Status:
COMPLETED
Community-based Delivery of Integrated Family Planning/HIV Testing and Counseling Services in Uganda
Lead Sponsor:
FHI 360
Collaborating Sponsors:
Ministry of Health, Uganda
Conditions:
HIV Testing and Counseling
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of adding HIV testing and counseling (HTC) services to the family planning (FP) services provided by community health workers...
Detailed Description
The Uganda Ministry of Health is implementing a Village Health Team strategy whereby lay volunteers, called VHTs, provide a government-endorsed platform for all community-based health programming. Whe...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- At least six months of experience providing family planning services, including injectable contraceptives
- Attached to one of the eight health centers selected for the study for supervision, commodity supply, and referral management
- All VHTs in the intervention group are trained in HTC service provision and interviewed as part of the evaluation. VHTs in the control group are not interviewed.
- Services (family planning and/or HTC) are made available to all adults in VHTs' communities. Data collection involves a client survey. Inclusion criteria for participation in the survey are:
- Age 18 or more
- Female
- Revisit family planning clients of VHTs (will have received family planning services from the VHT more than once)
- Where this service is available, having received HTC from the VHT is not an eligibility criterion
Exclusion
- N/A
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
292 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02244398
Start Date
February 1 2012
End Date
June 1 2013
Last Update
September 19 2014
Active Locations (1)
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FHI360 Uganda
Kampala, Uganda