Improving HIV testing, linkage, and retention in care among South African men through U = U messaging: A study protocol for two sequential hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trials

• Andrew Medina-Marino ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: andrewmedinamarino@gmail.com (AMM); abutt@upenn.edu (AB)

  Affiliations Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2691-982X

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• Nkosiyapha Sibanda,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Mary Putt,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Dvora Joseph Davey,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Phillip Smith,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Harsha Thirumurthy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

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• Linda-Gail Bekker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Alison Buttenheim

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: andrewmedinamarino@gmail.com (AMM); abutt@upenn.edu (AB)

  Affiliations Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, United States of America

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