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Performance of family planning clinics in conducting recommended HIV counseling and testing in Mombasa County, Kenya: a cross-sectional study

Authors :
McKenna C. Eastment
George Wanje
Barbra A. Richardson
Faiza Nassir
Emily Mwaringa
Ruanne V. Barnabas
Kenneth Sherr
Kishorchandra Mandaliya
Walter Jaoko
R. Scott McClelland
Source :
BMC Health Services Research, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
BMC, 2019.

Abstract

Abstract Background A high proportion of African women utilize family planning (FP) services. Accordingly, incorporating HIV testing into FP services may strategically target the first WHO 90–90-90 goal of 90% of people living with HIV knowing their status. Methods The objective of this analysis was to determine the proportion of new FP clients counseled and tested for HIV, as well as correlates of HIV testing, in a random sample of 58 FP clinics in Mombasa County, Kenya. Structured interviews of FP clinic managers collected data on characteristics of FP clinics and staff. Study staff performed a 3-month review of FP registers, summarizing new client HIV testing and counseling (HTC). Because overall rates of HTC were quite low, a binary variable was created comparing clinics performing any HIV counseling and/or testing to clinics performing none. Generalized linear models were used to calculate prevalence ratios (PR) and identify correlates of HTC. Factors associated with any HTC with a p-value

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14726963
Volume :
19
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
BMC Health Services Research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.73aa9413d4fe46c9a3345b60122bcfbc
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4519-x