Tu’Washindi Randomized Control Trial (RCT):
Title:
A relationship-focused intervention to reduce gender-based violence (GBV) and increase pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and adherence among Kenyan adolescent girls and young women (AGYW)
Purpose:
To test the effectiveness of a youth-designed multilevel intervention to increase PrEP use and reduce Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) among Kenyan AGYW, and to identify implementation challenges and strategies to facilitate future scale-up in programmatic settings to maximize public health impact.
Objectives:
- Test the effectiveness of the Tu’Washindi intervention to increase effective PrEP use
- Test the effectiveness of the Tu’Washindi intervention to reduce IPV
- Conduct a prospective process evaluation to assess the implementation processes and theorized mechanisms of change influencing intervention effectiveness
Design:
Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (CRCT)
Study Site:
Bondo – Siaya County
Duration :
5 Years
Population :
AGYW aged 15-24 years, AGYW’s male partners aged 15 years and above, and healthcare providers working with AGYW
Sponsor :
RTI Internantional
Funding :
National Institute of Health (NIH)
IRB Approval :
Maseno University Ethics Review Committee – MUERC 991/21