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Strengthening Families Living With HIV in Kenya

CompletedNA

Sponsor: The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

Conditions: ART, Hiv, Trust, Depression, Anxiety, PTSD

Interventions: Kuja Pamoja - HIV

Countries: Kenya

This study seeks to use a group-based microfinance/internal lending model to develop social capital among people with HIV in Kenya. This will create a context to deliver validated curriculum targeting intimate partner violence, positive parenting, agriculture, small business entrepreneurship, group-interpersonal therapy, and other determinants of well-being and ART adherence among people with HIV. The primary outcomes are viral suppression, ART adherence, and common mental disorders.

Eligibility overview

Sex: ALL

Age: 13 Years to —

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Criteria for inclusion of subjects include:

* testing positive for HIV, confirmed by the Ministry of Health clinics
* being at or older than 13 years of age
* initiating care at a qualified Ministry of Health clinic in the catchment area, or intending to initiate care at such a clinic (see below for definition)
* Any gender, age (13+ years), and comorbid disease states
* Provide informed consent if adult, emancipated minor or mature minor
* Provide assent if minor with guardian, who must provide informed consent

Qualified clinical locations include

* those with accessible and usable public land to convene weekly meetings,
* no current program targeting families with HIV known to the Ministry of Health

Exclusion Criteria:

* Refusal to participate
* Current participation in a similar program
* Residing in a location with a similar program targeting patients with HIV
* Not covered by inclusion criteria.

Locations (1)

Maua, Meru County, Kenya