Do gifts increase consent to home-based HIV testing? A difference-in-differences study in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Zendy

Mark E. McGovern | Zendy; Kobus Herbst | Zendy; Frank Tanser | Zendy; Tinofa Mutevedzi | Zendy; David Canning | Zendy; Dickman Gareta | Zendy; Deenan Pillay | Zendy; Till Bärnighausen | Zendy

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Do gifts increase consent to home-based HIV testing? A difference-in-differences study in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Author(s) -

Mark E. McGovern,

Kobus Herbst,

Frank Tanser,

Tinofa Mutevedzi,

David Canning,

Dickman Gareta,

Deenan Pillay,

Till Bärnighausen

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyw122

Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , demography , population , confounding , test (biology) , informed consent , intervention (counseling) , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , gerontology , alternative medicine , nursing , paleontology , pathology , sociology , biology

Despite the importance of HIV testing for controlling the HIV epidemic, testing rates remain low. Efforts to scale up testing coverage and frequency in hard-to-reach and at-risk populations commonly focus on home-based HIV testing. This study evaluates the effect of a gift (a US$5 food voucher for families) on consent rates for home-based HIV testing.

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