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- Title
Testing strategies for couple engagement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and family health in Kenya: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
- Authors
Kwena, Zachary; Kimbo, Liza; Darbes, Lynae A.; Hatcher, Abigail M.; Helova, Anna; Owino, George; Thirumurthy, Harsha; Bukusi, Elizabeth A.; Braun, Thomas; Kilgore, Meredith; Pisu, Maria; Tamhane, Ashutosh; Nghiem, Van T.; Agot, Kawango; Neilands, Torsten B.; Turan, Janet M.
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>HIV-related maternal deaths and HIV infection among infants remain unacceptably high across sub-Saharan Africa despite increased antenatal care attendance and provision of antiretroviral therapy to pregnant women. In the Jamii Bora ("Better Family" in Swahili) Study, we seek to test the efficacy of an interdependence theory-based couple intervention. The intervention reaches pregnant women and male partners through home visits by male-female pairs of lay health workers. The aim is to increase access to home-based couples' HIV testing and counseling services to improve family health.<bold>Methods: </bold>This is a three-arm randomized control trial among 1080 pregnant women 15 years of age or older, living with their male partners, and who have not undergone couples' HIV testing and counseling in Kisumu and Migori Counties in Kenya. Couples will be randomized into three groups: home-based couple visits, HIV self-testing kits for couple use, or standard care (male partner clinic invitation letters). Participants will be followed up to 18 months postpartum. The study has three aims: in aim 1, we will determine the effects of the intervention on our primary outcome of couple HIV testing, compared to HIV self-testing kits and standard care; in aim 2, we will examine the intervention impact on HIV prevention behaviors, facility delivery, and postnatal healthcare utilization, as well as secondary health outcomes of maternal viral suppression and HIV-free child survival up to 18 months for couples living with HIV; and in aim 3, we will compare the cost-effectiveness of the home-based couple intervention to the less resource-intensive strategies used in the other two study arms. Assessments with couples are conducted at baseline, late pregnancy, and at months 3, 6, 12, and 18 after birth.<bold>Discussion: </bold>The results from this study will inform decision-makers about the cost-effective strategies to engage pregnant couples in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission and family health, with important downstream benefits for maternal, paternal, and infant health.<bold>Trial Registration: </bold>ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03547739 . Registered on May 9, 2018.
- Subjects
KISUMU (Kenya); SUB-Saharan Africa; KENYA; CONCEPTION; CHILDBIRTH at home; HIV infection transmission; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; FAMILY health; HIV; HIV infections; HIV prevention; DIAGNOSIS of HIV infections; COUNSELING; CLINICAL trials; RESEARCH funding; VERTICAL transmission (Communicable diseases)
- Publication
Trials, 2021, Vol 22, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1745-6215
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s13063-020-04956-1