Feasibility and Acceptability of Barbershop-Based HIV Prevention Among Heterosexual Men in Kalangala Islands, Uganda: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Trial (HPTN 111)

Caitlin Scoville   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Brenda Gati Mirembe   ^{2 *} , MSc Epi, MBChB ;   Emily Voldal   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Joel Maena   ^{2 *} , MBChB, MPH ;   Juliane Etima   ^{2 *} , MA ;   Jayla Harris-Wisecarver   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Ivan Rukundo   ² , BS, MS ;   Hassan Ssemere   ² , BA, MA ;   Doreen Kemigisha   ^{2 *} , BA, MPH ;   Teopista Nakyanzi   ^{2 *} , BA ;   Rita Nakalega   ^{2 *} , MBChB, MPH, MMED ;   Donaldson F Conserve   ^{4 *} , MS, PhD ;   Maggie Albano   ^{1 *} , MA ;   Molly Dyer   ^{1 *} , MPH ;   Estelle Piwowar-Manning   ⁵ , BS, MLS ;   Hans Spiegel   ^{6 *} , MD, PhD, DTMH ;   Clemensia Nakabiito   ^{2 *} , MBChB, MMed ;   Andrew Mujugira   ^{7 *} , MBChB, PhD ;   Deborah Donnell   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Zubair Lukyamuzi   ^{2, 8 *} , MBChB, MPH, MSc Pharm

¹ Family Health International 360, Durham, NC, United States

² Makerere University - Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

³ Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, United States

⁴ Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States

⁵ Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁶ Kelly Government Solutions, Rockville, MD, United States

⁷ Makerere University, Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

⁸ Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, King Ceasar University, Kampala, Uganda

*these authors contributed equally