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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing: Reactions of Women Attending Community Health Clinics
- Source :
- Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 19:66-74
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2008.
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Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to examine reactions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised recommendations for HIV testing by women attending community health clinics. A total of 30 women attending three community clinics completed semistructured individual interviews containing three questions about the recommendations. Thematic content analysis of responses was conducted. Results were that all agreed with the recommendation for universal testing. Most viewed opt-out screening as an acceptable approach to HIV testing. Many emphasized the importance of provision of explicit verbal informed consent. The majority strongly opposed the elimination of the requirement for pretest prevention counseling and spontaneously talked about the ongoing importance of posttest counseling. The conclusion was that there was strong support for universal testing of all persons 13 to 64 years old but scant support for the elimination of pretest prevention counseling. In general, respondents believed that verbal informed consent for testing as well as provision of HIV-related information before and after testing were crucial.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Counseling
Indiana
Health Planning Guidelines
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Nursing Methodology Research
Hiv testing
medicine.disease_cause
Article
Patient Education as Topic
Nursing
Informed consent
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Humans
Mass Screening
Women
Qualitative Research
Aged
Advanced and Specialized Nursing
Informed Consent
business.industry
Patient Selection
AIDS Serodiagnosis
Community Health Centers
Middle Aged
Disease control
United States
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Community health
Female
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S
Thematic analysis
business
Attitude to Health
Confidentiality
Needs Assessment
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10553290
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....97ad74e62b4f9495d564fda866d834de