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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Factors associated with acceptability of HIV self-testing among health care workers in Kenya
AIDS and Behavior, Volume 18, No. SUPPL. 4, Year 2014
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Health care workers (HCWs) in sub-Saharan Africa are at a high risk of HIV infection from both sexual and occupational exposures. However, many do not seek HIV testing. This paper examines the acceptability of an unsupervised facility-based HIV self-testing (HIVST) intervention among HCWs and their partners and factors associated with uptake of HIVST among HCWs. HCWs in seven large Kenyan hospitals were invited to participate in pre-HIVST information sessions during which they were offered HIVST kits to take home for self-testing. A post-intervention survey was conducted among 765 HCWs. Forty-one percent attended the information session; of those, 89 % took the HIVST kits and of those, 85 % self-tested. Thirty-four percent of surveyed HCWs used the HIVST to test themselves. Of those who took the HIVST kit and had partners, 73 % gave the kit to their partner and 86 % of them indicated their partner self-tested. Factors positively associated with use of the HIVST on self were being female, being single, and being a HCW from Homa Bay Hospital (located in a high HIV prevalence area). HIVST is acceptable to HCWs and their partners. However, strategies are needed to increase HCWs attendance at pre-implementation information sessions. © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kalibala, Samuel
United States, New York
The Population Council, Inc.
Tun, Waimar
United States, New York
The Population Council, Inc.
Cherutich, Peter K.
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Ng’ang’a, Anne
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Oweya, Erick
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Oluoch, Patricia R.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Statistics
Citations: 94
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10461-014-0830-z
ISSN:
10907165
e-ISSN:
15733254
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Kenya
Participants Gender
Female