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Integrating iSYV Within HIV Clinical Care for Youth Living With HIV in Tanzania
Sponsor: Duke University
Summary
Youth living with HIV (YLWH) experience mental health (MH) challenges that compromise their HIV care. Though the MH gap is well described, MH service delivery to YLWH is rare, especially in low resource settings. MH professionals are few and interventions tailored to the needs of this population are scarce. This project proposes a way to bridge the gap by streamlining the Sauti ya Vijana (SYV, The Voice of Youth) intervention redesigned to integrate into the differentiated HIV clinical care model in Tanzania. SYV is a peer-led, group-based treatment designed with and for YLWH to address their self-reported MH challenges and stressors living with HIV.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
15 Years - 24 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
5000
Start Date
2027-01-10
Completion Date
2030-09-30
Last Updated
2026-06-02
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
iSYV (integrated Sauti ya Vijana; The Voice of Youth)
Integrated "i"SYV is a streamlined version of the original intervention SYV that is adapted for integration into routine clinical care. The original SYV intervention included 10 group weekly sessions (2 incorporating caregivers) and 2 individual sessions with adaptation to fit without routine adolescent HIV care based on Tanzanian National HIV Guidelines for HIV care follow up visits.
mHealth
A gamified version of iSYV that can be played via SMS or Whatsapp messaging.
eSOC
mental health screening and referral within the standard of care for moderate to severe symptoms
Locations (1)
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation implementing partner sites in Tanzania
Moshi, Tanzania