NCT04222504

Community-based Venues for Delivery of Healthcare Services: Proof of Concept Pilot

Community-based Venues for Delivery of Healthcare Services in Umlazi, South Africa: Proof of Concept Pilot Conducted in Hair Salons

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 436 (actual)
• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators propose to offer a package of evidence-based health services to women in two hair salons in the Umlazi township of Durban. Based on community feedback in previous survey and qualitative work, the package has been designed to include daily PrEP, family planning/contraceptives, and STI screening. Interested salon clients at intervention salons will elect which services to use. An additional salon will serve as control, offering no health services to clients. Surveys will be conducted in both salon groups. Attendance at follow-up visits for monitoring and medication refill will be encouraged using text message reminders, WhatsApp support groups, and lottery-based incentives for free salon services. Recruitment in intervention salons will conclude when 100 clients uptake PrEP, not inclusive of clients who enroll at intervention salons who accept other services through the study. Approximately 250 participants will be recruited in control salons. The study team anticipates an overall total enrollment of 500.

Conditions

• Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
• STI
• Contraceptive Usage

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Provision of sexual health preventative services in the salon setting	Participants at intervention salons will be offered a choice of receiving daily PrEP and/or contraceptives (oral and injectables). Participants that elect to receive at least PrEP or contraceptives will also be offered STI testing. Follow-up visits will be planned for 3, 6, 9, and 12-months. Attendance at follow-up visits for monitoring and medication refill will be encouraged using text message reminders, WhatsApp support groups, and lottery-based incentives for free salon services.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-08
• Primary completion: 2026-03-31
• Completion: 2026-03-31
• First posted: 2020-01-10
• Last updated: 2026-04-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Africa