| Title |
Practicing provider-initiated HIV testing in high prevalence settings: consent concerns and missed preventive opportunities
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, April 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-11-87 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mercy K Njeru, Astrid Blystad, Elizabeth H Shayo, Isaac K Nyamongo, Knut Fylkesnes |
| Abstract |
Counselling is considered a prerequisite for the proper handling of testing and for ensuring effective HIV preventive efforts. HIV testing services have recently been scaled up substantially with a particular focus on provider-initiated models. Increasing HIV test rates have been attributed to the rapid scale-up of the provider-initiated testing model, but there is limited documentation of experiences with this new service model. The aim of this study was to determine the use of different types of HIV testing services and to investigate perceptions and experiences of these services with a particular emphasis on the provider initiated testing in three selected districts in Kenya, Tanzania, and, Zambia. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| Kenya | 2 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Uganda | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Botswana | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 200 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 45 | 21% |
| Researcher | 37 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 6% |
| Other | 38 | 18% |
| Unknown | 43 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 66 | 31% |
| Social Sciences | 31 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 24 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 3% |
| Psychology | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 28 | 13% |
| Unknown | 51 | 24% |
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