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Design and evaluation of strategies to implement HIV prevention interventions for pregnant women in community pharmacy settings in western Kenya: a mixed-methods study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Community pharmacies play an important role in the healthcare system: they are frequently accessed and have increasing capacity to deliver HIV prevention services. In communities where the prevalence of HIV is high and access to antenatal care clinics is delayed or irregular, there is a unique opportunity to leverage pharmacies to enhance early and sustained access to HIV prevention among pregnant women. This study will identify women's preferences for delivery of HIV prevention services and provider-level and system-level strategies to design a new pharmacy-based model of care for pregnant women. The overall objective of this study is to design and evaluate strategies to implement HIV prevention interventions for pregnant women in community pharmacy settings in western Kenya.

Methods and analysis

We propose to conduct a discrete choice experiment to quantify preferences for delivery of HIV prevention interventions (including pre-exposure prophylaxis, partner testing and sexually transmitted infection screening and treatment) for pregnant women in community pharmacy settings. Latent class analysis will be used to quantify women's stated preferences and identify packages of intervention components that will optimise uptake among different subgroups of women. We will apply the Theoretical Domains Framework to identify provider-level and system-level factors that might influence the implementation of the optimal intervention packages. We will then use the Behaviour Change Wheel and survey a panel of experts to select and gain consensus on strategies to improve implementation. Finally, we will evaluate the potential costs of extending the implementation of HIV prevention interventions from the clinic to community pharmacy settings.

Ethics and dissemination

The protocol was approved by the Kenyatta National Hospital-University of Nairobi Ethics Research Committee and the University of Washington Institutional Review Board. The results of this research will be published in peer-reviewed journals and shared with various stakeholders, including community members, policymakers and researchers, through local and international conferences.

SUBMITTER: Mugambi ML

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8679098 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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