| Title |
Acceptability of HIV Self-Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Scoping Study
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
AIDS and Behavior, July 2017
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s10461-017-1848-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Charlene Harichund, M. Moshabela |
| Abstract |
Several HIV testing models have been implemented in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to improve access to HIV testing, but uptake remains poor. HIV Self-Testing (HIVST) is now available, and may serve to overcome barriers of current testing models which include stigma, discrimination and non-confidential testing environments. A scoping study was conducted to provide an overview of the current literature in SSA, as well as identify future research needs to scale-up HIVST and increase HIV testing uptake. The outcome of the review indicated only 11 reported studies to date, showing variable acceptability (22.3-94%) of HIVST, with acceptability of HIVST higher among men than women in SSA. We conclude that research around HIVST in SSA is still in its infancy, and further implementation research and interventions are required to improve acceptability of HIVST among diverse study populations, failing which policy adoption and scale-up may be hindered. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Namibia | 1 | 20% |
| Jamaica | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 214 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 214 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 35 | 16% |
| Researcher | 26 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 30 | 14% |
| Unknown | 78 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 36 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 30 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 22 | 10% |
| Psychology | 7 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 26 | 12% |
| Unknown | 87 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 30. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 June 2021.
All research outputs
#1,200,414
of 23,849,058 outputs
Outputs from AIDS and Behavior
#128
of 3,566 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#25,064
of 314,264 outputs
Outputs of similar age from AIDS and Behavior
#3
of 81 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,849,058 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 94th percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,566 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.0. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 314,264 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 92% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 81 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its contemporaries.