Table 1 Eligibility criteria for effectiveness trial

Demographics

Assigned gender at birth (female)

Identify as female

18 years of age or older

Identify as African-American or black

English-speaking

If participant is pregnant, she is less than 7 months pregnant

Has an address to receive mail

Lives in one of the five boroughs of New York City

Criminal justice involvement

Supervised by a criminal justice entity, such as probation, parole, or alternative-to-incarceration program in the past 90 days

Sexual risk behavior

Reports engaging in unprotected vaginal or anal sex with a male partner in the past 90 days

Substance use risk

Reports any illicit drug use or binge drinking or enrolled in alcohol or drug treatment in the past 6 months

Other substance use or sexual risk

Reports at least one of the following outside risks:

1. Had more than one male partner in the past year

2. Injected drugs in the past year

3. Was ever diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), herpes, or genital warts

4. Was diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection (STI), including gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, pubic lice, etc., in the past year

or

5. Has had sex with a male partner in the past year who she knows or suspects of having at least one of the following:

 a. Partner is HIV-positive, positive for hepatitis C virus, or has herpes or genital warts

 b. Partner has had any other STI in the past year

 c. Partner has had sex with another person