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Expanded Social Network Recruitment to HIV Testing (E-SNRHT) Intervention to Locate Undiagnosed Cases and Reduce HIV-related Stigma

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

In South Africa's large generalized HIV epidemic, male-to-female transmission comprises a large proportion of transmission events, but men are much less likely to seek HIV testing, and disproportionately remain undiagnosed. HIV-related stigma is a key barrier to recruiting men to HIV testing in South Africa, as they report feeling blamed by their partners and communities for HIV transmission. This barrier must be addressed to increase testing among men and other testing-avoidant people in order to locate "hard-to-reach" undiagnosed cases and make progress towards 95-95-95 goals. Peer recruitment via social networks is an effective mechanism for promoting HIV testing, because people seek health information from peers, and peers influence health behavior norms within networks. However, standard risk network recruitment is limited in that: 1) recruiting one's own risk partners can trigger s

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๐Ÿ“‹ Eligibility rules (as published)
"Seeds" (i.e., initial participants in both study arms) will be recruited via referrals from clinics' standard of care HIV testing. To be eligible, seeds must have received a new HIV diagnosis from a study clinic in the last 2 months (i.e., they must be newly diagnosed with HIV infection \[NDH\]), and must have been given a study recruitment coupon by staff at one of these clinics. They will also be screened to ensure that they meet the following additional eligibility criteria: are โ‰ฅ 18 years old, are able to be interviewed in English or isiZulu (since over 95% of the population in the Msunduzi region speaks one or both of these languages), are able to give informed consent, and indicate that they reside in the Msunduzi region of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Seeds in the intervention arm (i.e., recruited from intervention condition-assigned clinics) will be asked to recruit their expanded social network members who they think would benefit from testing for HIV. Network members will be eligible to participate if they have a recruitment coupon given to them by a study participant (i.e., if they were recruited by an intervention arm participant); are โ‰ฅ 18 years old; able to be interviewed in English or isiZulu; able to give informed consent; and reside in the Msunduzi region. Inclusion Criteria: * Has study recruitment coupon (from clinic or from intervention arm participant) * Is โ‰ฅ 18 years old * Is able to be interviewed in English or isiZulu * Is able to give informed consent * Resides in the Msunduzi region Exclusion Criteria: * Does not have study recruitment coupon (from clinic or from intervention arm participant) * Is \< 18 years old * Is not able to be interviewed in English or isiZulu * Is not able to give informed consent * Does not reside in the Msunduzi region
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What it tests

  • Expanded Social Network Recruitment to HIV Testing (E-SNRHT) Intervention
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Where

1 site
Centre for Community-based Research, Human Sciences Research Council
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
๐Ÿค Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible โ€” always decide together with your own doctor.
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