Project Accept (HPTN 043): a community-based intervention to reduce HIV incidence in populations at risk for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa and Thailand
SOURCE: JAIDS - Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2008
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Khumalo-Sakutukwa, S.F.Morin, K.Fritz, E.D.Charlebois, H.Van Rooyen, A.Chingono, P.Modiba, K.Mrumbi, S.Visrutaratna, B.Singh, M.Sweat, D.D.Celantano, T.J.Coates
KEYWORDS: COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS PREVENTION, PROJECT ACCEPT, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, THAILAND, VALUES IN SOCIETY
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 5570
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/5124
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5124
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2008
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Khumalo-Sakutukwa, S.F.Morin, K.Fritz, E.D.Charlebois, H.Van Rooyen, A.Chingono, P.Modiba, K.Mrumbi, S.Visrutaratna, B.Singh, M.Sweat, D.D.Celantano, T.J.Coates
KEYWORDS: COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS PREVENTION, PROJECT ACCEPT, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, THAILAND, VALUES IN SOCIETY
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 5570
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/5124
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5124
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Abstract
Background: Changing community norms to increase awareness of HIV status and reduce HIV-related stigma has the potential to reduce the incidence of HIV-1 infection in the developing world. Methods: We developed and implemented a multilevel intervention providing community-based HIV mobile voluntary counseling and testing, community mobilization, and posttest support services. Forty-eight communities in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Thailand were randomized to receive the intervention or clinic-based standard voluntary counseling and testing (VCT), the comparison condition. We monitored utilization of community-based HIV mobile voluntary counseling and testing and clinic-based standard VCT by community of residence at 3 sites, which was used to assess differential uptake. We also developed quality assurance procedures to evaluate staff fidelity to the intervention. Findings: In the first year of the study, a 4-fold increase in testing was observed in the intervention versus comparison communities. We also found an overall 95% adherence to intervention components. Study outcomes, including prevalence of recent HIV infection and community-level HIV stigma, will be assessed after 3 years of intervention. Conclusions: The provision of mobile services, combined with appropriate support activities, may have significant effects on utilization of voluntary counseling and testing. These findings also provide early support for community mobilization as a strategy for increasing testing rates.-
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