Financial Incentives to Increase Pediatric HIV Testing Pilot Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- HIV
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
- Enrollment
- 60
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- HIV testing
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of the pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and costs of a financial incentive intervention to motivate pediatric HIV testing in Western Kenya. The study will evaluate 3 cash incentive values and determine percent uptake of testing. A post-test questionnaire will explore parental satisfaction, mechanisms of incentive effectiveness and the impact of testing on emotional health and pediatric healthcare utilization.
Detailed Description
The study will be a randomized trial with 3 arms (1:1:1 allocation) with small, medium, and large cash incentive. The investigators will randomize 60 parents with children of unknown status at Kisumu County Hospital in Western Kenya.
Investigators
Jennifer Slyker
Assistant Professor, Global Health
University of Washington
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Parent/caregiver receiving HIV care
- •Parent/caregiver is female
- •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
- •\*The investigators reserve the right to exclude any potential enrollee who is deemed to be a high personal risk, or whose children are at high personal risk, of interpersonal violence, by study participation.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
HIV testing
Time Frame: Testing within 2 months of recruitment
% of parents completing pediatric HIV testing within 2 months will be compared between arms.
Secondary Outcomes
- Motivational mechanism(2 months)
- Care seeking(2 months)
- Parental satisfaction with incentives(2 months of recruitment)
- Emotional impact(2 months)