Cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the effect of peer delivery HIV self-testing to support linkage to HIV prevention among young women in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a study protocol

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 9; no. 12; p. e033435
• Main Authors: Adeagbo, Oluwafemi Atanda, Mthiyane, Nondumiso, Herbst, Carina, Mee, Paul, Neuman, Melissa, Dreyer, Jaco, Chimbindi, Natsayi, Smit, Theresa, Okesola, Nonhlanhla, Johnson, Cheryl, Hatzold, Karin, Seeley, Janet, Cowan, Frances, Corbett, Liz, Shahmanesh, Maryam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 23.12.2019; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adult; AIDS Serodiagnosis - methods; Antiretroviral drugs; Cluster Analysis; Disease prevention; Female; Girls; HIV; HIV Infections - diagnosis; HIV Infections - prevention & control; HIV/AIDS; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Intervention; Medical tests; Peer Group; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Rural Population; South Africa; Surveillance; Womens health; Young Adult; Young adults; South Africa; Africa; HIV/AIDS; South Africa; ART; PrEP; HIV self-testing; peer delivery model

IntroductionA cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT) to determine whether HIV self-testing (HIVST) delivered by peers either directly or through incentivised peer-networks, could increase the uptake of antiretroviral therapy and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among young women (18 to 24 years)...