CompletedNot Applicable

Traditional Healer-initiated HIV Counseling and Testing in South Africa

South Africa418 participantsStarted 2022-07-22

Plain-language summary

The objective of this proposal is to conduct a pilot test of a program aimed at training traditional healers to conduct HIV testing and implementing HIV testing among people living in Bushbuckridge, South Africa. Pilot Healer-initiated HIV testing uptake and linkage to prevention services. Trust in allopathic health care and HIV stigma will be measured among participants at study enrollment and at month seven. Hypothesis: Healer-initiated HIV counseling and testing (HICT) will increase trust in allopathic health care and reduce HIV stigma.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Traditional healers \> 18 years of age, who are registered as traditional healers with the government of South Africa, are currently practicing in the Bushbuckridge area, and are trained to provide HIV testing.
✓. Biomedical practitioners \> 18 years of age, who are currently providing HIV-related health care services to patients at government or private health facilities in Bushbuckridge.
✓. Community members \> 18 years of age, who have not received an HIV test result in the past year and who currently live in Bushbuckridge.

Exclusion criteria

✕. Traditional healers who do not believe in HIV disease and those who can not pass their HIV counseling and testing certification.
✕. Biomedical practitioners who do not interact with patients seeking treatment for HIV.
✕. Community members who are not out sound mind or body during the recruitment (inebriated, too sick to leave the house) and community members with a previous positive HIV test result.

What they're measuring

Feasibility of Completing HIV Testing Training

Timeframe: 1 month

Uptake of HIV Testing

Timeframe: 6 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05079347

SponsorVanderbilt University Medical Center

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2023-09-01

Results submitted2024-07-31

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