Evaluating an HIV risk screening tool for use in a population of orphans and other vulnerable children in Tanzania
Document Type
Data Set
Publication Date
3-6-2021
Abstract
To optimize HIV testing resources, programs are moving away from opt-out strategies toward a symptom-screen approach to testing children/adolescents, but there is little consensus around what defines an optimal risk screening tool. This study aimed to validate a 12-item risk screening tool among children and adolescents age 2-19 years and provide suggested fewer-item tool options for facility out-patient and community populations. While HIV risk screening tool validation studies have not typically included process evaluations to understand tool implementation, we also aimed to assess the fidelity to which an HIV risk screening tool was administered in the community.
Recommended Citation
Gill, Michelle and Gretchen Antelman. 2021. "Evaluating an HIV risk screening tool for use in a population of orphans and other vulnerable children in Tanzania," https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XPIDIG, Harvard Dataverse, V1.
DOI
10.7910/DVN/XPIDIG
Language
English
Project
Supporting Operational AIDS Research (Project SOAR)