Home-Based Versus Partner-Friendly Clinic Testing to Enhance Male Partner HIV-1 Testing During Pregnancy

N/ACompletedNCT01620073

University of Washington488 enrolled

Overview

The investigators hypothesize that home based HIV counseling and testing can increase male partner uptake of HIV testing during pregnancy. The investigators study aims through a randomized clinical trial to determine whether a home-based model (HBM) versus a partner-friendly clinic model (PFM) can increase male uptake of HIV counseling and testing during pregnancy.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

488

Conditions

Male Partner HIV Counseling and Testing Home Based Pregnancy

Interventions

HIV counseling and testingOTHER

Male partner HIV counseling and testing

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women and their male partners Exclusion Criteria: * Non-pregnant, minors, inability to live in study area for 6 weeks

Locations (2)

Ahero Sub-District Hospital, Nyando, Kenya

Kisumu, Nyanza, Kenya

Ahero Sub-District Hospital

Kisumu, Nyanza, Kenya

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of Male Partners Counseled and Tested for HIV During Pregnancy

To determine male partner acceptability of counseling and testing within a six week period following the counseling and testing of the pregnant woman.

Time frame: 6 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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