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Implementing the Use of Rapid HIV Tests in Public Health Centers in Seoul: Results of a Pilot Project, 2014
To determine whether rapid HIV tests in public health centers might encourage voluntary HIV testing, a pilot project was conducted in four selected public health centers in Seoul, 2014. During the period April 10 to November 28 of pilot project, 3,356 rapid tests were performed, and 38 were confirme...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4779875/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26955251 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2016.31.3.467 |
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author | Kang, Cho Ryok Bang, Ji Hwan Cho, Sung-Il Kim, Kui Nam Lee, Hee-jin Lee, Young Hwa Ryu, Bo Yeong Cho, Soo Kyung Oh, Myoung-don Lee, Jong-Koo |
author_facet | Kang, Cho Ryok Bang, Ji Hwan Cho, Sung-Il Kim, Kui Nam Lee, Hee-jin Lee, Young Hwa Ryu, Bo Yeong Cho, Soo Kyung Oh, Myoung-don Lee, Jong-Koo |
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description | To determine whether rapid HIV tests in public health centers might encourage voluntary HIV testing, a pilot project was conducted in four selected public health centers in Seoul, 2014. During the period April 10 to November 28 of pilot project, 3,356 rapid tests were performed, and 38 were confirmed as positive. The monthly average numbers of voluntary HIV tests and HIV-positive cases were up to nine-fold and six-fold larger, respectively, than those of the period before application of the rapid HIV test. Among 2,051 examinees that completed questionnaires, 90.3% were satisfied. In conclusion, the use of rapid HIV tests in public health centers promoted voluntary HIV testing and was satisfactory for examinees. |
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spelling | pubmed-47798752016-03-07 Implementing the Use of Rapid HIV Tests in Public Health Centers in Seoul: Results of a Pilot Project, 2014 Kang, Cho Ryok Bang, Ji Hwan Cho, Sung-Il Kim, Kui Nam Lee, Hee-jin Lee, Young Hwa Ryu, Bo Yeong Cho, Soo Kyung Oh, Myoung-don Lee, Jong-Koo J Korean Med Sci Brief Communication To determine whether rapid HIV tests in public health centers might encourage voluntary HIV testing, a pilot project was conducted in four selected public health centers in Seoul, 2014. During the period April 10 to November 28 of pilot project, 3,356 rapid tests were performed, and 38 were confirmed as positive. The monthly average numbers of voluntary HIV tests and HIV-positive cases were up to nine-fold and six-fold larger, respectively, than those of the period before application of the rapid HIV test. Among 2,051 examinees that completed questionnaires, 90.3% were satisfied. In conclusion, the use of rapid HIV tests in public health centers promoted voluntary HIV testing and was satisfactory for examinees. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2016-03 2016-02-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4779875/ /pubmed/26955251 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2016.31.3.467 Text en © 2016 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Brief Communication Kang, Cho Ryok Bang, Ji Hwan Cho, Sung-Il Kim, Kui Nam Lee, Hee-jin Lee, Young Hwa Ryu, Bo Yeong Cho, Soo Kyung Oh, Myoung-don Lee, Jong-Koo Implementing the Use of Rapid HIV Tests in Public Health Centers in Seoul: Results of a Pilot Project, 2014 |
title | Implementing the Use of Rapid HIV Tests in Public Health Centers in Seoul: Results of a Pilot Project, 2014 |
title_full | Implementing the Use of Rapid HIV Tests in Public Health Centers in Seoul: Results of a Pilot Project, 2014 |
title_fullStr | Implementing the Use of Rapid HIV Tests in Public Health Centers in Seoul: Results of a Pilot Project, 2014 |
title_full_unstemmed | Implementing the Use of Rapid HIV Tests in Public Health Centers in Seoul: Results of a Pilot Project, 2014 |
title_short | Implementing the Use of Rapid HIV Tests in Public Health Centers in Seoul: Results of a Pilot Project, 2014 |
title_sort | implementing the use of rapid hiv tests in public health centers in seoul: results of a pilot project, 2014 |
topic | Brief Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4779875/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26955251 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2016.31.3.467 |
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