Title |
Is 'Opt-Out HIV Testing' a real option among pregnant women in rural districts in Kenya?
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, March 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-11-151 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Opondo Awiti Ujiji, Birgitta Rubenson, Festus Ilako, Gaetano Marrone, David Wamalwa, Gilbert Wangalwa, Anna Mia Ekström |
Abstract |
An 'opt-out' policy of routine HIV counseling and testing (HCT) is being implemented across sub-Saharan Africa to expand prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT). Although the underlying assumption is that pregnant women in rural Africa are able to voluntarily consent to HIV testing, little is known about the reality and whether 'opt-out' HCT leads to higher completion rates of PMTCT. Factors associated with consent to HIV testing under the 'opt-out' approach were investigated through a large cross-sectional study in Kenya. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Ghana | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 109 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 23 | 21% |
Researcher | 18 | 16% |
Student > Bachelor | 14 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 10% |
Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 7% |
Other | 16 | 15% |
Unknown | 20 | 18% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 29% |
Social Sciences | 24 | 22% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 12% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 3% |
Other | 12 | 11% |
Unknown | 23 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
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#7,557,150
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#7,869
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#39,289
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#57
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