'It is always better for a man to know his HIV status' – A qualitative study exploring the context, barriers and facilitators of HIV testing among men in Nairobi, Kenya

Autor: Carol Ngunu-Gituathi, Mary Mugambi, Avina Sarna, Daniel Lango, Jerry Okal, Francis Obare, James K. Matheka
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
RNA viruses
Counseling
Male
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice

Time Factors
Medical Doctors
Epidemiology
Health Care Providers
Social Stigma
Psychological intervention
HIV Infections
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Geographical Locations
Sexual and Gender Minorities
0302 clinical medicine
Immunodeficiency Viruses
Medicine and Health Sciences
030212 general & internal medicine
Medical Personnel
Qualitative Research
Multidisciplinary
Alcohol Consumption
HIV diagnosis and management
Fear
Middle Aged
Test (assessment)
Professions
Medical Microbiology
HIV epidemiology
Viral Pathogens
Viruses
Medicine
Infectious diseases
Female
Pathogens
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Research Article
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Science
HIV prevention
Stigma (botany)
Context (language use)
Interpersonal communication
Viral diseases
Microbiology
03 medical and health sciences
Social support
Young Adult
Retroviruses
medicine
Humans
Microbial Pathogens
Nutrition
Preventive medicine
030505 public health
Lentivirus
Organisms
Biology and Life Sciences
HIV
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Kenya
Diagnostic medicine
Diet
Risk perception
Health Care
Public and occupational health
Cross-Sectional Studies
Family medicine
People and Places
Africa
Population Groupings
Qualitative research
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 4, p e0231645 (2020)
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: HIV testing services are an important component of HIV program and provide an entry point for clinical care for persons newly diagnosed with HIV. Although uptake of HIV testing has increased in Kenya, men are still less likely than women to get tested and access services. There is, however, limited understanding of the context, barriers and facilitators of HIV testing among men in the country. Data are from in-depth interviews with 30 men living with HIV and 8 HIV testing counsellors that were conducted to gain insights on motivations and drivers for HIV testing among men in the city of Nairobi. Men were identified retroactively by examining clinical CD4 registers on early and late diagnosis (e.g. CD4 of ≥500 cells/mm, early diagnosis and
Databáze: OpenAIRE