Todurujo na Kadurok (empowering youth): study protocol of an HIV self-testing and edutainment comic cluster randomised trial among refugee youth in a humanitarian setting in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Refugees experience HIV vulnerabilities due to the confluence of displacement, violence and poverty. HIV self-testing, understudied with refugees, is a promising method to increase testing uptake, yet challenges remain with linkages to confirmatory testing following a positive HIV self-test. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of HIV self-testing kits and 'edutainment' comics in increasing HIV testing and HIV status knowledge among refugee youth aged 16-24 years in Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda.

Methods and analysis

This study will be conducted in Bidi Bidi. We conducted a qualitative formative phase with focus groups (n=40) to generate knowledge of barriers and facilitators of HIV prevention, testing and care among refugee youth (aged 16-24) in

SUBMITTER: Logie CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9685005 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature