clinics in Vietnam and who report unhealthy alcohol use or are at risk because of drinking.
✕Less likely to help
People who do not drink alcohol, do not receive care at the participating clinics, or live outside the study regions are unlikely to directly benefit from this project.
What this research studies
If you live with HIV and get care at an ART clinic in Vietnam, your clinic may add a short counseling session to address unhealthy drinking and support staying on HIV medicines. Clinics are grouped and compared: some will get help to set up the counseling, while others will get that help plus clinic staff will try the counseling themselves so they learn by doing. The study will look at how well clinics adopt the counseling, whether patients cut back on alcohol, and whether more people reach viral suppression. The goal is to make this counseling widely available by overcoming staff attitudes and clinic barriers.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, more people with HIV could receive short counseling that reduces unhealthy drinking, improves adherence to HIV medicines, and lowers the risk of HIV transmission.
How similar studies have gone: Previous work in Vietnam showed the brief alcohol intervention reduced drinking and increased viral suppression, and this project focuses on scaling that successful approach.
Where this research is happening
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Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Go, Vivian F. — Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
- Study coordinator: Go, Vivian F.
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.