Barriers to and acceptability of provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling and adopting HIV-prevention behaviours in rural Uganda: a qualitative study
Kiene, S.M.; Sileo, K.; Wanyenze, R.K.; Lule, H.; Bateganya, M.H.; Jasperse, J.; Nantaba, H.; Jayaratne, K.
Journal of Health Psychology 20(2): 173-187
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 1359-1053 PMID: 24058127 DOI: 10.1177/1359105313500685Document Number: 626713
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.