Open AccessWho Accepts and Who Uses Community-Based Secondary Distribution HIV Self-Testing (HIVST) Kits? Findings From the Intervention Arm of a Cluster-Randomized Trial of HIVST Distribution Nested in Four HPTN 071 (PopART) Communities in Zambia
Author(s) -
Bernadette Hensen,
Albertus Schaap,
Chama Mulubwa,
Sian Floyd,
Kwame Shanaube,
Mwelwa Phiri,
Virginia Bond,
Chiti Bwalya,
Musonda Simwinga,
Sarah Fidler,
Richard Hayes,
Alwyn Mwinga,
Helen Ayles
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000002344
Subject(s) - medicine , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , randomized controlled trial , intervention (counseling) , distribution (mathematics) , family medicine , environmental health , nursing , mathematics , mathematical analysis
HPTN 071 (PopART) was a community-randomized trial of a universal testing-and-treatment intervention on HIV incidence at population level in Zambia and South Africa. In Zambia, a trial of community-based distribution of HIV self-testing (HIVST) kits, including secondary distribution, as an option for HIV-testing was nested within 4 PopART intervention communities. We used data from the intervention arm of the nested trial to measure levels of and factors associated with acceptance and use of secondary distribution HIVST kits.