HIV testing week 2015: lowering barriers for HIV testing among high-risk groups in Amsterdam
| العنوان: | HIV testing week 2015: lowering barriers for HIV testing among high-risk groups in Amsterdam |
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| المؤلفون: | Bartelsman, M., Joore, I. K., van Bergen, J. E., Hogewoning, A. A., Zuure, F. R., van Veen, M. G., Oomen, A., Prins, J. M., Smit, P. J., van Agtmael, M., Bezemer, D., Blok, W. L., Boucher, C. A.B., Burger, D., de Bruin, M., Dijkstra, M., Goorhuis, A., Groot, M., Gruters, R. A., van der Helm, J. J., Kroon, F. P., Mahmoudi, T., van der Meer, J. T., Mulder, J., Nobel, H., Peters, E., van Rooijen, M. S., Veenstra, J., Verbon, A., Verhagen, D., Visser, G., de Vries, H. J., van Vugt, M., Wit, F. W., van Zelm, M. C. |
| المساهمون: | Public Health, General Practice, Erasmus MC other, Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Department of Public Administration and Sociology, Virology, Research & Education, Immunology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Intensive Care, Anesthesiology, Pharmacy, Pediatrics, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Biochemistry, Department of Management of Technology and Innovation, Rehabilitation Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Department of Technology and Operations Management, Clinical Chemistry, AII - Infectious diseases, Internal medicine, Graduate School, APH - Personalized Medicine, General practice, APH - Methodology, Dermatology, Other departments, Infectious diseases, APH - Global Health, APH - Aging & Later Life, Global Health, APH - Quality of Care, Neurology, Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Experimental Immunology, Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity, Center of Experimental and Molecular Medicine, ACS - Heart failure & arrhythmias |
| المصدر: | BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017) BMC Infectious Diseases, 17(1):529. BioMed Central Ltd. BMC Infectious Diseases BMC Infectious Diseases, 17(1):529. BioMed Central Bartelsman, M, Joore, I K, van Bergen, J E, Hogewoning, A, Zuure, F R, van Veen, M G & On behalf of the HIV Transmission Elimination AMsterdam (H-TEAM) initiative 2017, ' HIV testing week 2015 : Lowering barriers for HIV testing among high-risk groups in Amsterdam ', BMC Infectious Diseases, vol. 17, no. 1, 529 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2617-0Test BMC infectious diseases, 17(1). BioMed Central |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Veterinary medicine, Cost-Benefit Analysis, HIV Infections, Men who have sex with men, 0302 clinical medicine, Surveys and Questionnaires, Medicine, Mass Screening, 030212 general & internal medicine, Young adult, Netherlands, Aged, 80 and over, Transients and Migrants, education.field_of_study, Attendance, Middle Aged, Test (assessment), Infectious Diseases, Female, 0305 other medical science, Research Article, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Point-of-care testing, Population, HIV testing week, Migrants, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Humans, lcsh:RC109-216, Msm, Homosexuality, Male, education, Point-of-care test, Mass screening, Aged, Rapid test, 030505 public health, business.industry, HIV, Tropical medicine, HIV-2, HIV-1, business, Demography |
| الوصف: | Background: Evaluation of the HIV Testing Week (HTW) 2015 in Amsterdam: the number of (positive) tested persons, characteristics and testing history of the tested population, the differences in attendance per location and the healthcare workers' experiences and opinions concerning the HTW. Methods: The HTW took place from 28 November till 4 December 2015. Anonymous HIV rapid testing (INSTI™ HIV1/HIV2 Ab test or Determine™ HIV-1/2 Ag/Ab test) was offered free of charge at four hospitals, 12 general practitioner (GP) clinics, a sexually transmitted infections (STI) clinic, a laboratory, sites of a community-based organisation, and at outreach locations. Home-based testing (OraQuick® In-Home HIV Test) was offered online. The focus was to motivate two groups to test: men who have sex with men (MSM) and non-Western migrants. Questionnaires regarding participant's characteristics and HIV testing history were collected. Also healthcare workers were asked to complete a questionnaire evaluating the HTW. Results: In total, 1231 participants were tested. With three positive HIV tests, the detection rate was 0.3% (95%CI 0.26-0.37). Of all participants, 24.7% (304/1231) were MSM. Respectively, 22.3% (275/1231) and 15.7% (193/1231) were first- and second-generation migrants from a non-Western country. Altogether, 56.7% (698/1231) of participants belonged to one of the targeted risk groups. For 32.7% (402/1231) of participants, it was the first time they received testing, and 35.1% (432/1231) were tested more than 1 year ago. Among MSM 13.2% were tested for the first time, among first- and second-generation non-Western migrants this percentage was significantly higher at 27.2% and 33.5% respectively (p < 0.01). The number of tested participants per location varied widely, especially between GP clinics (range 3-63). Healthcare workers were positive about the HTW: about half (46.2%) stated they would more readily offer an HIV test following their experience with the HTW. Conclusions: This was the first time the Amsterdam HTW was organised on such a large scale. The majority of the tested population belonged to one of the targeted risk groups and received testing either for the first time or for the first time in over a year. It is important to further build upon the experiences of the HTW and offer free of charge low-threshold HIV testing more structurally. An evaluation of cost-effectiveness is also warranted for future editions of the HTW. |
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