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Evaluating the Healthy Families PrEP Program for Women at Risk for HIV
Sponsor: Yale University
Summary
Study investigators developed and piloted a counselling intervention, Healthy Families-PrEP, that supports women to use HIV prevention strategies while trying for and during pregnancy. They will now adapt the intervention to community clinics and postpartum women and test the intervention. The goal is to reduce HIV incidence among women and children.
Official title: Evaluating Healthy Families PrEP: an Intervention to Promote PrEP Use During Periconception, Pregnancy and Postpartum Periods for Women in Rural Uganda
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - 45 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
660
Start Date
2026-08
Completion Date
2032-01
Last Updated
2026-03-25
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Healthy Families PrEP Counselling Intervention
Healthy Families-PrEP intervention with HIV-uninfected women with plans for pregnancy in the next year and concerns about or exposure to HIV. Session 1 focuses on providing information about HIV prevention in the context of reproductive goals (using tools with locally developed images), increasing motivation for behavior change, and developing a safer conception plan (e.g., PrEP uptake, PrEP adherence, couples-based counselling and testing, delaying condomless sex until partner serostatus known and, if living with HIV, virally suppressed). Sessions 2 and 3 (conducted at 1 and 3 months) review the safer conception plan and revise as needed (e.g., changes in readiness to initiate PrEP, partner serostatus knowledge) and engaging in problem-solving barriers (including structural) to plan execution, communication skills training, and motivational strategies for successful plan execution. Participants receive quarterly adherence counseling using tools developed by this team.
Locations (1)
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Mbarara, Uganda