800
Participants
Start Date
October 1, 2018
Primary Completion Date
October 26, 2022
Study Completion Date
October 26, 2022
VITAL Start: Video-based pre-ART counseling
Patients in the experimental group will receive VITAL start pre-ARV counseling (approximately 27 minutes video followed by 10 minute guided Q \& A to reinforce key messages and provide an opening for individual counseling=approximately total 37 minutes). This will be delivered by study staff.
Standard of Care
Patients randomized to the control arm will receive the usual standard of care (SOC) pre ARV initiation education with the National ARV Educational Flipchart
Baylor-Malawi, Lilongwe
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
NIH
Baylor College of Medicine
OTHER