Storytelling to Increase Family Support for Pre Exposure Prophylaxis Use
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective at preventing HIV infection but requires
high levels of medication adherence, particularly among women. The purpose of this proposal
is to evaluate the clinical impact and mechanisms of a family-based storytelling intervention
(vs. couples counseling) to improve PrEP adherence and retention among at-risk
pregnant/lactating women and their HIV-infected male partners in rural Mozambique. This
potentially high impact intervention provides the opportunity to test a culturally relevant
approach to PrEP engagement; if proven feasible and effective, family-based storytelling for
PrEP engagement could be adopted to reduce HIV incidence among pregnant/lactating women and
eliminate mother-to-child transmission (MTCT).