School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California.
Cityblock Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
J Adolesc Health. 2023 Jan;72(1):64-72. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.08.013. Epub 2022 Oct 12.
PURPOSE: We hypothesized that an intervention designed to create girl-friendly drug shops would increase access to sexual and reproductive health products and services among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) (ages 15-24 years) in Tanzania. METHODS: We conducted a four-month randomized trial at 20 drug shops in Shinyanga, Tanzania from August-December 2019 to determine if the Malkia Klabu ("Queen Club") intervention increased AGYW patronage and the provision of HIV self-testing (HIVST), contraception, and health facility referrals to AGYW (primary outcomes). Drug shops were randomized 1:1 to the intervention or comparison arm. All shops were provided with OraQuick HIVST kits to give to AGYW for free. Intervention shops implemented Malkia Klabu, a loyalty program for AGYW created using human-centered design through which AGYW could also access free contraception. We compared outcomes in intention-to-treat analyses using shop observations and shopkeeper records. RESULTS: By endline, shops implementing Malkia Klabu had higher AGYW patronage than comparison shops (rate ratio: 4.4; 95% confidence interval: 2.0, 9.8). Intervention shops distributed more HIVST kits (median per shop: 130.5 vs. 58.5, P = .02) and contraceptives (325.5 vs. 7.0, P < .01) to AGYW and provided more referrals for HIV, family planning, or pregnancy services combined (3.5 vs. 0.5, P = .02) than comparison shops. DISCUSSION: The Malkia Klabu intervention increased AGYW patronage and the provision of HIVST kits, contraception, and referrals to AGYW at drug shops, despite HIVST kits being freely available at all participating shops. Enhancing drug shops with girl-friendly services may be an effective strategy to reach AGYW with sexual and reproductive health services.
目的:我们假设,一项旨在创建女性友好型药店的干预措施将增加坦桑尼亚青少年女孩和年轻女性(15-24 岁)获得性健康和生殖健康产品和服务的机会。
方法:我们在坦桑尼亚欣延加的 20 家药店进行了一项为期四个月的随机试验,时间为 2019 年 8 月至 12 月,以确定 Malkia Klabu(“女王俱乐部”)干预措施是否增加了青少年女孩光顾药店的次数,并为青少年女孩提供艾滋病毒自检(HIVST)、避孕和医疗机构转诊服务(主要结果)。药店以 1:1 的比例随机分配到干预组或对照组。所有药店都提供 OraQuick HIVST 试剂盒,免费提供给青少年女孩。干预药店实施了 Malkia Klabu,这是一个为青少年女孩创建的忠诚度计划,该计划采用以人为本的设计理念,通过该计划,青少年女孩还可以获得免费避孕措施。我们通过商店观察和店主记录,在意向治疗分析中比较了结果。
结果:到最后,实施 Malkia Klabu 的药店的青少年女孩光顾率高于对照组(比率比:4.4;95%置信区间:2.0,9.8)。干预药店向青少年女孩分发了更多的 HIVST 试剂盒(每店中位数:130.5 对 58.5,P=0.02)和避孕药具(325.5 对 7.0,P<0.01),并提供了更多的艾滋病毒、计划生育或妊娠服务的转诊(3.5 对 0.5,P=0.02),而对照组则没有。
讨论:尽管所有参与药店都免费提供 HIVST 试剂盒,但 Malkia Klabu 干预措施增加了青少年女孩光顾药店的次数,并提供了 HIVST 试剂盒、避孕药具和转诊服务,为青少年女孩提供性健康和生殖健康服务提供了一种有效的策略。
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