Impact of a community-wide combination HIV prevention intervention on knowledge of HIV status among adolescents.
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of a community-wide combination HIV-prevention package (PopART Intervention) that includes universal testing and treatment (UTT) on knowledge of HIV status, among adolescents aged 15--19 years. DESIGN: The HPTN 071 (PopART) for Youth (P-ART-Y) study was nested within HPTN 071 (PopART), a three-arm, cluster-randomized trial conducted from 2013 through 2018 in 21 communities in Zambia and South Africa. Communities were randomly assigned to arm A (combination prevention intervention with universal ART), arm B (prevention intervention with ART provided according to local guidelines), or arm C (standard-of-care). METHODS: Knowledge of HIV status was measured using data collected during the third round of the PopART intervention in arms A and B (October 2016 to December 2017) and by conducting a cross-sectional survey (August to November 2017) in arm C communities to provide comparative data. The survey was conducted among ∼200 randomly selected adolescents in each community. We used linear regression of the 21 community-level values to make comparisons among trial arms. RESULTS: Knowledge of HIV status was 78.2% (23 544/30 089) in arm A and 76.0% (24 417/32 148) in arm B communities, compared with 32.9% (698/2120) in arm C communities. Knowledge of HIV status varied by country, triplet, sex, and age. The adjusted mean difference was 42.3% between arm A with arm C, 95% CI 28.1-56.6, P less than 0.001 and 40.4% between arm B with arm C, 95% CI 24.6-56.2, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Implementation of a community-wide combination HIV-prevention package that includes UTT substantially enhanced knowledge of HIV status among adolescents.
Date Issued
2021-02-02
Date Acceptance
2020-09-14
Citation
AIDS, 2021, 35 (2), pp.275-285
ISSN
0269-9370
Publisher
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Start Page
275
End Page
285
Journal / Book Title
AIDS
Volume
35
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open access article distributed under the
Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the
original work is properly cited.
Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the
original work is properly cited.
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National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
Department for International Development (UK) (DFI
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33048875
PII: 00002030-202102020-00012
Grant Number
UM1AI068619
EPIDVH72
PO15001410 (UMIAI068619)
N/A
Subjects
HPTN 071 (PopART) Study Team
Virology
06 Biological Sciences
11 Medical and Health Sciences
17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
England
Date Publish Online
2021-02-02