Kicking HIV: soccer program boosts testing and care for teens
NCT ID NCT04429061
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested three football-based programs for teen girls in Zambia to improve HIV testing, birth control use, and mental health. Over 2,100 girls from 32 schools took part. The programs aimed to make it easier for girls to get sexual health services and stick with HIV treatment if needed.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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2,153 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2020
- Finished
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Dec 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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16 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * The student is \>16 years of age prior to the first session of SKILLZ-Girl or the student will turn 16 years of age before the last session of SKILLZ-Girl (ie prior to the event) * Is enrolled in one of the SKILLZ STUDY schools * Is able to converse in and comprehend either Nyanja, English and/or Bemba * The Parent/Guardian of the participant has consented for the participant to take part in the study Exclusion Criteria: * The student has a mental disability that would interfere with their ability to give informed consent
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre of Infectious Disease Research Zambia
Lusaka, 10101, Zambia
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