Assisted partner notification services to augment HIV testing and linkage to care in Kenya: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial
Wamuti B, Erdman L, Cherutich P, Golden M, Dunbar M, Bukusi D, Richardson B, Ng’ang’a A, Barnabas R, Mutiti P, Macharia P, Jerop M, Otieno F, Poole D, Farquhar C. Assisted partner notification services to augment HIV testing and linkage to care in Kenya: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial. Implementation Science 2015, 10: 23. PMID: 25884936, PMCID: PMC4342094, DOI: 10.1186/s13012-015-0212-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssisted partner notification servicesPartner notification servicesAssisted partner notificationHIV testingPartner notificationHIV partner notification servicesCluster randomized controlled trialHIV testing programsHIV testing sitesCluster randomized trialHealth-care settingsPublic health strategiesSexual partnersSexual exposure to HIVExposure to HIVControl of HIV transmissionHealth facilitiesIncremental cost-effectivenessIntervention sitesHealth strategiesStudy staffPartner referralNational guidelinesHIV transmissionCase finding