HIV voluntary counselling and testing in community health services

Perre, Philippe Van de

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02462-4

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“…The results are consistent with previous findings of the effectiveness of VCT found in many countries (Booth et al, 1998;CDC, 2000;Jin et al, 2002;Myers et al, 1996;Stephens et al, 2000;Sweat et al, 2000;Van de Perre, 2000;Weinhardt et al, 1999;Wolitski et al, 1997).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…1 Governmental VCT stations usually are established within municipal Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) sites in China. VCT has proven to be an effective intervention in many countries for reducing HIV risk behaviors in addition to providing information on HIV status (Jin et al, 2002;Myers, Godlin, Lambert, Calzavara, & Locker, 1996;Sweat et al, 2000;Van de Perre, 2000;Weinhardt, Carey, Johnson, & Bickham, 1999) including the United States (Booth, Kwiakowski, & Stephens, 1998;CDC, 2000;Stephens, Kwiakowski, & Booth, 2000;Wolitski, MadGowan, Higgin, & Jorgensen, 1997).…”

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confidence: 99%

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HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing among Injection Drug Users in South China: A Study of a Non-Government Organization Based Program

et al. 2007

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HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) programs are usually delivered by government health agencies in China. This study examined the feasibility of using a Chinese non-government organization (NGO) to deliver a VCT program to injection drug users (IDUs) in a southern Chinese city. The process data indicated the program successfully recruited and served 226 male and female IDUs in 4 months. The HIV prevalence rate of the study population was 57.5% by rapid HIV testing with a secondary rapid test to confirm. Quantitative and qualitative evaluations indicated that the VCT program was implemented appropriately and participants' HIV knowledge and safe drug and sex practices were significantly improved after participation in the VCT program. This study demonstrates the feasibility of a Chinese NGO to provide VCT for IDUs and documents the processes and outcomes of the program. There remains a great need to find additional sources to provide VCT and other HIV prevention services to IDUs and other high-risk populations in China. Chinese NGOs have the potential to fill this need.

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HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing among Injection Drug Users in South China: A Study of a Non-Government Organization Based Program

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“…VCT has been shown to be an effective HIV prevention strategy and the entry point to care and support for PLWHA (Bentley et al 1998;Non-author 2000;Sweat et al 2000;Van de Perre 2000). Our findings suggested that those who received voluntary HIV testing were more likely to report consistent condom use and less likely to engage in needle-and syringe-sharing than those who received mandatory HIV testing.…”

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confidence: 65%

HIV Risk Behaviours and Determinants Among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam

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There is a potentially high risk of HIV spreading from people living with HIV/AIDS. We conducted a cross-sectional study to examine HIV risk behaviours and their determinants among people living with HIV/AIDS. Eighty-two percent had been sexually active. Sex with multiple partners was reported by 20% and consistent condom use by about one third. More than half of the participants (52%) reported having injected drugs during the previous month, and 35% of those had shared needles and syringes. Voluntary HIV testing and having received condoms or injection equipment from the local HIV prevention program, were found to be significantly associated with fewer HIV risk behaviours. Having learned recently about personal HIV status, multiple sex partners, low educational attainment and young age were found to be associated with higher HIV risk behaviours. Giving high priority to targeted preventive and support programmes is likely to be a highly cost-effective strategy.

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“…A randomized controlled trial has shown that HIV testing without proper counselling has little effect on HIV risk behaviour and that knowledge of serostatus is only instrumental in changing risk behaviours when combined with intensive counselling (Kamb et al, 1998). There is also a concern that HIV testing without counselling could actually promote risky behaviour (Mertens, Smith, & Van Praag, 1994;Van der Perre, 2000). Voluntary testing and counselling (VCT) is available in Estonia and most VCT services in Estonia are trained to give pre-and post-test counselling.…”

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Knowledge of HIV serostatus and risk behaviour among injecting drug users in Estonia

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HIV voluntary counselling and testing in community health services

Cited by 24 publications

References 7 publications

HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing among Injection Drug Users in South China: A Study of a Non-Government Organization Based Program

HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing among Injection Drug Users in South China: A Study of a Non-Government Organization Based Program

HIV Risk Behaviours and Determinants Among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam

Knowledge of HIV serostatus and risk behaviour among injecting drug users in Estonia

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