"I feel good because I have saved their lives": Acceptability of assisted partner services among female index clients and male sexual partners in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Assisted partner services (APS), or notification for sexual partners of people diagnosed with HIV, is an efficient, effective, and high yield strategy to identify people living with HIV and is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, there remains a need to further understand the acceptability of APS qualitatively from a client lens, particularly when APS is integrated into the national health system. We investigated acceptability of APS when integrated into HIV services in Kenya.

Methods

Starting in May 2018, APS was implemented in 31 health facilities in Kisumu and Homa Bay counties in western Kenya. From January to December 2019, we conducted in-depth interviews (IDIs) with female index clients (n = 16) and male sexual partners (n = 17) in

SUBMITTER: Naughton B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10208474 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature