Using Assisted Partner Services for HIV Testing and the Treatment of Males and Their Female Sexual Partners: Protocol for an Implementation Science Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the effective scale-up of HIV testing and treatment programs, only 75% of people living with HIV (PLWH) globally know their status, and this rate is lower among men. This highlights the importance of implementing HIV testing and linkage interventions with a high uptake in this population. In a cluster randomized controlled trial conducted in Kenya between 2013 and 2015, we found that assisted partner services (APS) for HIV-exposed partners of newly diagnosed PLWH safely reached more HIV-exposed individuals with HIV testing compared with client referral alone. However, more data are needed to evaluate APS implementation in a real-world setting.

Objective

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness, acceptability, fidelity, and cost of APS when integrated

SUBMITTER: Kariithi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8176338 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature