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Text Messaging to Improve HIV Testing Among Young Women in Kenya

NCT02527135 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 600

Last updated 2015-08-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether regularly scheduled HIV sensitization text messages (SMS) are effective in increasing HIV testing rates among young women in Kenya.

Conditions

  • HIV Infection

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Weekly HIV sensitization text messages

Weekly HIV sensitization text messages with option to text back up to 3 times per week for additional messages. Message topics included pregnancy, condoms, sexually transmitted infections, contraceptives, anal sex and personal risk of HIV. All messages ended with the phrase "Get tested for HIV".

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Grand Challenges Canada

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Washington

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Njambi Njuguna, MBChB,MPH · University of Washington; Kenyatta National Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
24 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-09-30
Primary Completion
2014-08-31
Completion
2014-08-31

Countries

  • Kenya

Study Locations

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