Assisted Partner Services for People Who Inject Drugs: Index Characteristics Associated With Untreated HIV in Partners.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assisted partner services (APSs) is a feasible, acceptable, and effective strategy that increases uptake of HIV testing; however, it has not been used widely among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Africa to notify sexual and injecting partners of potential exposures to HIV and provide testing services.

Setting

Nairobi, Kilifi, and Mombasa counties in Kenya.

Methods

PWID living with HIV (indexes) were enrolled and asked to provide contact information for sexual and injecting partners who were traced and offered HIV testing. APS efficiency was assessed by the number of indexes needed to interview (NNTI) to find 1 additional partner who was unaware of their HIV status or not on antiretroviral therapy (ART). We defined index participant characteristics associa

SUBMITTER: Tseng AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9588565 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature