Zambian Peer Educators for HIV Self-Testing (ZEST) study: Rationale and design of a cluster randomised trial of HIV self-testing among female sex workers in Zambia

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Oldenburg, Catherine E ^a,b   Ortblad, Katrina F ^a   Chanda, Michael M ^c   Mwanda, Kalasa ^c   Nicodemus, Wendy ^c   Sikaundi, Rebecca ^c   Fullem, Andrew ^c   Barresi, Leah G ^a   Harling, Guy ^a,d   Bärnighausen, Till ^a,e,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

female sex workers; HIV self testing; HIV testing; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HIV EDUCATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PROSTITUTION; SELF EVALUATION; SEX WORKER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZAMBIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MASS SCREENING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEX WORKERS; SOCIAL STIGMA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 85018747642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014780     Document Type: Article

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