Integrating HIV prevention and care into family planning clinics
Systems analysis and improvement approach to improve integration of HIV prevention and treatment services
This project tries a step-by-step improvement method to help family planning clinics in Kenya offer easier HIV testing, quicker treatment linkage, and better access to PrEP for women and adolescent girls.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Washington NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Seattle, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11314533 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you attend a family planning clinic in Kenya, this project works with clinic staff and public health teams to make HIV services easier to get during routine visits. The team uses a Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach (SAIA) that looks at where people drop out of care, maps clinic workflows, and tests small, quick changes to fix problems. Clinics are randomly assigned to use SAIA or continue usual care, and researchers will compare outcomes like HIV testing, linkage to HIV care, and PrEP screening and referrals. This expands on earlier small trials in Kenya where SAIA improved counseling and testing, now testing whether it works at larger scale when run by public health workers.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Women and adolescent girls who attend participating family planning clinics in Kenya and who could benefit from HIV testing, linkage to care, or PrEP are the ideal candidates.
Not a fit: People who do not use family planning clinics, men, or those who live outside the study region are unlikely to receive direct benefits from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could make it simpler for women and adolescent girls to get HIV testing, start treatment promptly, and access PrEP during family planning visits.
How similar studies have performed: A prior trial showed SAIA improved HIV counseling and testing in a small set of Kenyan family planning clinics when run by research staff, but it has not yet been proven at larger scale or for linkage to care and PrEP when run by public health teams.
Where this research is happening
Seattle, United States
- University of Washington — Seattle, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Eastment, Mckenna Claire — University of Washington
- Study coordinator: Eastment, Mckenna Claire
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.