Table 1 Summary of home visits schedule and session content
Visit type | When? | Key content |
|---|---|---|
1. Initial visit | Within 1 week from enrolment | • Introduction to home visits |
2. Introduction | 1 week from first clinical visit | • Information and resources on HIV and treatment • Family mapping • Assessment of disclosure to child/others |
3. Planning for successful treatment | Within 2 weeks after the first treatment monitoring clinic appointment NB: only for ART-eligible participants | • Development of a personal treatment plan • Assessment of need/eligibility for referrals to locally available services • Discussion of managing drug stock-outs/additional treatment charges |
4. Side effects | 1 month later NB: only for ART-eligible participants | • Discussion around side effects and treatment experience to date • Provision of information on managing side effects |
5. Disclosure | 1 month later | • Discussion around disclosure to the child |
6. Maintenance | 3 months later | • Discussion around long-term maintenance of treatment |
7. Ongoing support | Every 3 months | • Follow-up on issues emerging from clinical monitoring appointments • Review of need for referrals, assistance with disclosure, and/or support for testing of other household members • Answering questions, facilitating identification of solutions to emerging challenges, and providing relevant information |
8. Unscheduled | At the discretion of the CHW or after a request by the study nurse | • Case by case |