Validation of a Community Pediatric HIV Risk Assessment Screening Checklist Among 0 to 19 Years Old in Selected Communities of Taraba State, Nigeria

Aisha Nantim Dadi; Godpower Omoregie; Jennifer Anyanti; Chinedu Onyezobi; Etiobhio Ehimen; Bilkisu Jibrin; Emeka Obinna Okeke; Eliane Vrolings; Oluwatosin Adeoye

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Validation of a Community Pediatric HIV Risk Assessment Screening Checklist Among 0 to 19 Years Old in Selected Communities of Taraba State, Nigeria

Aisha Nantim Dadi, Godpower Omoregie, Jennifer Anyanti, Chinedu Onyezobi, Etiobhio Ehimen, Bilkisu Jibrin, Emeka Obinna Okeke, Eliane Vrolings, Oluwatosin Adeoye

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In Nigeria, many children die from AIDS-related illnesses, because they lack access to HIV testing and care early due to perceived low risk of HIV infection by their caregivers. Early diagnosis through community-based HIV testing is being used more widely to increase coverage, but the positivity yield is very low compared to facility-based testing, hence the importance of targeted testing. Partners in Nigeria have used different HIV risk assessment tools to screen children and provide targeted testing to increase yields. The Federal Ministry of Health harmonized these tools to come up with a country-specific tool used in screening children and adolescents for HIV infection. The Society for Family Health through the Lafiya Yara project carried out validation of the tool among children and adolescents in Taraba State. The Lafiya Yara project is an HIV-focused program implemented in 8 of the 16 Local Government Areas of Taraba state. Informed consent was sought from caregivers and the (standard) harmonized HIV risk stratification checklist with 14 screening questions was administered to 3,001 children 0-19 years in 10 communities randomly selected from 5 Local Government Areas. The children after being classified as “at risk” and “not at risk” based on the stratification tool were tested for HIV, and SPSS version 25 was used to analyse data. Out of the 3,001 children screened, 1,565 (52.1%) were males, their mean age was 10.37±5.60, and 932 (31.1%) were in the age group 15 to 19 years. The tool classified 2,257 to be at risk, with 31 of them being HIV positive when tested. Out of the 744 classified as not being at risk, 6 of them were HIV positive, thus the sensitivity of the tool was 1.4% and specificity was 99.2%. The prevalence of HIV among the population was 1.2%, with the age-group 15 to 19 years having the highest HIV prevalence of 2.7%. The HIV risk stratification tool has a low sensitivity and a high specificity which make suggest it is not the best tool for use. There is therefore a need to review the tool to make it more targeted and increase its sensitivity. Different tools may also be adapted for different age bands such as younger children and the adolescents.

Published in	International Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Education and Behavioural Science (Volume 8, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20220801.12
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HIV Risk Assessment Tool, Lafia Yara Project, Sensitivity, Specificity

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Aisha Nantim Dadi, Godpower Omoregie, Jennifer Anyanti, Chinedu Onyezobi, Etiobhio Ehimen, et al. Validation of a Community Pediatric HIV Risk Assessment Screening Checklist Among 0 to 19 Years Old in Selected Communities of Taraba State, Nigeria. Int J HIV/AIDS Prev Educ Behav Sci. 2022;8(1):8-11. doi: 10.11648/j.ijhpebs.20220801.12

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Aisha Nantim Dadi

Society for Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria
Godpower Omoregie

Society for Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria
Jennifer Anyanti

Society for Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria
Chinedu Onyezobi

Society for Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria
Etiobhio Ehimen

Society for Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria
Bilkisu Jibrin

Society for Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria
Emeka Obinna Okeke

Society for Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria
Eliane Vrolings

Aidsfonds, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Oluwatosin Adeoye

Society for Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria

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