Assisted partner notification services to augment HIV testing and linkage to care in Kenya: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV case-finding and linkage to care are critical for control of HIV transmission. In Kenya, >50% of seropositive individuals are unaware of their status. Assisted partner notification is a public health strategy that provides HIV testing to individuals with sexual exposure to HIV and are at risk of infection and disease. This parallel, cluster-randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and feasibility of implementing HIV assisted partner notification services at HIV testing sites (clusters) in Kenya.

Methods/design

Eighteen sites were selected among health facilities in Kenya with well-established, high-volume HIV testing programs, to reflect diverse communities and health-care settings. Restricted randomization was used to b

SUBMITTER: Wamuti BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4342094 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature