NDLI: Accelerating caregivers’ HIV status disclosure to community-based lay social welfare volunteers in Tanzania

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Author	Exavery, Amon Charles, John Barankena, Asheri Kuhlik, Erica Mubyazi, Godfrey Martin Kyaruzi, Christina Mbwambo, Tumainiel Ally, Amal Mseya, Remmy Kikoyo, Levina Jere, Elizabeth
Abstract	Background HIV status disclosure facilitates access to HIV-related prevention and treatment services and increases opportunities for social support, HIV risk reduction with partners, and index testing for sexual partners or children. This study assessed the effect of a program model of community-based social welfare volunteers on HIV status disclosure among caregivers of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). Methods This was a longitudinal study, which was based on OVC caregivers who were beneficiaries of the USAID Kizazi Kipya project in Tanzania. They were enrolled (baseline) by community social welfare volunteers during 2017–2018, received services, and reassessed at midline in 2019. Caregivers who reported having been HIV tested, were asked to voluntarily report the status in order for the volunteers to establish and provide needed services. Those who reported their HIV status as negative or positive were grouped as “disclosed”, and those who knew their status but did not report it were documented as “undisclosed”. McNemar’s tests compared disclosure rates at baseline and midline. Multivariable analysis was conducted using generalized estimating equation (GEE). Results The study analyzed 140,664 caregivers (72% female) from 81 district councils of Tanzania. Their mean age at enrollment was 47.4 years. Overall, 81.3% of the caregivers disclosed their HIV status to the project staff at baseline; this increased significantly to 96.1% at midline (p < 0.001). Disclosure at baseline varied significantly by sociodemographic characteristic (p < 0.05), with higher disclosure in females, among urban residents, and higher educated caregivers. However, the observed disclosure variations by sociodemographic characteristics at baseline disappeared at midline and disclosure reached around 96% across the characteristics (p > 0.05). In the multivariable analysis, caregivers’ likelihood of HIV status disclosure was nearly 6 times higher at midline than at baseline, when baseline characteristics were adjusted for (OR = 5.76, 95% CI 5.59–5.94, p < 0.001). There were 26,329 caregivers who did not disclose their HIV status at baseline (i.e., 0% diclosure rate at baseline), but 94.7% (n = 24,933) had disclosed by midline, and their disclosure trend was rapidly increasing as their duration of exposure to the project increased. Conclusions This study detected an increased caregivers’ HIV status disclosure to the USAID Kizazi Kipya project staff by 14.8%, from 81.3% at baseline to 96.1% at midline within an average project exposure period of 1.4 years. The observed loss of sociodemographic differences in HIV status disclosure rate at midline implies that community-based interventions may be well-positioned to successfully address and eliminate sociodemographic barriers to service uptake and consequently improve services coverage and health outcomes.
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ISSN	17426405
DOI	10.1186/s12981-021-00332-4
Journal	AIDS Research and Therapy
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	18
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2021-04-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Infectious Diseases Virology HIV status Disclosure Caregivers of orphans and vulnerable children Volunteers Kizazi Kipya Tanzania
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Resource Type	Article
Subject	Molecular Medicine Virology Pharmacology (medical)
Journal Impact Factor	2.1/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	2.4/2023

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
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