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Title
Leveraging incentives to increase HIV testing uptake among men: qualitative insights from rural Uganda. |
Full text
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/27p1223b |
Date
2019 |
Author(s)
Ndyabakira, Alex; Getahun, Monica; Byamukama, Ambrose; Emperador, Devy; Kabageni, Stella; Marson, Kara; Kwarisiima, Dalsone; Chamie, Gabriel; Thirumurthy, Harsha; Havlir, Diane; Kamya, Moses R; Camlin, Carol S |
Abstract
BackgroundFew studies have explored how economic incentives influence behavioral outcomes. This study aimed to identify pathways of action of an incentives-based intervention to increase men's participation in HIV testing.MethodsThe qualitative study was embedded in a randomized-controlled trial that compared effectiveness of gain-framed, loss-framed and lottery-based incentives to increase HIV testing among men. Following testing at a community health campaign, 60 in-depth interviews were conducted with men systematically sampled on the basis of age, incentive group, and campaign attendance. Data were coded deductively and inductively for thematic content analysis.ResultsIncentives addressed men's structural, interpersonal and individual-level barriers to testing: offered at convenient locations, incentives offset costs of testing, in lost wages, which are exacerbated when livelihoods required mobility. Interpersonal barriers included anticipated stigma/fear of disclosure, social obligations, and negative peer influences. Providing incentives in public settings provided "social proof" that prizes could be won, and facilitated social support and positive norms by promoting testing with trusted others. Incentives had little influence when men appraised prize values to be low, disbelieved they would win a prize, or were already intrinsically motivated to test. Yet, incentives provided a behavioral 'cue to action' for many men who perceived themselves to be susceptible to HIV and perceived HIV disease to be severe, acting as secondary motivator for testing that "sweetened the deal".ConclusionIncentives can be an important 'lever' to promote men's healthy behaviors in resource-poor settings. HIV testing in convenient, public settings, when paired with incentives, provides multiple pathways to stimulate men's testing uptake.Trial registrationRegistered with ClinicalTrials.gov on 08/10/2016, ID: NCT02890459. The first participant was enrolled on 11th April 2016. |
Subject(s)
Humans; HIV Infections; Mass Screening; Motivation; Qualitative Research; Adolescent; Adult; Middle Aged; Rural Population; Uganda; Male; Young Adult; Economic incentives; HIV testing; Loss aversion; Lottery; Men; Sub Saharan Africa; Clinical Research; Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities; Pediatric AIDS; Mental Health; HIV/AIDS; Pediatric; Behavioral and Social Science; 3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote wellbeing; Infection; Public Health; Public Health and Health Services |
Coverage
1763 |
Publisher
eScholarship, University of California |
Type of publication
article |
Format
application/pdf |
Source
BMC public health, vol 19, iss 1 |
Rights
public |
Identifier
qt27p1223b |
Repository
Berkeley - University of California
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