Effect of non-monetary incentives on uptake of couples' counselling and testing among clients attending mobile HIV services in rural Zimbabwe: a cluster-randomised trial

• Main Authors: Dr Euphemia L Sibanda, PhD (Author), Mary Tumushime, MPH (Author), Juliet Mufuka, MBA (Author), Sue Napierala Mavedzenge, PhD (Author), Stephano Gudukeya, BSc (Author), Sergio Bautista-Arredondo, MSc (Author), Karin Hatzold, MD (Author), Harsha Thirumurthy, PhD (Author), Sandra I McCoy, PhD (Author), Nancy Padian, PhD (Author), Andrew Copas, PhD (Author), Prof Frances M Cowan, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Couples' HIV testing and counselling (CHTC) is associated with greater engagement with HIV prevention and care than individual testing and is cost-effective, but uptake remains suboptimal. Initiating discussion of CHTC might result in distrust between partners. Offering incentives f...