Testing a counselling program on HIV prevention for women in Uganda
Tests a counselling program helping women use HIV prevention during pregnancy and after birth.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Evaluating the Healthy Families PrEP Program for Women at Risk for HIV
Key facts
- Where
- Mbarara, UgandaSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 45 years old?
Source: NCT06746675, who can take part
Where in Uganda
- Mbarara University of Science and TechnologyMbarara, UgandaNo longer taking part
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Yale University
- Trial code
- NCT06746675
- Record updated
- 26 October 2026
- Original description
Study investigators developed and piloted a counselling intervention, Healthy Families-PrEP, that supports women to use HIV prevention strategies while trying for and during pregnancy. They will now adapt the intervention to community clinics and postpartum women and test the intervention. The goal is to reduce HIV incidence among women and children.Read full original descriptionShow less
Evaluating Healthy Families PrEP: an Intervention to Promote PrEP Use During Periconception, Pregnancy and Postpartum Periods for Women in Rural Uganda
Study investigators developed and piloted a counselling intervention, Healthy Families-PrEP, that supports women to use HIV prevention strategies while trying for and during pregnancy. They will now adapt the intervention to community clinics and postpartum women and test the intervention. The goal is to reduce HIV incidence among women and children.
Inclusion: Age ≥18 years and ≤45 years; Willing and able to participate in the informed consent process; HIV-uninfected by self-report, but have indications for HIV prevention strategies, such as having a partner living with HIV or who they think may be living with HIV; Reporting pregnancy in the past 2 years, and/or desire to have a child in the next year, and/or have a partner who desires to a child in the next year; Fluent in English or local language; Living within 60km of a healthcare center included in the trial; HIV Negative (onsite rapid testing).
Exclusion: HIV-positive (onsite rapid testing); Not reporting pregnancy in the past 2 years; Does not report personal or partner desire to have a child in the next year; Not willing to provide informed consent; Not able to communicate in English or local language; Does not report pregnancy in the past 2 years and/or does not report personal or partner desire to have a child in the next year; Not able to communicate in English or local language; Living beyond 60km of the trial healthcare center.