Completed | June 2022

HIV Risk Screening Tools: An Aggregated Secondary Data Analysis of Pediatric and Adolescent Risk Screening Questions from Uganda, Tanzania, and Malawi

Overview

Country:

Malawi; Tanzania; Uganda

Subject Matter:

Pediatric and Adolescent Testing, Care, and Treatment

The goal of this CDC-funded study was to develop pediatric and adolescent HIV risk screening tools using pooled data from three studies conducted in Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda. This secondary analysis ultimately aimed to advance the science and policy recommendations for HIV screening and testing for children and adolescents.

Data Collection Period: 08/2021 – 11/2021

Publications and Presentations:

  1. Findings presented at the 14th International Workshop on HIV & Pediatrics, July 2022: “Comparative HIV risk screening tool (HRST) performance of a validated and alternative optimized HRSTS for children and adolescents in Uganda, Tanzania, and Malawi: a pooled analysis”

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