Mobile Phone–Based Confidential Social Network Referrals for HIV Testing (CONSORT): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Jan Ostermann   ¹ , PhD ;   Bernard Njau   ² , MPH, PhD ;   Marco van Zwetselaar   ³ , MSc ;   Thespina Yamanis   ⁴ , MPH, PhD ;   Leah McClimans   ⁵ , MA, PhD ;   Rose Mwangi   ² , MPhil, MPH ;   Melkiory Beti   ⁶ ;   Amy Hobbie   ⁷ , MPH ;   Salomé-Joelle Gass   ¹ , MSc ;   Tara Mtuy   ⁸ , MPH, PhD ;   Nathan Thielman   ⁹ , MPH, MD

¹ Department of Health Services Policy & Management, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

² Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, United Republic of Tanzania

³ Zwets IT, Harskamp, Netherlands

⁴ School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC, United States

⁵ Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

⁶ Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Moshi, United Republic of Tanzania

⁷ Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, Duke University, Durham, SC, United States

⁸ Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

⁹ Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States