Dynamic choice HIV prevention intervention at outpatient departments in rural Kenya and Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

HIV prevention service delivery models that offer product choices, and the option to change preferences over time, may increase prevention coverage. Outpatient departments in sub-Saharan Africa diagnose a high proportion of new HIV infections, but are an understudied entry point to biomedical prevention.

Design

Individually randomized trial of dynamic choice HIV prevention (DCP) intervention vs. standard-of-care (SOC) among individuals with current/anticipated HIV exposure risk at outpatient departments in rural Kenya and Uganda (SEARCH; NCT04810650).

Methods

Our DCP intervention included 1) product choice (oral preexposure prophylaxis [PrEP] or postexposure prophylaxis [PEP]) with an option to switch over time, 2) HIV provider- or self-testing, 3) service l

SUBMITTER: Koss CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11251703 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature