Financial Incentives to Increase Pediatric HIV Testing

University of Washington452 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether giving small financial incentives will motivate parents to test their children for HIV.

The study will be a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 5 arms with equal allocation to each arm: no incentive, or one of 4 different levels of financial incentive. We will randomize 800 parents with children of unknown status at HIV treatment clinics in Western Kenya.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

452

Conditions

HIV

Interventions

Financial incentiveBEHAVIORAL

Conditional cash transfer upon HIV testing

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Parent/caregiver receiving HIV care * Parent/caregiver has one or more children \<13 years old * Child is HIV exposed (parent/caregiver report or clinic confirmation) * Caregiver reports child's HIV status is unknown Exclusion Criteria: * None * The investigators reserve the right to exclude any potential enrollee who is deemed to be at high personal risk, or whose children are at high personal risk, of interpersonal violence, by study participation .

Locations (1)

Kisumu County Hospital

Kisumu, Kenya

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of Participants Who Present Children for HIV Testing

Number of caregivers who present child(ren) to complete HIV testing at the study clinic within 2 months of recruitment; test results will be recorded in a study questionnaire

Time frame: 2 months

Number of Days Participants Take to Bring Children for HIV Testing

Number of days it took between randomization and caregiver presenting the child for HIV testing

Time frame: 2 months

Secondary Outcomes

Number of Female Participants Who Present Children for HIV Testing (Females)

HIV testing \[primary outcome 1\] stratified by caregiver sex (females)

Time frame: 2 months

Number of Male Participants Who Present Children for HIV Testing

Time to HIV testing \[primary outcome 1\] stratified by caregiver sex (males)

Time frame: 2 months

Number of Caregivers With One Child Who Present Children for HIV Testing

HIV testing \[primary outcome 1\] stratified by number of children (one child)

Time frame: 2 months

Number of Participants With More Than 1 Child Who Present Children for HIV Testing

Number of participants presenting children for HIV testing among caregivers with more than child

Time frame: 2 months

Number of Caregivers With Age Less Than Median Presenting Children for HIV Testing

Number of participants presenting for HIV testing stratified by caregiver age (caregiver \<=38 years)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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