Knowledge of free voluntary HIV testing centres and willingness to do a test among migrants in Cayenne, French Guiana

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 476-485

  Hanf, Matthieu ^a   Bousser, Véronique ^a   Parriault, Marie Claire ^a   Van Melle, Astrid ^a   Nouvellet, Marie Louise ^a   Adriouch, Leila ^a   Sebillotte, Claire Goddard ^a   Couppie, Pierre ^a   Nacher, Mathieu ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

French Guiana; HIV testing; migrant; prevention; risk perception; VCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING CENTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HAITI; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AMERICA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952518415     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.525604     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Burnham, K.P., & Anderson, D.R. (2002). Model selection and multimodel inference: A practical-theoretic ap-proach (2nd ed.). New York: Springer-Verlag.
2. Camara, B. (2006). 20 Years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean. CAREC/PAHO/WHO. Port of Spain: Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC).
3. CAREC/PAHO/WHO. (2007). The Caribbean HIV/AIDS epidemic and the situation in member countries of the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC). Port of Spain: Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC).
4. CIA. (2009). CIA worldfactbook. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/ library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
5. Cohen, D.A., Scribner, R.A., & Farley, T.A. (2000). A structural model of health behavior: A pragmatic approach to explain and influence health behaviors at the population level. Preventive Medicine, 30(2), 146-154. (Pubitemid 30094246)
6. Cortinovis, I., Vella, V., & Ndiku, J. (1993). Construction of a socio-economic index to facilitate analysis of health data in developing countries. Social Science & Medicine, 36(8), 1087-1097. (Pubitemid 23103110)
7. Downing, M., Knight, K., Reiss, T.H., Vernon, K., Mulia, N., Ferreboeuf, M., et al. (2001). Drug users talk about HIV testing: Motivating and deterring factors. AIDS Care, 13(5), 561-577. (Pubitemid 32928065)
8. Efficacy of Voluntary HIV-1 Counselling and Testing in Individuals and Couples in Kenya, Tanzania, and Trinidad: A Randomised Trial. (2000). The voluntary HIV-1 counseling and testing efficacy study group. Lancet, 356(9224), 103-112.
9. Fylkesnes, K., Haworth, A., Rosensvard, C., & Kwapa, P.M. (1999). HIV counselling and testing: Overempha-sizing high acceptance rates a threat to confidentiality and the right not to know. AIDS, 13(17), 2469-2474.
10. Fylkesnes, K., & Siziya, S. (2004). A randomized trial on acceptability of voluntary HIV counselling and testing. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 9(5), 566-572. (Pubitemid 38657281)
11. Halfen, S. (2008). HIV screening in the French Antilles and Guiana adult general population in 2004, and compar-ison with the population living in mainland France. Bulletin Epidémiologique Hebdomadaire, 7-8, 55-58.
12. Halfen, S., Fenies, K., Ung, B., & Gremy, I. (2006). Les connaissances, attitudes, croyances et comportements face au VIH/SIDA aux Antilles et en Guyane. Paris: Observatoire regional de sante d'Ile-De-France (ORS).
13. James, N.J., Bignell, C.J., & Gillies, P.A. (1991). The reliability of self-reported sexual behaviour. AIDS, 5(3), 333-336.
14. Mabunda, G. (2006). Voluntary HIV counseling and testing: Knowledge and practices in a rural South Africanvillage. Journalof Transcultural Nursing, 17(1), 23-29. (Pubitemid 43111745)
15. Mbago, M.C. (2004). Socio-demographic correlates of desire for HIV testing in Tanzania. Sex Health, 1(1), 13-21.
16. McQueen, D. (1992). Understanding sexual behaviour. AIDS, 6(3), 329-330.
17. Nacher, M., El Guedj, M., Vaz, T., Nasser, V., Randrian-johany, A., Alvarez, F., et al. (2005). Risk factors for late HIV diagnosis in French Guiana. AIDS, 19(7), 727-729. (Pubitemid 40593078)
18. Nacher, M., Huber, F., El Guedj, M., Vaz, T., Magnien, C., Djossou, F., et al. (2007). Risk factors for death among patients in French Guiana: 1996-2005. HIV Medicine, 8(7), 472-474. (Pubitemid 47335270)
19. Otwombe, K.N., Ndindi, P., Ajema, C., & Wanyungu, J. (2007). Using VCT statistics from Kenya in under-standing the association between gender and HIV. Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance, 4(3), 707-710.
20. Spielberg, F., Branson, B.M., Goldbaum, G.M., Lockhart, D., Kurth, A., Celum, C.L., et al. (2003). Overcoming barriers to HIV testing: Preferences for new strategies among clients of a needle exchange, a sexually trans-mitted disease clinic, and sex venues for men who have sex with men. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 32(3), 318-327. (Pubitemid 36331705)
21. Upchurch, D.M., Weisman, C.S., Shepherd, M., Brook-meyer, R., Fox, R., Celentano, D.D., et al. (1991). Interpartner reliability of reporting of recent sexual behaviors. American Journal of Epidemiology, 134(10), 1159-1166.
22. Valdiserri, R.O., Holtgrave, D.R., & West, G.R. (1999). Promoting early HIV diagnosis and entry into care. AIDS, 13(17), 2317-2330.
23. Vyas, S., & Kumaranayake, L. (2006). Constructing socio-economic status indices: How to use principal compo-nents analysis. Health Policy and Planning, 21(6), 459-468. (Pubitemid 44627319)
24. Wilson, D., & Halperin, D.T. (2008). "Know your epi-demic, know your response": A useful approach, if we get it right. Lancet, 372(9637), 423-426
25. Working Group on Global HIV/AIDS and STI Surveil-lance. (2000). Guidelines for second generation HIV surveillance. Geneva: UNAIDS/WHO.