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Improving Access to HIV Testing for Children in Uganda

ConditionHIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
Trial statusActive, not recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-5
SponsorUniversity of California, San Francisco

About this trial

The goal of this study is to learn if HIV screening testing can be done for children ages 18 months to 5 years by traditional healers in Southwestern Uganda. The main questions the investigators aim to answer are:

* Will caretakers of children coming to a traditional healer for their care accept an HIV test from them? * What views of HIV such as stigma and knowledge might affect the caretaker's choice to accept HIV testing or not for their child? Researchers will compare how many caretakers accept HIV testing for their child by a traditional healer compared to how many accept and go for testing at a nearby health center after being referred by a healer.

Participants will:

* Complete a form with the child's health history and past medical history * Complete surveys on knowledge and understanding of HIV and stigma * Decide to to have a rapid, oral swab test the child-participant for HIV * Complete a follow up call once per month for 3 months to see if the child-participant went for follow up care for those in the referral group or for those who tested positive by the traditional healer

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age 18 months to 5 years old

Have a parent or caregiver present who can provide informed consent

Not previously tested for HIV in the past three months

Npt previously known to be HIV-infected.

Disqualifiers

unwilling or unable to participate in study procedures or provide written informed consent.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • HIV saliva swab screening test

    Diagnostic test

    A screening swab test that can be self-administered and is commercially availble for HIV

  • Referral for HIV testing

    Other intervention

    Referral by a traditonal healer to a health center for HIV testing

Treatment groups

400 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: InterventionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Referral for testingActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Number of participants who complete HIV testing

Total number of participants who complete HIV testing

Time frame
from enrollment up to 3 months post

Secondary outcomes

1

Number of children with a positive HIV test

number of children who test positive for HIV

Time frame
enrollment to 3 months post
2

Number of HIV-positive children who initiate antiretroviral treatment (ART)

number of HIV positive children who initiate ART

Time frame
enrollment to 3 months post

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of California, San Francisco

Lead sponsor

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Collaborator

Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Collaborator

Cornell University/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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