TY - JOUR
T1 - Can Home-Based HIV Rapid Testing Reduce HIV Disparities Among African Americans in Miami?
AU - Kenya, Sonjia
AU - Okoro, Ikenna S.
AU - Wallace, Kiera
AU - Ricciardi, Michael
AU - Carrasquillo, Olveen
AU - Prado, Guillermo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © 2016 Society for Public Health Education.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Sixty percent of African Americans have had an HIV test, yet this population disproportionately contributes to AIDS mortality, suggesting that testing is not occurring early enough to achieve optimal outcomes. OraQuick, the first Food and Drug Administration–approved home-based HIV rapid test (HBHRT) could potentially increase testing rates. We assessed whether community health workers (CHWs) paired with HBRHT could improve HIV screening and health care access among African Americans in Miami, Florida. In October-November 2013, 60 African Americans were enrolled and randomized to the experimental condition, which received CHW assistance to complete HBHRT, or the control condition, which were instructed to complete HBHRT independently. Intervention participants were significantly (p ≤.05) more likely than control participants to complete HBHRT and, if positive, get linked to HIV care (100% vs. 83%) χ2 (1, N = 60) = 5.46, p ≤.02. We concluded that CHW-assisted HBHRT may be a promising strategy to improve HIV testing and care among African Americans.
AB - Sixty percent of African Americans have had an HIV test, yet this population disproportionately contributes to AIDS mortality, suggesting that testing is not occurring early enough to achieve optimal outcomes. OraQuick, the first Food and Drug Administration–approved home-based HIV rapid test (HBHRT) could potentially increase testing rates. We assessed whether community health workers (CHWs) paired with HBRHT could improve HIV screening and health care access among African Americans in Miami, Florida. In October-November 2013, 60 African Americans were enrolled and randomized to the experimental condition, which received CHW assistance to complete HBHRT, or the control condition, which were instructed to complete HBHRT independently. Intervention participants were significantly (p ≤.05) more likely than control participants to complete HBHRT and, if positive, get linked to HIV care (100% vs. 83%) χ2 (1, N = 60) = 5.46, p ≤.02. We concluded that CHW-assisted HBHRT may be a promising strategy to improve HIV testing and care among African Americans.
KW - African Americans
KW - HIV
KW - HIV rapid testing
KW - community health workers
KW - home-based HIV testing and counseling
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U2 - 10.1177/1524839916629970
DO - 10.1177/1524839916629970
M3 - Article
C2 - 27091604
AN - SCOPUS:84981194447
VL - 17
SP - 722
EP - 730
JO - Health Promotion Practice
JF - Health Promotion Practice
SN - 1524-8399
IS - 5
ER -