Opportunities and barriers for providing HIV testing through community health centers in mainland China: a nationwide cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care may be an avenue to increase coverage of HIV testing but it is unclear what challenges primary healthcare professionals in low- and middle-income countries face. We describe the HIV testing practices in community health centres (CHCs) and explore the staff's attitude towards further development of HIV testing services at the primary care level in China.

Methods

We conducted a national, cross-sectional survey using a stratified random sample of CHCs in 20 cities in 2015. Questionnaires were completed by primary care doctors and nurses in CHCs, and included questions regarding their demographics, clinical experience and their views on the facilitators and barriers to offering HIV testing in their CHC. Multivariate logistic regression was conducted to ex

SUBMITTER: Ong JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6916042 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature