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Contribution of "Praise Messages" to HIV Treatment Retention and Adherence Among Female Sex Workers in Ethiopia

NCT03127397 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 810

Last updated 2018-04-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study evaluates the effects of praise message phone calls on antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation, adherence, and prescription refills. The investigators will use randomization to assign newly (diagnosed) HIV positive, ART naive, female sex workers (FSWs) in Ethiopia to a praise message phone call study arm or to a standard of care control study arm.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Praise message phone call

Praise message phone calls after each completed ART appointment, up to two calls per month.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Population Services International

    collaborator OTHER

  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

    collaborator FED

  • Reed College

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-20
Primary Completion
2018-07-30
Completion
2018-07-30

Countries

  • Ethiopia

Study Locations

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Diseases

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