IAS CIPHER CaPS Study The Impact of Structured Caregiver Peer Support (CaPS) on ART Adherence and Viral Suppression among Children Living with HIV in Nigeria project is a two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial. The study involves 132 children living with HIV whose HIV viral load is unsuppressed and their caregivers.
IAS CIPHER CaPS Study
The Impact of Structured Caregiver Peer Support (CaPS) on ART Adherence and Viral Suppression among Children Living with HIV in Nigeria project is a two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial.
The study involves 132 children living with HIV whose HIV viral load is unsuppressed and their caregivers. Six cluster health facilities are involved in this research which will,
- Explore facilitators and barriers to Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) adherence among young children. This will guide the development of a caregiver peer mentor training curriculum and interventional programme.
- Test the impact of caregiver peer support in improving adherence and promoting achievement of viral suppression among children.
The intervention will target caregivers of unsuppressed children (0-10years), measuring outcomes at child level after 6, 12 and 18 months of follow up.
The intervention arm will receive structured caregiver-to-caregiver peer support while the control arm will receive routine standard of care with no such support.