This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs federal grant program (CFDA 93.273), is providing $772,055 to San Diego State University Research Foundation to conduct a factorial randomized controlled trial assessing the efficacy of the KISOBOKA intervention and its components in reducing hazardous alcohol use and improving antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence among men living with HIV in fishing communities in Uganda.
The KISOBOKA intervention utilizes a behavioral economics approach and motivational interviewing to address the linkage between hazardous alcohol use and suboptimal HIV care engagement in these high-risk environments. The study aims to determine the impact of the full KISOBOKA intervention as well as its individual behavioral economic and motivational interviewing components on alcohol biomarkers, viral load, and ART adherence outcomes. It will also assess the intervention's effects on measures of psychological, physical, and socioeconomic well-being. The findings will inform future scale-up of the KISOBOKA intervention or its components to support HIV treatment as prevention goals in this high-risk population.
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