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ArticlePilot and feasibility studies2017

Using brothel leadership to promote condom use among brothel-based female sex workers in Abuja, Nigeria: study protocol for a cluster randomized pilot trial.

Uchenna Okafor, Rik Crutzen, Ifeanyi Okekearu, Sylvia Adebajo, Adaora Uzoh, Egbe Aneotah Awo, Chukwuemeka Chima, Ogechukwu Agwagwa, Bart van den Borne

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Uchenna OkaforMaastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3793-8284
Rik CrutzenMaastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Ifeanyi OkekearuSociety for Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria.
Sylvia AdebajoPopulation Council International, Abuja, Nigeria.
Adaora UzohSociety for Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria.
Egbe Aneotah AwoSociety for Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria.
Chukwuemeka ChimaSociety for Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria.
Ogechukwu AgwagwaSociety for Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria.
Bart van den BorneMaastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Society for Family Health Nigeria · NGMaastricht University · NLMedical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria · NG

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Abstract

backgroundThe HIV prevalence among female populations involved in sex work in Nigeria has heightened interest in HIV prevention programming for this sub-population with brothel-based female sex workers (BB FSWs) having a prevalence of 27.4%, six times higher than the prevalence in the general population. METHODS/

designThe clusters in the randomized pilot trial will be brothels and female sex workers (FSWs) residing in the brothels will be the participants of the study. The participants will receive free condom distribution as well as HIV prevention messages on condom use and negotiation skills to increase self-efficacy in handling social and gender power plays within their environment. Twelve brothels will be randomized into experimental and control conditions with a minimum total sample size of 200 participants. Recruitment of participants will be carried out from within the brothels. The control condition will receive a standard intervention consisting of a minimum of six interactive sessions with peer educators (PE) engaging their peers through group discussions and one on one interaction using pre-designed HIV prevention messages. The experimental condition will receive the standard intervention as well as interactive sessions with the brothel leadership (chairladies and brothel managers) to facilitate consistent condom use and appropriate condom use policies, conditions, and messaging. Both interventions will be delivered over a maximum period of 16 weeks, and male and female condoms will be distributed during the intervention. Quantitative assessments will be carried out at baseline and at 16 weeks follow-up, and the pilot findings will inform feasibility of and sample size estimation for a phase III trial. The primary outcomes measured are recruitment rate attrition rate and adherence to the intervention. Consistent condom use outcomes by FSWs within the brothel with all partner types and enhanced self-efficacy for condom negotiation with all partner types will be the primary outcomes for the main study, and the feasibility of their measurement will be determined in this pilot trial. DISCUSSION: The manuscript describes the protocol for a pilot study to determine the feasibility of a behavioral intervention to improve consistent condom use among BB FSWs. The results of this pilot will inform a larger intervention for HIV prevention for this target group in Nigeria.

trial registrationThe Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria; Protocol Number NHREC/10/15/2014a-026.

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BrothelCondom useFemale sex workersHIV preventionInterventionProtocol

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