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ArticleHealth education research2014

'There's no place like home': perceptions of home-based HIV testing in Lesotho.

J E Mantell, A L DiCarlo, R H Remien, A Zerbe, D Morris, B Pitt, J P Nkonyana, E J Abrams, W El-Sadr

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Article in Health education research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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J E MantellDepartment of Psychiatry, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute & Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr., Unit 15, New York, NY 10032, USA, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA, ICAP, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA and Department of Disease Control, Lesotho Ministry of Health, Maseru, Lesotho 100. jem57@columbia.edu.
A L DiCarloDepartment of Psychiatry, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute & Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr., Unit 15, New York, NY 10032, USA, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA, ICAP, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA and Department of Disease Control, Lesotho Ministry of Health, Maseru, Lesotho 100.Department of Psychiatry, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute & Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr., Unit 15, New York, NY 10032, USA, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA, ICAP, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA and Department of Disease Control, Lesotho Ministry of Health, Maseru, Lesotho 100.
R H RemienDepartment of Psychiatry, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute & Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr., Unit 15, New York, NY 10032, USA, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA, ICAP, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA and Department of Disease Control, Lesotho Ministry of Health, Maseru, Lesotho 100.
A ZerbeDepartment of Psychiatry, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute & Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr., Unit 15, New York, NY 10032, USA, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA, ICAP, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA and Department of Disease Control, Lesotho Ministry of Health, Maseru, Lesotho 100.
D MorrisDepartment of Psychiatry, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute & Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr., Unit 15, New York, NY 10032, USA, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA, ICAP, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA and Department of Disease Control, Lesotho Ministry of Health, Maseru, Lesotho 100.
B PittDepartment of Psychiatry, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute & Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr., Unit 15, New York, NY 10032, USA, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA, ICAP, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA and Department of Disease Control, Lesotho Ministry of Health, Maseru, Lesotho 100.
J P NkonyanaDepartment of Psychiatry, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute & Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr., Unit 15, New York, NY 10032, USA, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA, ICAP, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA and Department of Disease Control, Lesotho Ministry of Health, Maseru, Lesotho 100.
E J AbramsDepartment of Psychiatry, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute & Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr., Unit 15, New York, NY 10032, USA, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA, ICAP, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA and Department of Disease Control, Lesotho Ministry of Health, Maseru, Lesotho 100.
W El-SadrDepartment of Psychiatry, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute & Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr., Unit 15, New York, NY 10032, USA, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA, ICAP, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA and Department of Disease Control, Lesotho Ministry of Health, Maseru, Lesotho 100.

Funding

LOC: HIV Prevention Trials NetworkUM1AI068619 · NIAID · FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL · PI MYRON Scott COHEN, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe · 2011 to 2026
$779.5M
HIV Prevention trials Network (HPTN) Coordinating and Operations CenterU01AI068619 · NIAID · FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL · PI VERMUND, STEN H. · 2006 to 2010
$72.7M
The Statistics, Data Science, and Data Management (SDM) CoreP30MH043520 · NIMH · NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC · PI Claude Ann Mellins · 2003 to 2026
$48.2M
Enhance Prevention in Couples (EPIC)R01AI083038 · NIAID · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI EL-SADR, WAFAA M. · 2009 to 2012
$4.2M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI083038NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI068619NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH043520NIMH NIH HHS P30-MH43520PHS HHS 5R01A1083038
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HIV testing has the potential to reduce HIV transmission by identifying and counseling individuals with HIV, reducing risk behaviors, linking persons with HIV to care and earlier treatment, and reducing perinatal transmission. In Lesotho, a high HIV prevalence country in which a large proportion of the population has never tested for HIV, home-based testing (HBT) may be an important strategy to increase HIV testing. We identified factors influencing acceptability of HIV prevention strategies among a convenience sample of 200 pregnant or post-partum Basotho women and 30 Basotho men. We first conducted cross-sectional surveys, followed by key informant interviews with all 30 men and focus group discussions with a sub-set of 62 women. In total, 82% of women reported positive perceptions of HBT; women and men viewed HBT as a potential way to increase testing among men and saw the home as a comfortable, supportive environment for testing and counseling couples and families together. Potential barriers to HBT uptake included concerns about confidentiality, privacy, coercion to test, conflict within the family and fear of HIV/AIDS-associated stigma. Participants emphasized community mobilization and education as important elements of HBT.

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Attitude to HealthAIDS SerodiagnosisCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFocus GroupsHumansInterviews as TopicLesothoMalePatient Acceptance of Health CarePregnancySelf Care

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PMID24599266
PMCPMC4021194

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