The use of vouchers in HIV prevention, referral treatment, and care for young MSM and young transgender people in Dhaka, Bangladesh: experience from ‘HIM’ initiative
| Autor: | Ziya Uddin, Shale Ahmed, Tajudeen Oyewale, Mona Tazreen, Anisur Rahman, Farid Uddin Ahmed, Kola A. Oyediran |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Program evaluation
Gerontology youngMSM Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Referral Adolescent Cross-sectional study Immunology Population Developing country HIV Infections Transgender Persons 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine young transgender people Virology Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Homosexuality Male education respondent driven approach Reproductive health education.field_of_study Bangladesh 030505 public health voucher scheme Oncology (nursing) business.industry virus diseases peer link associates Hematology Voucher Infectious Diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Oncology Family medicine Supplement Article 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS |
| ISSN: | 1746-6318 1746-630X |
| Popis: | Introduction The study described the effectiveness of a voucher scheme to access sexual and reproductive health and HIV services among young MSM and transgender people aged 15–24 years in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a country with HIV prevalence of less than 0.1%. Methods Descriptive and analytical methods were used to assess the net effects of biodemographic factors of the respondents on the voucher scheme. Effectiveness of the scheme was contextualized as target population coverage, and turnaround time of voucher redemption to access services. Results and discussion A total of 210 (87.9%) out of the 239 vouchers distributed were redeemed. The mean age of the identified young people was 19.6 years (SD = +2.6 years). The coverage of the scheme against the target population of 200 young MSM and 936 young transgender people was 88% (n = 175) and 4% (n = 35) respectively, with P |
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