'I know that I do have HIV but nobody saw me': oral HIV self-testing in an informal settlement in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorPérez, Guillermo Martínezen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCox, Vivianen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorEllman, Tomen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Annen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorPatten, Gabrielaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorShroufi, Amiren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorStinson, Kathrynen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCutsem, Gilles Vanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorIbeto, Maryreneen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-13T12:36:50Z
dc.date.available2016-04-13T12:36:50Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractReaching universal HIV-status awareness is crucial to ensure all HIV-infected patients access antiretroviral treatment (ART) and achieve virological suppression. Opportunities for HIV testing could be enhanced by offering self-testing in populations that fear stigma and discrimination when accessing conventional HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) in health care facilities. This qualitative research aims to examine the feasibility and acceptability of unsupervised oral self-testing for home use in an informal settlement of South Africa. Eleven in-depth interviews, two couple interviews, and two focus group discussions were conducted with seven healthcare workers and thirteen community members. Thematic analysis was done concurrently with data collection. Acceptability to offer home self-testing was demonstrated in this research. Home self-testing might help this population overcome barriers to accepting HCT; this was particularly expressed in the male and youth groups. Nevertheless, pilot interventions must provide evidence of potential harm related to home self-testing, intensify efforts to offer quality counselling, and ensure linkage to HIV/ART-care following a positive self-test result.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationPérez, G. M., Cox, V., Ellman, T., Moore, A., Patten, G., Shroufi, A., ... Ibeto, M. (2016). 'I know that I do have HIV but nobody saw me': oral HIV self-testing in an informal settlement in South Africa. <i>PLoS One</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18855en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPérez, Guillermo Martínez, Vivian Cox, Tom Ellman, Ann Moore, Gabriela Patten, Amir Shroufi, Kathryn Stinson, Gilles Van Cutsem, and Maryrene Ibeto "'I know that I do have HIV but nobody saw me': oral HIV self-testing in an informal settlement in South Africa." <i>PLoS One</i> (2016) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18855en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPérez, G. M., Cox, V., Ellman, T., Moore, A., Patten, G., Shroufi, A., ... & Ibeto, M. (2016). ‘I know that I do have HIV but nobody saw me’: oral HIV self-testing in an informal settlement in South Africa. PloS one, 11(4), e0152653. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152653en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Pérez, Guillermo Martínez AU - Cox, Vivian AU - Ellman, Tom AU - Moore, Ann AU - Patten, Gabriela AU - Shroufi, Amir AU - Stinson, Kathryn AU - Cutsem, Gilles Van AU - Ibeto, Maryrene AB - Reaching universal HIV-status awareness is crucial to ensure all HIV-infected patients access antiretroviral treatment (ART) and achieve virological suppression. Opportunities for HIV testing could be enhanced by offering self-testing in populations that fear stigma and discrimination when accessing conventional HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) in health care facilities. This qualitative research aims to examine the feasibility and acceptability of unsupervised oral self-testing for home use in an informal settlement of South Africa. Eleven in-depth interviews, two couple interviews, and two focus group discussions were conducted with seven healthcare workers and thirteen community members. Thematic analysis was done concurrently with data collection. Acceptability to offer home self-testing was demonstrated in this research. Home self-testing might help this population overcome barriers to accepting HCT; this was particularly expressed in the male and youth groups. Nevertheless, pilot interventions must provide evidence of potential harm related to home self-testing, intensify efforts to offer quality counselling, and ensure linkage to HIV/ART-care following a positive self-test result. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0152653 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - PLoS One LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - 'I know that I do have HIV but nobody saw me': oral HIV self-testing in an informal settlement in South Africa TI - 'I know that I do have HIV but nobody saw me': oral HIV self-testing in an informal settlement in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18855 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152653en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/18855
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPérez GM, Cox V, Ellman T, Moore A, Patten G, Shroufi A, et al. 'I know that I do have HIV but nobody saw me': oral HIV self-testing in an informal settlement in South Africa. PLoS One. 2016; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18855.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentInstitute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_ZA
dc.rights.holder© 2016 Martínez Pérez et alen_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_ZA
dc.sourcePLoS Oneen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://journals.plos.org/plosoneen_ZA
dc.subject.otherHIVen_ZA
dc.subject.otherHealth services researchen_ZA
dc.subject.otherNursesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.otherAllied health care professionalsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherHealth care facilitiesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherHealth education and awarenessen_ZA
dc.subject.otherXhosa peopleen_ZA
dc.title'I know that I do have HIV but nobody saw me': oral HIV self-testing in an informal settlement in South Africaen_ZA
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