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ArticleBMC public health2020

Evaluating the effectiveness of incentives to improve HIV prevention outcomes for young females in Eswatini: Sitakhela Likusasa impact evaluation protocol and baseline results.

Marelize Gorgens, Andrew F Longosz, Sosthenes Ketende, Muziwethu Nkambule, Tengetile Dlamini, Mbuso Mabuza, Kelvin Sikwibele, Vimbai Tsododo, Mthokozisi Dlamini, Futhie Dennis-Langa and 6 more

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Article in BMC public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Knowledge of final year undergraduate nursing students about HIV and AIDS in Eswatini.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2022
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  8. The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on the HIV-Related Stigma of People Living With HIV in Turkey.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Marelize GorgensThe World Bank Group, 1776 G Street, Washington, DC, 20006, USA.
Andrew F LongoszThe World Bank Group, 1776 G Street, Washington, DC, 20006, USA. aflongosz@gmail.com.
Sosthenes KetendeThe World Bank Group, 1776 G Street, Washington, DC, 20006, USA.
Muziwethu NkambuleNational Emergency Response for HIV/AIDS, Mbabane, Eswatini.
Tengetile DlaminiNational Emergency Response for HIV/AIDS, Mbabane, Eswatini.
Mbuso MabuzaNational Emergency Response for HIV/AIDS, Mbabane, Eswatini.
Kelvin SikwibeleIHM Southern Africa, Mbabane, Eswatini.
Vimbai TsododoIHM Southern Africa, Mbabane, Eswatini.
Mthokozisi DlaminiIHM Southern Africa, Mbabane, Eswatini.
Futhie Dennis-LangaIndependent, Mbabane, Eswatini.
Wendy HeardThe World Bank Group, 1776 G Street, Washington, DC, 20006, USA.
Andrea LowIndependent, Mbabane, Eswatini.
Pandu HarimurtiThe World Bank Group, 1776 G Street, Washington, DC, 20006, USA.
David WilsonThe World Bank Group, 1776 G Street, Washington, DC, 20006, USA.
Khanya MabuzaNational Emergency Response for HIV/AIDS, Mbabane, Eswatini.
Damien de WalqueThe World Bank Group, 1776 G Street, Washington, DC, 20006, USA.
World Bank Group · USInternational Rescue Committee · ET

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEswatini continues to have the highest prevalence of HIV in the world, and one of the highest HIV incidences among adult populations (aged 15-49). This analysis reports on both key elements of study design/protocol and baseline results from an impact evaluation of an intervention incentivizing (i) initiation, enrolment, attendance or completion of some form of education, and (ii) lower risk sexual behaviour.

methodsThe impact evaluation employs a two by two factorial design in which participants are enrolled in either the incentive for education arm ('education treatment arm' providing a conditional cash incentive) or the control arm ('education control arm'). In each of these arms, 50% of participants were randomized to also be eligible for selection - three times a year - to participate in a conditional raffle conditional on testing negative for curable STIs (syphilis and Trichomonas vaginalis).

resultsBaseline recruitment and screening occurred in 2016 when a total of 6055 individuals were screened of which 4863 participated in the baseline survey, and 4819 individuals were randomized into one of the study arms. The baseline prevalence of HIV, Trichomonas vaginalis, and syphilis among adolescent girls and young women 8.20% (397/4840), 3.31% (150/4533) and 0.17% (8/4830) respectively.

conclusionsAn educational cash incentive and raffle incentive impact evaluation that addresses adolescent girls and young women who are in-education and out-of-education has the potential to reduce HIV risk in adolescent girls and young women in Eswatini.

trial registrationName of the registry: Pan African Clinical Trials Registry. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: PACTR201811609257043 . Date of registration: May 11, 2018 'Retrospectively registered'. URL of trial registry record: https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=4685.

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Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeHIV InfectionsSexually Transmitted DiseasesSyphilisAdolescentAdultEswatiniFemaleHumansMiddle AgedMotivationRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicYoung AdultAdolescenceCash-incentivisedCCTEducationEswatiniFemalesHIV

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PMCPMC7579927
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