Factors influencing community demand for assisted partner services for HIV in western Kenya: a multilevel qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study explores factors affecting community-level demand for assisted partner services (APS) and HIV testing services (HTS) in western Kenya.

Design

This is a multilevel qualitative analysis conducted as part of the APS Scale-up Study, a hybrid type 2 implementation-effectiveness study of APS integrated within routine HTS. For this analysis, in-depth phone interviews assessed demand for APS and factors influencing decisions to participate in APS.

Setting

Participants were recruited from eight healthcare facilities and (for APS stakeholders) from affiliated healthcare institutions in western Kenya (Kisumu and Homabay). Interviews were conducted by phone in 2019 and 2020.

Participants

67 participants were interviewed: 14 APS providers, 16 female in

SUBMITTER: Owuor M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11911700 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature