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Standardized Patient Encounters to Improve PrEP Counseling for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Kenya

NCT03875950 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 232

Last updated 2022-10-12

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Summary

The goal of this study is to facilitate uptake of and adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Kenya. The investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial at 24 health facilities in Kisumu, Kenya of a clinical training intervention using standardized patient actors. The hypothesis is that the training will improve quality of PrEP service delivery, defined as adherence to national guidelines and non-judgmental communication.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Clinician training intervention

This intervention is a clinician training using standardized patient actors to improve communication and empathy skills of health care workers delivering PrEP to adolescent girls and young women to prevent HIV in Kenya.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Washington

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pamela K Kohler, RN, MPH, PhD · University of Washington

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-02
Primary Completion
2021-06-30
Completion
2021-12-02

Countries

  • Kenya

Study Locations

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