Few young women at risk of HIV infection are initiating pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention in Kenya, thus we propose refining and testing a new model to increase PrEP initiation among young women at high HIV risk that has never been explored: enhanced peer PrEP referral with HIV self-test (HIVST) delivery. We conducted formative research to design of a model that is acceptable to young women and feasible to implement in Kenya. In this study, we will refine this model where young (≥16 to 24 years) female PrEP users refer their peers to PrEP and deliver HIVSTs in a pilot study and then test the refined model in a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial. We hypothesize that relative to standard informal word-of-month peer PrEP referral (currently ongoing in Kenya), enhanced peer PrEP referral with HIVST delivery will increase PrEP initiation, continuation, and adherence among peers; have high fidelity; and be low cost.
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cRCT: PrEP Initiation
Timeframe: 3 months
Pilot: PrEP Initiation, as Reported by Index Peers
Timeframe: 1 month
Pilot: PrEP Initiation, as Reported by Referred Peers
Timeframe: 1 month