What do You Need to Get Male Partners of Pregnant Women Tested for HIV in Resource Limited Settings? The Baby Shower Cluster Randomized Trial
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Authors
Ezeanolue, Echezona E.
Obiefune, Michael C.
Yang, Wei
Ezeanolue, Chinenye O.
Pharr, Jennifer R.
Osuji, Alice
Ogidi, Amaka G.
Hunt, Aaron T.
Patel, Dina
Ogedegbe, Gbenga
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2017
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Male involvement , HIV testing , Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV , Nigeria , Community-based research
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Male partner involvement has the potential to increase uptake of interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Finding cultural appropriate strategies to promote male partner involvement in PMTCT programs remains an abiding public health challenge. We assessed whether a congregation-based intervention, the Healthy Beginning Initiative (HBI), would lead to increased uptake of HIV testing among male partners of pregnant women during pregnancy. A cluster-randomized controlled trial of forty churches in Southeastern Nigeria randomly assigned to either the HBI (intervention group
IG) or standard of care referral to a health facility (control group
CG) was conducted. Participants in the IG received education and were offered onsite HIV testing. Overall, 2498 male partners enrolled and participated, a participation rate of 88.9%. Results showed that male partners in the IG were 12 times more likely to have had an HIV test compared to male partners of pregnant women in the CG (CG = 37.71% vs. IG = 84.00%
adjusted odds ratio = 11.9
p < .01). Culturally appropriate and community-based interventions can be effective in increasing HIV testing and counseling among male partners of pregnant women.
IG) or standard of care referral to a health facility (control group
CG) was conducted. Participants in the IG received education and were offered onsite HIV testing. Overall, 2498 male partners enrolled and participated, a participation rate of 88.9%. Results showed that male partners in the IG were 12 times more likely to have had an HIV test compared to male partners of pregnant women in the CG (CG = 37.71% vs. IG = 84.00%
adjusted odds ratio = 11.9
p < .01). Culturally appropriate and community-based interventions can be effective in increasing HIV testing and counseling among male partners of pregnant women.
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Ezeanolue, E. E., Obiefune, M. C., Yang, W., Ezeanolue, C. O., Pharr, J., Osuji, A., … Ehiri, J. E. (2016). What do You Need to Get Male Partners of Pregnant Women Tested for HIV in Resource Limited Settings? The Baby Shower Cluster Randomized Trial. AIDS and Behavior, 21(2), 587�"596. doi:10.1007/s10461-016-1626-0
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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1090-7165