The Impact of VCT and Condom Distribution as HIV Prevention Strategies Among Youth in Kenya

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

Status

Completed

Conditions

HSV-2 Infection

HIV/AIDS

Treatments

Behavioral: Condoms

Behavioral: Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV (VCT)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03868644

0809002873R010

Details and patient eligibility

About

The vast majority of new HIV infections occur in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly 2 million people become infected with HIV/AIDS every year. Forty-five percent of these new HIV infections occur among people under 25 years old, and nearly all of them are due to unprotected sex. Ensuring the adoption of safer sexual behavior among youth is critical to keeping the new generations free of HIV.

This research study aims to examine, through a large randomized controlled trial, the impact of two HIV prevention strategies among a youth population in Kenya: Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV (VCT), and condom distribution.

Enrollment

10,646 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Youth previously participated in an earlier study by Duflo, Dupas and Kremer in 328 primary schools in the same study site in Western Province, Kenya who consent to participate.

Exclusion criteria

Youth sampled for the study who do not consent to participate.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

10,646 participants in 4 patient groups

Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV (VCT)

Experimental group

Description:

Youth are offered VCT conducted onsite via mobile clinics in accordance with Kenya National HIV Testing Guidelines by certified VCT counselors trained by the National AIDS and STI Control Program (NASCOP).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV (VCT)

Condoms

Experimental group

Description:

Youth are offered 50 packages containing 3 condoms each of Trust brand condoms free of charge.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Condoms

VCT and Condoms

Experimental group

Description:

Youth are offered both VCT and condoms.