Retention Through mHealth for Adolescents and Young Adults With HIV in Care
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
Adolescents and young adults with HIV (AYWH) aged 15- 24 years are the fastest-growing population of people living with HIV worldwide. AYWH have worse outcomes along the HIV continuum of care than adults with HIV; HIV/AIDS is the second leading cause of mortality and the fourth leading cause of disability among AYWH worldwide. This study will develop a youth-friendly, mobile health (mHealth) intervention to improve retention in care that has the potential to improve AIDS-related mortality and morbidity among AYWH and decrease onward new transmission, thus contributing towards ending the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 15
Healthy Volunteers: t
View:
• Clinic counsellors who are ≥18 years
• Clinic counsellors who have worked at the HIV clinic for ≥ 1 year
Locations
Other Locations
Uganda
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
RECRUITING
Mbarara
Contact Information
Primary
Julian Adong, MMed
jadong@must.ac.ug
+256 755553595
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-10-25
Estimated Completion Date: 2028-01-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 105
Treatments
Experimental: Intervention arm
These are the participants who will be randomised to receive the intervention at the start of the study.
No_intervention: Wait list control arm
These are participants who will not receive the intervention initially, but will move to the intervention arm after 6 months of follow-up
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health
Leads: Mbarara University of Science and Technology