Financial Incentives to Increase Pediatric HIV Testing

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: HIV
• Interventions: Behavioral: Financial incentive

• Registration Number: NCT03049917
• Lead Sponsor: University of Washington

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether giving small financial incentives will motivate parents to test their children for HIV.

Detailed Description

The study will be a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 5 arms with equal allocation to each arm: no incentive, or one of 4 different levels of financial incentive. We will randomize 800 parents with children of unknown status at HIV treatment clinics in Western Kenya.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-02-03
• Study Start: 2017-02-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-02-09
• Study First Posted: 2017-02-10
• Primary Completion: 2018-10-01
• Study Completion: 2018-10-01
• Results First Submitted: 2021-04-08
• Status Verified: 2021-06
• Results First Submitted QC: 2021-06-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-06-03
• Results First Posted: 2021-06-25
• Last Update Posted: 2021-06-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 452

Inclusion Criteria

• Parent/caregiver receiving HIV care
• Parent/caregiver has one or more children <13 years old
• Child is HIV exposed (parent/caregiver report or clinic confirmation)
• Caregiver reports child's HIV status is unknown

Exclusion Criteria

• None

  • The investigators reserve the right to exclude any potential enrollee who is deemed to be at high personal risk, or whose children are at high personal risk, of interpersonal violence, by study participation .

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
KES financial incentive 1	Financial incentive	Kenyan Shillings conditional cash transfer upon HIV testing
KES financial incentive 3	Financial incentive	Kenyan Shillings conditional cash transfer upon HIV testing
KES financial incentive 2	Financial incentive	Kenyan Shillings conditional cash transfer upon HIV testing
KES financial incentive 4	Financial incentive	Kenyan Shillings conditional cash transfer upon HIV testing

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants Who Present Children for HIV Testing	2 months	Number of caregivers who present child(ren) to complete HIV testing at the study clinic within 2 months of recruitment; test results will be recorded in a study questionnaire
Number of Days Participants Take to Bring Children for HIV Testing	2 months	Number of days it took between randomization and caregiver presenting the child for HIV testing

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Male Participants Who Present Children for HIV Testing	2 months	Time to HIV testing \[primary outcome 1\] stratified by caregiver sex (males)
Number of Caregivers With One Child Who Present Children for HIV Testing	2 months	HIV testing \[primary outcome 1\] stratified by number of children (one child)
Number of Caregivers With Age More Than Median Presenting Children for HIV Testing	2 months	Number of caregivers presenting children for HIV testing stratified by caregiver age (caregiver \>38 years)
Number of Participants With More Than 1 Child Who Present Children for HIV Testing	2 months	Number of participants presenting children for HIV testing among caregivers with more than child
Number of Caregivers With Age Less Than Median Presenting Children for HIV Testing	2 months	Number of participants presenting for HIV testing stratified by caregiver age (caregiver \<=38 years)
Number of Female Participants Who Present Children for HIV Testing (Females)	2 months	HIV testing \[primary outcome 1\] stratified by caregiver sex (females)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kisumu County Hospital; 🇰🇪 Kisumu, Kenya