Increase HIV Testing Among Truck Drivers and Female Sex Workers in Kenya Through Offering HIV Self-Testing

"A text was sent three times, one week apart, first in Kiswahili, then in English and then again in Kiswahili, and read: You can now self-test at home or in the clinic for HIV using a new test kit available from all North Star Alliance clinics in Kenya. Your health, our priority. Participants who came to any North Star clinic in Kenya in the intervention arm were given a demonstration of the self-testing kit and then offered a choice among (1) the standard provider-administered blood-based HIV test; (2) the self-administered oral HIV test for use in the clinic with provider supervision; or (3) the self-administered oral HIV test kit for home use with phone-based post-test counseling."

"Those randomized to the enhanced Standard of Care (SOC) arm received the SOC message reminding clients about HIV testing sent three times, one week apart first in Kiswahili, then in English and then again in Kiswahili. The message read: North Star Alliance East Africa would wish to kindly remind you to visit any of our roadside wellness centres for HIV testing. Your health, our priority. Participants who came to any North Star clinic in the enhanced SOC arm only offered the standard provider-administered blood-based HIV test."

"Those randomized to the traditional Standard of Care (SOC) arm received the SOC message reminding clients about HIV testing sent one time in both Kiswahili, then in English and Kiswahili simultaneously. The message read: North Star Alliance East Africa would wish to kindly remind you to visit any of our roadside wellness centres for HIV testing. Your health, our priority. Participants who came to any North Star clinic in the traditional SOC arm only offered the standard provider-administered blood-based HIV test."