Barriers to and acceptability of provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling and adopting HIV-prevention behaviours in rural Uganda: A qualitative study. (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kiene, Susan M; Sileo, Katelyn; Wanyenze, Rhoda K; Lule, Haruna; Bateganya, Moses H; Jasperse, Joseph; Nantaba, Harriet; Jayaratne, Kia
• Is Part Of: Journal of health psychology. Volume 20:Number 2(2015:Feb.)
• Page Start: 173
• Page End: 187
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: AIDS -- health behaviour -- HIV -- prevention -- screening; Clinical health psychology -- Periodicals; 613.019
• DOI: 10.1177/1359105313500685
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-1053

Abstract

In Uganda, a nationwide scale-up of provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling presents an opportunity to deliver HIV-prevention services to large numbers of people. In a rural Ugandan hospital, focus group discussions and key informant interviews were conducted with outpatients receiving provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling and staff to explore the HIV-prevention information, motivation and behavioural skills strengths and weaknesses, and community-level and structural barriers to provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling acceptability and HIV prevention among this population. Strengths and weakness occurred at all levels, and results suggest brief client-centred interventions during provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling may be an effective approach to increase prevention behaviours in outpatient settings.