Will an Unsupervised Self-Testing Strategy Be Feasible to Operationalize in Canada? Results from a Pilot Study in Students of a Large Canadian University
المؤلفون المشاركون
Bhargava, Madhavi
Sharma, Jigyasa
Joseph, Lawrence
Tellier, Pierre-Paul
Pant Pai, Nitika
Balram, Bhairavi
Pillay, Sabrina
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2014، العدد 2014 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2014)، ص ص. 1-8، 8ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2014-01-09
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
8
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background.
A convenient, private, and accessible HIV self-testing strategy stands to complement facility-based conventional testing.
Over-the-counter oral HIV self-tests are approved and available in the United States, but not yet in Canada.
Canadian data on self-testing is nonexistent.
We investigated the feasibility of offering an unsupervised self-testing strategy to Canadian students.
Methods.
Between September 2011 and May 2012, we recruited 145 students from a student health clinic of a large Canadian university.
Feasibility of operationalization (i.e., self-test conduct, acceptability, convenience, and willingness to pay) was evaluated.
Self-test conduct was computed with agreement between the self-test performed by the student and the test repeated by a healthcare professional.
Other metrics were measured on a survey.
Results.
Participants were young (median age: 22 years), unmarried (97%), and 47% were out of province or international students.
Approximately 52% self-reported a history of unprotected casual sex and sex with multiple partners.
Self-test conduct agreement was high (100%), so were acceptability (81%), convenience (99%), and willingness to pay (74%) for self-tests.
Concerns included accuracy of self-tests and availability of expedited linkages.
Conclusion.
An unsupervised self-testing strategy was found to be feasible in Canadian students.
Findings call for studies in at-risk populations to inform Canadian policy.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Pant Pai, Nitika& Bhargava, Madhavi& Joseph, Lawrence& Sharma, Jigyasa& Pillay, Sabrina& Balram, Bhairavi…[et al.]. 2014. Will an Unsupervised Self-Testing Strategy Be Feasible to Operationalize in Canada? Results from a Pilot Study in Students of a Large Canadian University. AIDS Research and Treatment،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-495510
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Pant Pai, Nitika…[et al.]. Will an Unsupervised Self-Testing Strategy Be Feasible to Operationalize in Canada? Results from a Pilot Study in Students of a Large Canadian University. AIDS Research and Treatment No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-495510
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Pant Pai, Nitika& Bhargava, Madhavi& Joseph, Lawrence& Sharma, Jigyasa& Pillay, Sabrina& Balram, Bhairavi…[et al.]. Will an Unsupervised Self-Testing Strategy Be Feasible to Operationalize in Canada? Results from a Pilot Study in Students of a Large Canadian University. AIDS Research and Treatment. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-495510
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-495510
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