D Okelloh1, M Achola2, J Opole1, C Ogwang1, J Agaya1, P Sifuna3, W Mchembere1, J Cowden3, M Heilig4, M W Borgdorff5, C M Yuen6, K P Cain5. 1. Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya. 2. Kenya Medical Research Institute, US Army Medical Research Directorate-Kenya, Kisumu, Kenya. 3. US Army Medical Research Directorate-Kenya, Kisumu, Kenya. 4. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 5. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kisumu, Kenya. 6. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Abstract
SETTING: Although Kenya has a high burden of tuberculosis (TB), only 46% of cases were diagnosed in 2016. OBJECTIVE: To identify strategies for increasing attendance at community-based mobile screening units. DESIGN: We analysed operational data from a cluster-randomised trial, which included community-based mobile screening implemented during February 2015-April 2016. Community health volunteers (CHVs) recruited individuals with symptoms from the community, who were offered testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sputum collection for Xpert® MTB/RIF testing. We compared attendance across different mobile unit sites using Wilcoxon rank-sum test. RESULTS: A total of 1424 adults with symptoms were screened at 25 mobile unit sites. The median total attendance among sites was 54 (range 6-134, interquartile range [IQR] 24-84). The median yields of TB diagnoses and new HIV diagnoses were respectively 2.4% (range 0.0-16.7, IQR 0.0-5.3) and 2.5% (range 0.0-33.3, IQR 1.2-4.2). Attendance at urban sites was variable; attendance at rural sites where CHVs were paid a daily minimum wage was significantly higher than at rural sites where CHVs were paid a nominal monthly stipend (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Mobile units were most effective and efficient when implemented as a single event with community health workers who are paid a daily wage.
SETTING: Although Kenya has a high burden of tuberculosis (TB), only 46% of cases were diagnosed in 2016. OBJECTIVE: To identify strategies for increasing attendance at community-based mobile screening units. DESIGN: We analysed operational data from a cluster-randomised trial, which included community-based mobile screening implemented during February 2015-April 2016. Community health volunteers (CHVs) recruited individuals with symptoms from the community, who were offered testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sputum collection for Xpert® MTB/RIF testing. We compared attendance across different mobile unit sites using Wilcoxon rank-sum test. RESULTS: A total of 1424 adults with symptoms were screened at 25 mobile unit sites. The median total attendance among sites was 54 (range 6-134, interquartile range [IQR] 24-84). The median yields of TB diagnoses and new HIV diagnoses were respectively 2.4% (range 0.0-16.7, IQR 0.0-5.3) and 2.5% (range 0.0-33.3, IQR 1.2-4.2). Attendance at urban sites was variable; attendance at rural sites where CHVs were paid a daily minimum wage was significantly higher than at rural sites where CHVs were paid a nominal monthly stipend (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Mobile units were most effective and efficient when implemented as a single event with community health workers who are paid a daily wage.
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Keywords:
community health workers; human immunodeficiency virus; mobile health units
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