Financial Incentives to Increase Pediatric HIV Testing

Financial Incentives to Increase Pediatric HIV Testing

The purpose of this study is to determine whether giving small financial incentives will motivate parents to test their children for HIV.

The study will be a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 5 arms with equal allocation to each arm: no incentive, or one of 4 different levels of financial incentive. We will randomize 800 parents with children of unknown status at HIV treatment clinics in Western Kenya.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parent/caregiver receiving HIV care
• Parent/caregiver has one or more children <13 years old
• Child is HIV exposed (parent/caregiver report or clinic confirmation)
• Caregiver reports child's HIV status is unknown

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

  • The investigators reserve the right to exclude any potential enrollee who is deemed to be at high personal risk, or whose children are at high personal risk, of interpersonal violence, by study participation .