Impact of Male Provider Phone Calls to Increase Men's Clinic Linkage After HIVST

HIV Clinical Trial

Official title: Kingasa Study: Interventions for Improved Post-partum ART Continuation and HIV Testing of Male Partners of Women in PMTCT B+ in Uganda

Status Enrolling by invitation

Clinical Trial Summary

Evaluate the impact of phone calls from a male counselor in increasing linkage to HIV care and PrEP among male partners of pregnant women attending PMTCT.

Clinical Trial Description

Evaluate the impact of phone calls from a male counselor in increasing linkage to HIV care and PrEP among male partners of pregnant women attending PMTCT. Approach: Leveraging the staff and infrastructure of an ongoing study, Kingasa (R01MH113434), this study will evaluate the impact of phone calls from a male counselor to encourage male partners to link to HIV care or prevention services after HIV testing. The intervention will provide male counselor follow-up to 100 male partners of pregnant women in the intervention arm of the Kingasa study. Exit interviews will be conducted with men and their female partners to assess acceptability and challenges associated with the intervention. Outcomes assessed include ART initiation among HIV-positive men and PrEP by HIV-negative men at 6 months.

Hypothesis: The intervention of a phone call from a male counselor to provide counseling and encourage linkage to HIV care or prevention will be feasible and acceptable. It will result in a higher proportion of men linking to treatment and prevention compared to the standard of care arm of the Kingasa pilot study. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• ART Adherence
• HIV
• Linkage to Care
• PMTCT
• PrEP

• NCT number: NCT05194085
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Washington
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 17, 2021
• Completion date: July 2023