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Table 1 Descriptions of included studies

From: Integration of HIV testing services into family planning services: a systematic review

Study

Setting

Intervention

Study Design

Sample size

Birdthistle et al., 2014 [25]

Location: Swaziland / urban, rural, and peri-urban / MCH units of public sector (government) health facilities

Target group: Female clients

Years of program: 2009–2012

Years of evaluation: 2009–2012

Name: Integra Initiative

Intervention: Activities and resources to strengthen integration of HIV services into postnatal care:

(1) Training package to facilitate mentoring of front-line health providers

(2) job aids to promote integration

(3) ongoing support to discuss role clarification, organizational change, referral/linkages, and management of service statistics

Format: On-site referrals

Study design: Group non-randomized trial

Selection of sites: Purposive

Selection of participants: Consecutive

Sample size: 3261 female clients were tracked in 2009, 2086 in 2010 and 2916 in 2012

Age: N/A

Gender: Female

Follow-up: N/A

Brunie et al., 2016 [26]

Location:

Uganda / NR / health center

Target group:

Clients

Years of program: 2012–2013

Years of evaluation: 2013

Name: N/A

Intervention: Village health teams trained to offer HTC along with family planning and linked to health centers for supervision, commodity supply, and referral management

Format: On-site testing, referral to health clinic

Study design: Group randomized trial

Selection of sites:

Purposive

Selection of participants: Systematic (every nth client)

Sample size: 256 clients

Age: Mean (SE): intervention group 31.02 (0.40), control group 30.73 (1.14)

Gender: N/A

Follow-up: N/A

Church et al., 2017 [27]

Location:

Kenya / urban, rural, and peri-urban / health centers and hospitals

Target group:

Female family planning clients

Years of program: 2009–2012

Years of evaluation: 2010–2012

Name: Integra Initiative

Intervention: SRH/HIV integration added the following services to standard FP service delivery: discussion of fertility desires, condom promotion/provision, STI/HIV risk assessment, HIV status check, HTS provision, cervical cancer screening, pre-HIV treatment services, and/or referral to HIV treatment unit for HIV+ clients

Format: On-site testing, pre-HIV treatment services and/or referral to HIV treatment clinic

Study design:

Group non-randomized trial

Selection of sites:

Purposive

Selection of participants: Consecutive

Sample size: 882

Age: 15–49 years

Gender: Female

Follow-up: Original recruitment 1958: excluded 245 known to be HIV+, 745 without complete cohort data history, 86 missing complete data on all potentially confounding variables

Criniti et al., 2011 [28]

Location: USA / urban / Title X-funded FP clinic

Target group:

Female family planning clients

Years of program: 2007–2009

Years of evaluation: 2007–2009

Name: N/A

Intervention: Capacity building for clinic medical staff to perform routine non-targeted rapid HIV testing

Format: On-site testing and referral to HIV-specialized prenatal clinic within FP center

Study design:

Retrospective cohort study

Selection of site: NR

Selection of participants: Consecutive

Sample size: NR (overall sample of client records NR; patient population of approximately 9000/year)

Age: 15–49 years

Gender: Female

Follow-up: N/A

Kimani et al., 2015 [29]

Location: Kenya / rural and peri-urban / public health facilities (health centers, dispensaries, hospitals)

Target group: Postpartum women 15–49 years old

Years of program: 2010–2012

Years of evaluation: 2010–2012

Name: Integra Initiative

Intervention: Integrated HIV and FP services into postnatal care compared to standalone services

Format: On-site testing and counseling

Study design:

Group non-randomized trial

Selection of sites: Purposive

Selection of participants: NR

Sample size: 1693 (815 intervention, 878 comparison)

ge: 15–49 years

Gender: Female

Follow-up: 71% (573 intervention, 631 comparison)

Liambila et al., 2009 [30]

Location: Kenya / NR / Family planning with provider-initiated testing and counseling (integrated HTS) public-sector hospitals, health centers, and dispensaries

Target group:

Female family planning clients

Years of program: 2005–2007

Years of evaluation: 2006–2007

Name: N/A

Intervention: Family planning with provider-initiated testing and counseling (integrated HTS)

Format: On-site testing and counseling

Study design:

Group non-randomized trial

Selection of sites: Purposive

Selection of participants: Consecutive

Sample size: 1058

Age: Most were around 30 years old

Gender: Female

Follow-up: N/A

  1. HTS HIV testing services, FP Family planning, MCH Maternal child health, STI Sexually transmitted infection, SE Standard error, NR Not reported, N/A Not applicable