Todurujo na Kadurok (empowering youth): study protocol of an HIV self-testing and edutainment comic cluster randomised trial among refugee youth in a humanitarian setting in Uganda

IntroductionRefugees experience HIV vulnerabilities due to the confluence of displacement, violence and poverty. HIV self-testing, understudied with refugees, is a promising method to increase testing uptake, yet challenges remain with linkages to confirmatory testing following a positive HIV self-t...

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Vydáno v:BMJ open Ročník 12; číslo 11; s. e065452
Hlavní autoři: Logie, Carmen H, Okumu, Moses, Loutet, Miranda G, Coelho, Madelaine, Berry, Isha, Gittings, Lesley, Odong Lukone, Simon, Kisubi, Nelson, Atama, Malon, Kyambadde, Peter
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: London British Medical Journal Publishing Group 23.11.2022
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Edice:Protocol
Témata:
Confidentiality
Disease prevention
Displaced persons
Empowerment
Health facilities
HIV
HIV & AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humanitarianism
Infections
Intervention
Knowledge
Medical tests
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Public health
Refugees
Reproductive health
Settlements & damages
Sexually transmitted diseases
STD
Stigma
Teenagers
Young adults
South Sudan
Uganda
Sudan
ISSN:2044-6055, 2044-6055
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Shrnutí:IntroductionRefugees experience HIV vulnerabilities due to the confluence of displacement, violence and poverty. HIV self-testing, understudied with refugees, is a promising method to increase testing uptake, yet challenges remain with linkages to confirmatory testing following a positive HIV self-test. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of HIV self-testing kits and ‘edutainment’ comics in increasing HIV testing and HIV status knowledge among refugee youth aged 16–24 years in Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda.Methods and analysisThis study will be conducted in Bidi Bidi. We conducted a qualitative formative phase with focus groups (n=40) to generate knowledge of barriers and facilitators of HIV prevention, testing and care among refugee youth (aged 16–24) in Bidi Bidi. These findings were used to create comic scenarios aligning with edutainment approaches to health promotion and inform a four-arm cluster randomised controlled trial in Bidi Bidi using a 2×2 factorial design: (1) HIV self-testing alongside edutainment comics, (2) HIV self-testing alone, (3) edutainment comic alone and (4) standard of care. The target sample size will be 120 youth (30 per arm), who will be enrolled in the trial and followed for 3 months. Data will be collected at baseline and 3 months after enrolment. The primary outcomes (HIV testing frequency, HIV status knowledge) and secondary outcomes (linkage to confirmatory HIV testing, HIV care linkage, HIV self-test kit use, HIV-related stigma, HIV knowledge, safer sex efficacy, condom use, adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) stigma, sexual relationship power, access to SRH services) will be evaluated using descriptive statistics and regression analyses.Ethics and disseminationThis study was approved by the University of Toronto Research Ethics Board, Mildmay Uganda Research Ethics Committee and the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology. Results will be shared in peer-reviewed publications and community knowledge sharing.Trial registration numberNCT05213689.
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ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065452