Knowledge of free voluntary HIV testing centres and willingness to do a test among migrants in Cayenne, French Guiana
| Autor: | Leila Adriouch, Véronique Bousser, Astrid Van-Melle, Marie-Louise Nouvellet, Matthieu Hanf, Pierre Couppié, Claire Goddard Sebillotte, Mathieu Nacher, Marie Claire Parriault |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles-Guyane (CIC - Antilles Guyane), CHU de Fort de France-Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française]-CHU Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes [Guadeloupe] -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG), COREVIH, Cayenne General Hospital, Service de Dermatologie et Vénérologie, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française] |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Program evaluation
Adult Counseling Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Social Psychology Adolescent Voluntary Programs Voluntary counseling and testing media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Population Developing country HIV Infections 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education media_common Transients and Migrants education.field_of_study 030505 public health business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health virus diseases Life Sciences Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care South America medicine.disease Haiti French Guiana Risk perception Female [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie 0305 other medical science business Demography |
| Zdroj: | AIDS Care AIDS Care, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2011, 23 (04), pp.476-485. ⟨10.1080/09540121.2010.525604⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0954-0121 1360-0451 |
| Popis: | In Cayenne, French Guiana, 80% of HIV-positive patients followed at the hospital are migrants. Behavioural information is crucial for optimising HIV testing for this vulnerable group. Predictors of ignorance of the existence of free voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) centre and willingness to get tested were investigated in 2006 among 398 migrants from Haiti, Guyana, Suriname and Brazil using a structured questionnaire. Only 27% of migrants knew simultaneously about the existence of free VCT, its localisation and its operating hours. Factors associated with ignorance of the existence of free VCT centre were birthplace in Haiti, being in French Guiana for less than three years, not thinking one's birth country as strongly affected by HIV and not thinking to be personally at risk for HIV. Factors independently associated with willingness to get tested were thinking to be at risk for HIV, birthplace in Brazil and Haiti, having a high-integration level and fear of suffering if HIV test was positive. In order to improve testing among migrants, the accessibility of testing facilities and the knowledge of their whereabouts and operating hours must be improved to promote the desired behaviour among the majority of migrants which is often willing to do the test. |
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