Financial incentives to increase pediatric HIV testing: a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Financial incentives can motivate desirable health behaviors, including adult HIV testing. Data regarding the effectiveness of financial incentives for HIV testing in children, who require urgent testing to prevent mortality, are lacking.

Methods

In a five-arm unblinded randomized controlled trial, adults living with HIV attending 19 HIV clinics in Western Kenya, with children 0-12 years of unknown HIV status, were randomized with equal allocation to $0, $1.25, $2.50, $5 or $10. Payment was conditional on child HIV testing within 2 months. Block randomization with fixed block sizes was used; participants and study staff were unblinded at randomization. Primary analysis was intent-to-treat, with predefined primary outcomes of completing child HIV testing and time t

SUBMITTER: Njuguna IN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791594 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature