Expanding HIV Testing in African American Communities Through Community-Based Distribution of Home-Test Vouchers
Expanding HIV Testing in African American Communities Through Community-Based Distribution of Home-Test Vouchers
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DOI：
10.1089/apc.2015.0243
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发表时间：
2016-03-01
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4.9
通讯作者：
Ohmit, Anita
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作者：
Meyerson, Beth E.;Carter, Gregory;Ohmit, Anita
我们调查了实施的可行性和有效性，以社区为基础的艾滋病毒家庭检测券分发在印第安纳波利斯的三个非洲裔美国人社区。社区组织加强了传统的外展方法，在2015年2月至4月30日的三次分发浪潮中，分发了可在三家药店兑换的家庭艾滋病毒检测券。艾滋病病毒检测是艾滋病病毒检测意向的一个替代指标。共派发315张礼券，并赎回47张礼券，赎回率为14.9%。分配是计划的46%。所有三家药店都兑换了代金券，21%的就诊涉及兑换一张以上的代金券。在第二次浪潮中，最初的团队由三个组织的七个分销商减少到两个组织的五个分销商。这项研究表明，外展组织可以实施艾滋病毒家庭检测券分发，人们将在药房兑换券进行艾滋病毒检测。未来的研究应探讨如何券分配可以扩大目前的艾滋病毒检测系统。
We investigated the implementation feasibility and effectiveness of community-based HIV home-test voucher distribution in three Indianapolis African American communities. Community-based organizations augmented traditional outreach methods to distribute vouchers for home HIV tests redeemable at three pharmacies during three distribution waves from February to April 30, 2015. Voucher redemption served as a proxy indicator of intent to test for HIV. 315 vouchers were distributed and 47 vouchers were redeemed for a 14.9% redemption rate. Distribution was 46% of plan. Vouchers were redeemed at all three pharmacies, and 21% of visits involved redemption of more than one voucher. The original team of seven distributors in three organizations reduced to a remaining five distributors in two organizations by wave 2. This study suggests that outreach organizations could implement HIV home test voucher distribution, and that people would redeem the vouchers at a pharmacy for an HIV test. Future studies should explore how voucher distribution can expand the current HIV testing system.