基于手机的机密社交网络推用于艾滋病毒检测 (CONSORT):随机对照试验的协议
Jan Ostermann1, Bernard Njau2, Marco van Zwetselaar3
1Department of Health Services Policy & Management, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States.
JMIR research protocols
|May 30, 2024
概括
这项研究测试了Confidential Social Network Referrals for HIV Testing (CONSORT),一种使用短信短信的mHealth干预措施,以鼓励在坦桑尼亚的风险人群及其社交网络中进行艾滋病毒检测.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 移动健康 (mHealth) 服务提供商
背景情况:
- 识别未被诊断的艾滋病毒感染对于结束艾滋病毒流行病至关重要.
- 移动健康 (mHealth) 提供了让社交网络参与艾滋病毒检测宣传的机会.
- 针对艾滋病毒感染者和高风险人群的社交网络是有效的艾滋病毒检测的关键.
研究的目的:
- 评估CONSORT移动健康干预措施的可接受性和有效性.
- 评估SMS短信的使用,以鼓励高危人群进行艾滋病毒检测.
主要方法:
- 一项随机对照试验将在坦桑尼亚的莫希进行.
- 参与者 (邀请者) 将被随机分配到收到SMS邀请或实物卡,用于他们的社交网络联系人 (受邀者).
- 主要结果是受邀者在30天内接受辅导员记录的艾滋病毒检测.
主要成果:
- 预计随机对照试验的招生将于2024年9月开始.
- 研究结果将通过出版物和利益相关者参与传播.
- 数据收集和分析将为CONSORT干预的有效性提供信息.
结论:
- 如果CONSORT被证明是可以接受和有效的,它可能会显著增加艾滋病毒检测的普及率.
- 干预的低成本和通过链路推的指数增长潜力可能会改变当前的艾滋病毒检测策略.
- 康索特可以提供一种可扩展和高效的方法来进行艾滋病毒检测和参与护理.
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