Elijah R Kakande, James Ayieko, Helen Sunday, Edith Biira, Marilyn Nyabuti, George Agengo, Jane Kabami, Colette Aoko, Hellen N Atuhaire, Norton Sang, Asiphas Owaranganise, Janice Litunya, Erick W Mugoma, Gabriel Chamie, James Peng, John Schrom, Melanie C Bacon, Moses R Kamya, Diane V Havlir, Maya L Petersen, Laura B Balzer
INTRODUCTION: Optimizing HIV prevention may require structured approaches for providing client-centred choices as well as community-based entry points and delivery. We evaluated the effect of a dynamic choice model for HIV prevention, delivered by community health workers (CHWs) with clinician support, on the use of biomedical prevention among persons at risk of HIV in rural East Africa. METHODS: We conducted a cluster randomized trial among persons (≥15 years) with current or anticipated HIV risk in 16 villages in Uganda and Kenya (SEARCH; NCT04810650)...
December 2023: Journal of the International AIDS Society