Status:
COMPLETED
Evaluating an HIV Risk Screening Tool for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Tanzania
Lead Sponsor:
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Collaborating Sponsors:
Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children
PACT International
Conditions:
Pediatric HIV Infection
Eligibility:
All Genders
2-19 years
Brief Summary
The goal of the research was to evaluate the performance of items within the Kizazi Kipya (K2) Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVC) HIV risk screening tool in identifying HIV-positive children, to opt...
Detailed Description
Under the ongoing community-based Kizazi Kipya (K2) OVC project, program staff currently administer a 13-item HIV risk screening tool to all K2 program beneficiaries, and refers those who screen posit...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Children and adolescents and their caregivers:
- Living in a household deemed to be at elevated HIV risk based on previously identified risk criteria
- Attending a study health facility in two regions of Tanzania
- Age 2-19 years
Exclusion
- Previously tested HIV-positive
- History of antiretroviral treatment (ART)
- Unable or unwilling to be consented
- Age 5-19 years old, tested negative in past 6 months, and having no reported exposure to HIV through sexual contact (consensual, abuse) or through blood transfusion/needle injury.
- Community care workers:
- Inclusion criteria:
- conducting HIV risk screening in OVC households as part of their role in the Kizazi Kipya project in the subset of study districts where structured observations and focus group discussions were conducted
- Exclusion criteria:
- unwilling to consent to the study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 22 2018
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 30 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
21080 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04517760
Start Date
February 22 2018
End Date
September 30 2019
Last Update
August 18 2020
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Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania