Attitudes and perceptions of STI clients towards provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling

This study aims at exploring clients' attitudes and perception towards provider initiated HIV testing and counseling. Specifically, it aims at assessing their knowledge on PTIC, their perceived benefits of PTIC, their attitudes and factors that influence their choice not to test for HIV. The...

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Main Author: Nyama, Diana
Format: Other
Language:English
Published: Kamuzu University of Health Sciences 2022
Online Access:http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw/handle/20.500.12845/438
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Summary:This study aims at exploring clients' attitudes and perception towards provider initiated HIV testing and counseling. Specifically, it aims at assessing their knowledge on PTIC, their perceived benefits of PTIC, their attitudes and factors that influence their choice not to test for HIV. The study will employ the qualitative study method and it will be conducted at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. The subjects will be clients attending the STI clinic and the sample will be ten. The significance of the study is to help health workers to have an insight on the fears that clients have hence to find strategies of initiating HIV testing and changing the negative attitudes that client have. The data will be collected by interviewing the clients for about 30 minutes using an interview guide by the researcher and it will be analysed manually.