Traditional healer-delivered point-of-care HIV testing versus referral to clinical facilities for adults of unknown serostatus in rural Uganda: a mixed-methods, cluster-randomised trial
Sundararajan R, Ponticiello M, Lee M, Strathdee S, Muyindike W, Nansera D, King R, Fitzgerald D, Mwanga-Amumpaire J. Traditional healer-delivered point-of-care HIV testing versus referral to clinical facilities for adults of unknown serostatus in rural Uganda: a mixed-methods, cluster-randomised trial. The Lancet Global Health 2021, 9: e1579-e1588. PMID: 34678199, PMCID: PMC8562591, DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(21)00366-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoint-of-care HIV testingUptake of HIV testingCluster randomised trialHIV testingTraditional healersTesting uptakeIncrease rates of HIV testingRural UgandaEffectiveness of traditional healersCommunity-based HIV testingLinkage to HIV careRates of HIV testingQualitative interviewsHIV testing uptakeRural southwestern UgandaSub-Saharan AfricaUS National Institute of Mental HealthNational Institute of Mental HealthInstitute of Mental HealthHealth-care resourcesClients per weekDays of study enrollmentMixed-methods studyPoint of careControl group
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