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Knowledge of HIV status prior to a community HIV counseling and testing intervention in a rural district of south Africa: results of a community based survey

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Title
Knowledge of HIV status prior to a community HIV counseling and testing intervention in a rural district of south Africa: results of a community based survey
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BMC Infectious Diseases, March 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2334-12-73
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Hanani Tabana, Tanya Doherty, Sonja Swanevelder, Carl Lombard, Debra Jackson, Wanga Zembe, Reshma Naik

Abstract

The low uptake of facility-based HIV counseling and testing (HCT) in South Africa, particularly amongst men and youth has hindered attempts to increase access to effective treatment and prevention strategies. Many barriers to HIV testing have been described including long waiting times, transport to reach facilities, fear of lack of confidentiality and health systems factors such as stock outs of HIV test kits. The aim of this study was to undertake a community survey to determine rates of HCT in a rural area in order to plan a community intervention.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 1%
Tanzania, United Republic of 1 <1%
Unknown 136 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 33 24%
Researcher 30 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 12%
Student > Bachelor 11 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 5%
Other 20 14%
Unknown 21 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 42 30%
Social Sciences 27 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 21 15%
Psychology 6 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 4%
Other 13 9%
Unknown 25 18%
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#18,305,445
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#75
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