Journal
AIDS AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 116-125Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-018-2248-5
Keywords
HIV testing; HIV self-testing; Female sex workers; Kenya; Randomized controlled trial
Funding
- International Initiative for Impact Evaluation [TW2.2.06]
- Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY Center for AIDS Research - National Institutes of Health (NIH) [P30-AI124414]
- NIAID
- NCI
- NICHD
- NHBL
- NIDA
- NIMH
- NIA
- FIC
- OAR
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) [P30-MH43520]
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We assessed whether informing female sex workers about the availability of HIV self-testing at clinics in Kenya using text messages would increase HIV testing rates. We selected a sample of 2196 female sex workers registered in an electronic health record system who were irregular HIV testers and randomized them to be sent a text message announcing the availability of (1) HIV self-test kits sent three times (intervention), (2) general HIV testing sent three times (enhanced standard of care [SOC]), or (3) general HIV testing sent one time (traditional SOC). Participants in the intervention arm were significantly more likely to test for HIV during 2-month follow-up compared to those in the enhanced SOC (OR 1.9, p=0.001). There was no difference in HIV testing between those in the enhanced SOC and the traditional SOC arms. Announcing the availability of HIV self-testing via text message increased HIV testing among this high-risk group.
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