Characteristics of research-related HIV testing programmes contribute to detection of more HIV infections
| Autor: | D Rocha, T A Bingham, Lance M. Pollack, Diane Binson, A Ballesteros, S M Aviña, William J. Woods |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Sexually transmitted disease media_common.quotation_subject Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) HIV Infections Dermatology Hiv testing medicine.disease_cause California Men who have sex with men Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Risk Factors Prevalence medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) Homosexuality Homosexuality Male Sida media_common biology business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health AIDS Serodiagnosis biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Local community Infectious Diseases Immunology business Delivery of Health Care Program Evaluation Demography |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of STD & AIDS. 21:19-22 |
| ISSN: | 1758-1052 0956-4624 |
| Popis: | HIV prevalence estimates from bathhouse testing programmes differ widely, ranging from 3% to 11%. The observed difference may be a consequence of whether the programme was part of a research project or a community-based programme. A research-funded testing programme was offered at a bathhouse between May 2001 and December 2002. A local community-based organization began a testing programme in July 2006 at the same bathhouse; the data for this analysis cover the period July 2006 through December 2007. County-wide HIV prevalence estimates were available across the two time periods (i.e. 2001–2002 and 2006–2007). The research-funded testing programme recruited fewer men but identified more positive individuals (10.7% of those testing in the research programme) than were identified among men who tested in the area clinics (3.8% of those men who have sex with men [MSM] testing throughout the county in the same time period). However, the community-based testing programme identified about the same proportion of positive MSM (2.6%) as county clinics (2.7%) in the same time period. In conclusion, results confirmed that even in the same venue, a community-based HIV testing programme identified a similar proportion of positive MSM as the area clinics; however, the research-funded programme identified appreciably more. Incentives may contribute to the difference. |
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