HIV TESTING PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND CHALLENGES IN FOUR U.S. URBAN AREAS

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• Alternative Title:
  AIDS Educ Prev
• Personal Author:
  Carey, James W. ; Courtenay-Quirk, Cari ; Carnes, Neal ; Wilkes, Aisha L. ; Schoua-Glusberg, Alisu ; Tesfaye, Casey ; Betley, Valerie ; Pedersen, Sarah ; Randall, Laura A. ; Frew, Paula M.
• Description:
  The national "Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America" supports expanded testing in jurisdictions and groups with disproportionate HIV burden. Public health planners benefit from learning HIV testing service (HTS) strengths, challenges, and innovations. We conducted semistructured interviews with 120 HTS staff from local health departments, community-based organizations, and community members in Houston, Texas; Miami, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Washington, DC. We coded interview transcripts using qualitative methods to identify themes. Program strengths include HIV testing integration with other client services; prioritized testing and tailored incentives; multiple advertising methods; and partnerships among HTS providers. Challenges include stigma, fear, and disparities; funding requirements that create competition between providers; and service accessibility, unnecessary repeat testing, and insufficient innovation. The four jurisdictions addressed some, but not all, of these challenges. Cross-jurisdictional collaboration, together with state and federal partners plus program data may help identify additional strategies for strengthening HTS.
• Subjects:
  Florida HIV Infections HIV Testing Humans Public Health Social Stigma
• Keywords:
  HIV Infection Prevention And Control HIV Testing Program Activities And Challenges Program Evaluation U.S. Centers For Disease Control And Prevention U.S. Urban Jurisdictions
• Source:
  AIDS Educ Prev. 34(2):99-115
• Pubmed ID:
  35438537
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10953676
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:65b13f9da052a642019894efb55c075e47adf366cf3b570a51024f14b4253825
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/153456/cdc_153456_DS1.pdf
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