Socio-demographic characteristics and the utilization of HIV testing and counselling services among the key populations at the Bhutanese Refugees Camps in Eastern Nepal
| Autor: | Bidhya Basnet, Kiran Bam, Salina Khatoon, Nilambar Jha, Shyam Sundar Budhathoki, Lokesh Prasad Bhatt, Rajshree Thapa |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Counseling Male medicine.medical_specialty Bioinformatics Socio demographics Refugee 030231 tropical medicine Population Utilization of HIV testing and counselling services Psychological intervention lcsh:Medicine Stigma (botany) HIV Infections Hiv testing 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Refugees in Nepal Nepal medicine Humans Lack of knowledge 030212 general & internal medicine lcsh:Science (General) education Bhutan lcsh:QH301-705.5 Demography education.field_of_study Refugees lcsh:R virus diseases General Medicine Outreach Research Note Cross-Sectional Studies lcsh:Biology (General) HIV testing and counselling Family medicine Bhutanese refugees Female Psychology lcsh:Q1-390 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences |
| Zdroj: | BMC Research Notes BMC Research Notes, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2018) |
| Popis: | Objectives This cross-sectional study was conducted to describe the socio-demographic characteristics, assess the utilization of HIV testing and counselling services, and to explore the reasons for the non-utilization of HIV testing and counselling services among the key populations at the Bhutanese refugee camps in eastern Nepal. Results The HIV testing and counselling services are utilized by less than a third (29%) of the key population among the Bhutanese Refugees. The prime source of information about the HIV testing and counselling sites has been health workers followed by peer/outreach educators and neighbors. Common self-reported barriers for utilization of HIV testing and counselling services by the Bhutanese refugees were self-perceived stigma about HIV, the fear of being discriminated and the lack of knowledge about HIV testing and counselling services. There is a need to analyze the gap between availability and utilization through more qualitative approaches in order to identify interventions to increase the uptake of the HIV testing and counselling services. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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