N/A
N=418
Traditional Healer-initiated HIV Counseling and Testing in South Africa
HIV Infection
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05079347 ↗Enrolled (actual)
418
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Oct 2024
Primary outcome: Primary: Feasibility of Completing HIV Testing Training — 16 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- HIV rapid test (Diagnostic_test)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Primary completion
- Sep 2023
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Feasibility of Completing HIV Testing Training |
16 | — |
| PRIMARY Uptake of HIV Testing |
418 | — |
Summary
The objective of this proposal is to conduct a pilot test of a program aimed at training traditional healers to conduct HIV testing and implementing HIV testing among people living in Bushbuckridge, South Africa.
Pilot Healer-initiated HIV testing uptake and linkage to prevention services. Trust in allopathic health care and HIV stigma will be measured among participants at study enrollment and at month seven.
Hypothesis: Healer-initiated HIV counseling and testing (HICT) will increase trust in allopathic health care and reduce HIV stigma.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Traditional healers > 18 years of age, who are registered as traditional healers with the government of South Africa, are currently practicing in the Bushbuckridge area, and are trained to provide HIV testing.
- Biomedical practitioners > 18 years of age, who are currently providing HIV-related health care services to patients at government or private health facilities in Bushbuckridge.
- Community members > 18 years of age, who have not received an HIV test result in the past year and who currently live in Bushbuckridge.
Exclusion Criteria
- Traditional healers who do not believe in HIV disease and those who can not pass their HIV counseling and testing certification.
- Biomedical practitioners who do not interact with patients seeking treatment for HIV.
- Community members who are not out sound mind or body during the recruitment (inebriated, too sick to leave the house) and community members with a previous positive HIV test result.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05079347). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.