Client-Centered Counseling During Routine/Opt-Out HIV-Testing in Uganda

Client-Centered Counseling During Routine/Opt-Out HIV-Testing in Uganda

This study pilot tests and intervention to help individuals reduce their risk for acquiring or transmitting HIV. The intervention is implemented when people are tested for HIV in an outpatient clinic in rural Uganda. Approximately half of participants will receive the intervention and the other half will receive the usual counseling provided during HIV counseling and testing.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. at least 18 years of age,
2. have come to the outpatient clinic for a medical concern (e.g., cough, malaria, but not those seeking voluntary HIV-counseling and testing,
3. sexually active within the prior 3-months,
4. not currently pregnant,
5. no confirmed HIV-positive test result prior to the present HIV-test, and
6. live not more than 30km from Gombe Hospital in Uganda (to facilitate follow-up)

Exclusion Criteria:

• less than 18 years of age,
• having come to the clinic seeking voluntary HIV-counseling and testing,
• not sexually active in prior 3 months,
• currently pregnant,
• confirmed prior HIV positive test,
• live more than 30km from the hospital