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Improving access to health services for populations at higher risk for HIV infection in Tanzania

Access to health services for key populations in Tanzania: a quasi-experimental design

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN11126469
Enrollment
1800
Registered
2019-08-28
Start date
2017-11-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-12-10

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

HIV infection Infections and Infestations Unspecified human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease

Interventions

Healthcare workers Training Selected health care workers will be trained on the delivery of the comprehensive Intervention package for HIV which will include modules on prevention, HIV

Sponsors

Danida Fellowship Centre DFC
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18 or above and injects drugs. 2. Men who regularly or occasionally engage in sexual relationships with other men aged 18 and above. 3. Women who exchange sex for goods or money. 4. Health care workers aged 18 or above.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Refuse to provide informed consent. 2. Not a resident of a participting region. 2.1. Do not have and address and have not lived there for the past six months. 3. Have mental illness or are too sick to participate.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The proportion of the population at risk accessing HIV services is determined using questionnaire (if one has ever gone to a health facility during the past 12 months when one had STI or general conditions) at baseline, month 12 and 24 following the intervention.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Safer sexual behaviors are measured using Questionnaire (condom use at last sexual act, number of sexual partners past 12 months at baseline, months 12 and 24 following the intervention. 2. Number of PhD trained is measured using project records on the number of project affiliated PhD graduates at the end of the project (months 60). 3. Integration of high-risk group services into the existing health system is measured using health facility records of the number of health care workers and the number of the key population seeking services in the 4 selected health facilities involved in the project at baseline, month 12 and month 24.

Countries

Tanzania

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 1, 2026