"Meet people where they are": a qualitative study of community barriers and facilitators to HIV testing and HIV self-testing among African Americans in urban and rural areas in North Carolina.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV testing programs in the United States aim to reach ethnic minority populations who experience high incidence of HIV, yet 40% of African Americans have never been tested for HIV. The objective of this study is to identify community-based strategies to increase testing among African Americans in both urban and rural areas.

Methods

This study conducted focus group discussions (FGDs) informed by community-based participatory research principles to examine African American's concerns and ideas around HIV testing and HIV self-testing. Participants included highly affected (i.e., PLWH, MSM, PWID, low-income, teens and young adults) populations from African American communities in North Carolina, aged 15 years and older. We digitally transcribed and analyzed qualitati

SUBMITTER: Mathews A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7161271 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature