RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT05357144

AmbassADDOrs for Health Study

AmbassADDOrs for Health: Supporting Young Women's Health Through Girl-friendly Drug Vendors

Sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Enrollment

140 participants

Start Date

Jul 26, 2022

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

HIV Infections

Summary

The goal of the study is to evaluate Malkia Klabu ("Queen Club") in Tanzania, a loyalty program intervention that creates adolescent girls and young women (AGYW)-friendly drug shops where AGYW can access HIV prevention services and contraception.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study in Tanzania is looking at whether training drug shop owners to better identify and treat childhood diarrhea and pneumonia can improve health outcomes in communities with limited access to public health facilities. **You may be eligible if...** - You are a drug shop owner or staff member aged 18 or older in the Shinyanga or Mwanza regions of Tanzania - Your shop is located in a ward with limited public health facilities and at least 4 drug shops nearby - Your ward's health facilities are more than 20 km from a main road **You may NOT be eligible if...** - Your ward has more than 3 public health facilities - Your ward has fewer than 4 drug shops - You do not meet the geographic criteria for the study area Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALLoyalty card program at drug shops & supply of HIVST and SRH products

Consenting drug shops will receive: * training on Malkia Klabu implementation; * HIVST training (same as comparison drug shops); * procedures for referring to youth-friendly HIV/SRH services; * a monthly supply of HIVST reserved for free distribution to AGYW, with "free" price stickers and pre-packaged with referral information; and * reimbursement for SRH products given to AGYW (e.g., birth control pills).

BEHAVIORALComparison drug shops

Consenting drug shops in the comparison arm catchment areas will have access to the Maisha Meds inventory management application system for offline digital recording of HIVST, HIVST kits earmarked for free to AGYW, guidance on HIV care referral plan to facilitate linkage to nearby health facilities for AGYW. These control drug shops will not participate in Malkia Klabu (Queen Club) program implementation.