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Trial reportAIDS and behavior2019

A Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase HIV Testing Demand Among Female Sex Workers in Kenya Through Announcing the Availability of HIV Self-testing Via Text Message.

Elizabeth A Kelvin, Gavin George, Eva Mwai, Samuel Kinyanjui, Matthew L Romo, Jacob O Odhiambo, Faith Oruko, Eston Nyaga, Kaymarlin Govender, Joanne E Mantell

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Trial report in AIDS and behavior, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03662165 (A Randomised Controlled Trial to Increase HIV Testing Demand Among Truck Drivers and Sex Workers Through Offering Self-Administered Oral HIV Testing at North Star Alliance Clinics in Kenya), which is not on this map. Cited by 41 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT03662165 nacompletednot on this map

A Randomised Controlled Trial to Increase HIV Testing Demand Among Truck Drivers and Sex Workers Through Offering Self-Administered Oral HIV Testing at North Star Alliance Clinics in Kenya

TypeinterventionalSponsorCity University of New York, School of Public HealthRan2016 to 2017Enrolled4,458ConditionsHIV TestingArmsIntervention, Enhanced Standard of Care, Traditional Standard of Care
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analyses to Assess the Effectiveness of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Self-testing Distribution Strategies.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Elizabeth A KelvinDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, 55 West 125th Street, New York, NY, 10027, USA. elizabethakelvin@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-8697
Gavin GeorgeHealth Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Eva MwaiNorth Star Alliance, Nairobi, Kenya.
Samuel KinyanjuiNorth Star Alliance, Nairobi, Kenya.
Matthew L RomoDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, 55 West 125th Street, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
Jacob O OdhiamboNorth Star Alliance, Nairobi, Kenya.
Faith OrukoNorth Star Alliance, Nairobi, Kenya.
Eston NyagaNorth Star Alliance, Nairobi, Kenya.
Kaymarlin GovenderHealth Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Joanne E MantellDivision of Gender, Sexuality and Health, Department of Psychiatry, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute & Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

The Statistics, Data Science, and Data Management (SDM) CoreP30MH043520 · NIMH · NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC · PI MILTON L WAINBERG · 2003 to 2026
$48.2M
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3IE) TW2.2.06National Institute of Mental Health P30-MH43520National Institutes of Health P30-AI124414
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We assessed whether informing female sex workers about the availability of HIV self-testing at clinics in Kenya using text messages would increase HIV testing rates. We selected a sample of 2196 female sex workers registered in an electronic health record system who were irregular HIV testers and randomized them to be sent a text message announcing the availability of (1) HIV self-test kits sent three times (intervention), (2) general HIV testing sent three times (enhanced standard of care [SOC]), or (3) general HIV testing sent one time (traditional SOC). Participants in the intervention arm were significantly more likely to test for HIV during 2-month follow-up compared to those in the enhanced SOC (OR 1.9, p = 0.001). There was no difference in HIV testing between those in the enhanced SOC and the traditional SOC arms. Announcing the availability of HIV self-testing via text message increased HIV testing among this high-risk group.

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Health Services AccessibilityReagent Kits, DiagnosticSex WorkersText MessagingAdolescentAdultFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansKenyaMass ScreeningMiddle AgedSerologic TestsYoung AdultReagent Kits, DiagnosticFemale sex workersHIV self-testingHIV testingKenyaRandomized controlled trial

Identifiers

PMID30109456
PMCPMC6342831

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