Addressing Barriers to HIV Point-of-Care Testing in Community Pharmacies.

ABSTRACT: Significant numbers of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are transmitted unknowingly, making efforts to increase HIV testing accessibility crucial. As trusted healthcare providers, pharmacists can increase accessibility of HIV screening and referral services. However, challenges with lack of private counseling and testing space, need for training and education, lack of adequate staffing, heavy workload, and uncertainty supporting patients with reactive results have been previously reported by community pharmacists as barriers to offering HIV screening. The objective of this study was to investigate pharmacists' opinions of strategies for addressing these barriers. A survey was developed to gather information regarding steps that could be taken to increase pharmacist comfort and

SUBMITTER: McKeirnan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8167761 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature