HIV Self-Testing Knowledge and Attitudes at Sports-based HIV Prevention Tournaments in Nairobi, Kenya.

IF 0.4 Q4 SOCIAL WORK
Journal of HIV-AIDS & Social Services Pub Date : 2019-01-01 Epub Date: 2019-06-09 DOI:10.1080/15381501.2019.1620663
Caroline J Vrana-Diaz, Danielle R Stevens, Enouce Ndeche, Jeffrey E Korte
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Abstract

HIV remains a major health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, and innovations - such as HIV self-testing (HST) - that break down barriers to testing are required to move toward elimination. Four anonymous cross-sectional surveys were conducted assessing HST knowledge and attitudes among sports-based HIV prevention tournament attendees in Nairobi, Kenya. Results suggest HST may increase testing rates in this population. Participants expressed interest in using HST and were willing to use HST as a tool to motivate others. This poses a unique opportunity for a community intervention aimed to increase knowledge of HST, and to increase HIV testing rates using HST kits.

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肯尼亚内罗毕以体育为基础的艾滋病毒预防锦标赛中的艾滋病毒自我检测知识和态度。
艾滋病毒仍然是撒哈拉以南非洲的一个主要健康问题,需要创新——例如艾滋病毒自我检测——打破检测障碍,才能走向消除。在肯尼亚内罗毕进行了四项匿名横断面调查,评估了体育艾滋病毒预防锦标赛参与者的HST知识和态度。结果表明HST可能会增加这一人群的检测率。参与者表示有兴趣使用HST,并愿意使用HST作为激励他人的工具。这为社区干预提供了一个独特的机会,旨在提高对HST的认识,并提高使用HST试剂盒的艾滋病毒检测率。
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