Clinician Barriers and Facilitators to Routine HIV Testing: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Routine HIV screening rates are suboptimal.

Objectives

This systematic review identified barriers to/facilitators of routine HIV testing, categorized them using the socioecological model (SEM), and provided recommendations for interventions to increase screening.

Data sources

Included articles were indexed in PubMed, EBSCO CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library between 2006 and October 2018.

Eligibility criteria

Included studies were published in English or Spanish and directly assessed providers' barriers/facilitators to routine screening.

Data extraction

We used a standardized Excel template to extract barriers/facilitators and identify levels in the SEM.

Data synthesis

Intrapersonal factors predominated as barriers,

SUBMITTER: Bagchi AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7322815 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature