Funding agencies
French Agency for Research on AIDS (ANRS)
Implementing institutions
Centro Nacional de Investigación en Salud Materno-Infantil Dr. Hugo Mendoza (CENISMI)
Principal investigator
Eddy Pérez Then
Co-principal investigator
Marija Miric
Year(s)
2007 - 2001
Related publications
Tiendrebeogo T, Plazy M, Darak S, Miric M, Perez-Then E, Butsashvili M, et al. Couples HIV counselling and couple relationships in India, Georgia and the Dominican Republic. BMC Public Health. 2017;17(1):901.
Summary
The Prenahtest study investigated the efficacy of a couple-oriented HIV counselling session (COC) in encouraging couple HIV counselling and testing, and improving intra-couple communication about sexual and reproductive health, in India, Georgia, Dominican Republic and Cameroon.
Using a clinical trial design, 484 to 491 pregnant women were recruited in each site and individually randomized to receive either the COC intervention, enhanced counselling with role playing, or standard post-test HIV counselling. Culturally defined gender roles were found to have a profound impact on effectiveness of the COC session, beyond the traditional definition of the communication patterns related to sexual and reproductive health topics.