Awareness, Practice and Barriers to Provider Initieted Testing and Counselling of HIV Among Health Workers at Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza Tanzania
Mwita, Silvery. Faustine CUHAS/MD/4000278/T/08
Awareness, Practice and Barriers to Provider Initieted Testing and Counselling of HIV Among Health Workers at Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza Tanzania - Mwanza, Tanzania: Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] : ©2013 - vi; 20 Pages Includes Refferences
Abstract:
Background: Provider-initiated testing and counseling (PITC) is a routine HIV testing and counseling which was adopted in Tanzania in 2007 and rolled out in all healthcare facilities throughout the country. This study aimed at assessing the awareness, practice and barriers to PITC among health workers at Bugando Medical Centre since its adoption.
Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted between August and September, 2012 at Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza. A self-administered questionnaire was provided to eligible participants and collected after 48 hours from the day of provision. Data was entered into a word excel sheet and then analyzed using statistical package for social science (SPSS) program version 17.0 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA)
Results: A total of 300 subjects were interviewed in which most of the participants were females 241 (80.3%) and nurses by profession 200 (66.7%). Majority of the health care providers reported to be aware of PITC 268 (89.3%) and 137 (45.7%) have been trained on PITC. Those was practice PITC were 212 (79%), barriers to PITC were reported to be time consuming 139 (65.6%), inadequate space for confidentiality 101 (47.6%), increased work load 99 (46.7%) shortage of trained staff 62 (29.2%) and stock-out of HIV testing kits 17 (8.0%).
Conclusion: Despite PITC being an effective strategy for increasing access to HIV testing and the majority of healthcare providers being aware of it, potential barriers for its implementation should be addressed in order to diagnose HIV infection in early stages.
Wurzburg Road 35, BMC Premises, Post Code: 33102: P. O. Box 1464, Mwanza – Tanzania: Phone: +255 28 298 3384: Fax: +255 28 298 3386 : Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz : Website: www.bugando.ac.tz
--Community Medicine
Awareness, Practice and Barriers to Provider Initieted Testing and Counselling of HIV Among Health Workers at Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza Tanzania - Mwanza, Tanzania: Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] : ©2013 - vi; 20 Pages Includes Refferences
Abstract:
Background: Provider-initiated testing and counseling (PITC) is a routine HIV testing and counseling which was adopted in Tanzania in 2007 and rolled out in all healthcare facilities throughout the country. This study aimed at assessing the awareness, practice and barriers to PITC among health workers at Bugando Medical Centre since its adoption.
Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted between August and September, 2012 at Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza. A self-administered questionnaire was provided to eligible participants and collected after 48 hours from the day of provision. Data was entered into a word excel sheet and then analyzed using statistical package for social science (SPSS) program version 17.0 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA)
Results: A total of 300 subjects were interviewed in which most of the participants were females 241 (80.3%) and nurses by profession 200 (66.7%). Majority of the health care providers reported to be aware of PITC 268 (89.3%) and 137 (45.7%) have been trained on PITC. Those was practice PITC were 212 (79%), barriers to PITC were reported to be time consuming 139 (65.6%), inadequate space for confidentiality 101 (47.6%), increased work load 99 (46.7%) shortage of trained staff 62 (29.2%) and stock-out of HIV testing kits 17 (8.0%).
Conclusion: Despite PITC being an effective strategy for increasing access to HIV testing and the majority of healthcare providers being aware of it, potential barriers for its implementation should be addressed in order to diagnose HIV infection in early stages.
Wurzburg Road 35, BMC Premises, Post Code: 33102: P. O. Box 1464, Mwanza – Tanzania: Phone: +255 28 298 3384: Fax: +255 28 298 3386 : Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz : Website: www.bugando.ac.tz
--Community Medicine