Implementing Assisted Partner Services for HIV Testing and Treatment in Western Kenya
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Hiv
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
- Enrollment
- 4941
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of newly diagnosed HIV-infected or known positive and not in care
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study includes different designs with Aim 1 being a cluster randomized controlled trial to investigate the use of HIV self-testing (HIVST) as a mode of HIV testing in Western Kenya in addition to the standard of care, assisted partner services (aPS). Aim 2 includes focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, semi-structured interviews, direct observation of facility infrastructure and clinic procedures, and data extraction from facility and county/national databases and expenditure reports to study acceptability, costs, and implementation aspects of HIVST within the aPS framework.
Investigators
Carey Farquhar
Professor, School of Medicine: Global Health
University of Washington
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Men and women
- •Tests HIV positive and is not in care or on treatment
- •≥18 years old
- •Willing and able to provide informed consent
- •Able to provide locator information for sexual partners
- •≥18 years old
- •Willing and able to provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •Pregnancy
- •Reports intimate partner violence during last month
- •\<18 years old
- •\<18 years old
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of newly diagnosed HIV-infected or known positive and not in care
Time Frame: 1 year
Identify if there's a difference between standard aPS and aPS+HIVST in the number of participants newly being diagnosed with HIV after participation, or those known to be positive but not currently under care.
Number of participants testing for the first time
Time Frame: 1 year
Identify if there's a difference between standard aPS and aPS+HIVST in the number of participants choosing to get HIV tested for the first time.
Linking a new positive or known positive not in care to a treatment center
Time Frame: 1 year
Identify if there's a difference between standard aPS and aPS+HIVST in the number of participants that are linked to care at a treatment center.
Initiating ART, or re-initiating ART if previously lost to follow-up
Time Frame: 1 year
Identify if there's a difference between standard aPS and aPS+HIVST in the number of participants that initiate (or re-initiate) ART.
Secondary Outcomes
- Difficulty of using the HIVST kit(1 year)
- Difficulty of interpreting the HIVST results(1 year)