Home-Based HIV Testing and Counselling in a Survey Context in Uganda (English)

Document Type

Qualitative Research Studies

Publication Topic(s)

HIV, HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior

Country(s)

Uganda

Language

English

Author(s)

P. Stanley Yoder ORC Macro Calverton, Maryland, USA and Anne R. Katahoire and David Kyaddondo Child Health and Development Centre, Makerere University Kampala, Uganda

Publication Date

August 2006

Publication ID

QRS12

Abstract:

This study was undertaken to monitor the experience of survey respondents who were given the opportunity to give blood for an HIV test, and to learn their results the next day at home or at a local health center. A second phase involved return visits to households where someone had received HIV test results to determine how test results were shared with family and friends, and if there were any social repercussions from having been tested and given test results. The process of obtaining informed consent was observed, and respondents were interviewed after giving blood and also after being counseled.