ArticleSexually transmitted infections2015
Engaging young adult clients of community pharmacies for HIV screening in Coastal Kenya: a cross-sectional study.
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- Primary health care roles of community pharmacists in low- and middle-income countries: a mixed methods systematic review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
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- Identifying community pharmacists' preferences for attributes of public health interventions in Kenya: a discrete choice experiment.Health policy and planning · 2026Article
- Community pharmacies: Key players in point-of-care diagnostics for STI screening in Africa.PloS one · 2024Article
- Public Health Interventions Delivered by Pharmacy Professionals in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in Africa: A Systematic Scoping Review.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Characterising the HIV self-testing market in Kenya: Awareness and usage, barriers and motivators to uptake, and propensity to pay.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- The effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of HIV service delivery at private pharmacies in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2022Article
- Design of a care pathway for pharmacy-based PrEP delivery in Kenya: results from a collaborative stakeholder consultation.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- The Meaning of "Rapid" Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation for Adolescents With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Sub-Saharan Africa.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Screening for HIV and linkage to care in adolescents: insights from a systematic review of recent interventions in high- versus low- and middle-income settings.Adolescent health, medicine and therapeutics · 2018Review
- Uptake and Acceptability of Oral HIV Self-Testing among Community Pharmacy Clients in Kenya: A Feasibility Study.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdults in developing countries frequently use community pharmacies as the first and often only source of care. The objective of this study was to assess the success of pharmacy referrals and uptake of HIV testing by young adult clients of community pharmacies in the context of a screening programme for acute HIV-1 infection (AHI).
methodsWe requested five pharmacies to refer clients meeting predefined criteria (ie, 18-29 years of age and requesting treatment for fever, diarrhoea, sexually transmitted infection (STI) symptoms or body pains) for HIV-1 testing and AHI screening at selected clinics. Using multivariable logistical regression, we determined client characteristics associated with HIV-1 test uptake.
resultsFrom February through July 2013, 1490 pharmacy clients met targeting criteria (range of weekly averages across pharmacies: 4-35). Of these, 1074 (72%) accepted a referral coupon, 377 (25%) reported at a study clinic, 353 (24%) were HIV-1 tested and 127 (9%) met criteria for the AHI study. Of those tested, 14 (4.0%) were HIV-1 infected. Test uptake varied significantly by referring pharmacy and was higher for clients who presented at the pharmacy without a prescription versus those with a prescription, and for clients who sought care for STI symptoms.
conclusionsAbout a quarter of targeted pharmacy clients took up HIV-1 testing. Clients seeking care directly at the pharmacy (ie, without a prescription) and those with STI symptoms were more likely to take up HIV-1 testing. Engagement of adult pharmacy clients for HIV-1 screening may identify undiagnosed individuals and offers opportunities for HIV-1 prevention research.
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