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Perceived Barriers Toward Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC) in Pediatric Clinics: A Qualitative Study Involving Two Regional Hospitals in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania

BACKGROUND: According to Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC), healthcare providers recommend HIV testing and counseling to persons attending health care facilities as a standard component of medical care. In order to reduce the morbidity and mortality of late Human Immunodeficiency...

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Autores principales: Marwa, Rose, Anaeli, Amani
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7127846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32280281
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/HIV.S235818
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description BACKGROUND: According to Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC), healthcare providers recommend HIV testing and counseling to persons attending health care facilities as a standard component of medical care. In order to reduce the morbidity and mortality of late Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) diagnosis, timely diagnosis and initiation of ARVs is necessary. This aims to accelerate universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support services for people living with HIV/AIDS. The present study aimed to explore perceived barriers toward PITC provision in pediatric clinics. METHODS: The study had a cross-sectional exploratory study design. In-depth interviews were used to collect data from the informants in Mwananyamala and Temeke hospitals in Dar-es-Salaam. Nineteen informants were recruited purposely for in-depth interviews. All the interviews were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim, and translated from Swahili to English. Lastly, data were analyzed using a thematic analysis approach. RESULTS: The study findings showed six barriers including inadequate training on PITC among healthcare providers, little practice of PITC provision, inability to properly counsel patients due to little knowledge, poor attitude of healthcare providers in providing PITC, shortage of healthcare providers, and little motivation and incentives among healthcare providers. Patient barriers included little understanding of PITC among parents/guardians of children and its importance in terms of their children’s health, absence of parents, overcrowding at clinics, HIV/AIDS stigma, lack of privacy at clinics, and harsh language of some of the healthcare providers. Health facility barriers included inadequate space to provide PITC and shortage of medical equipment and medical supplies for HIV testing. Policy-related barriers included the absence of PITC guidelines in each consultation room. CONCLUSION: Perceived barriers toward PITC must be understood for effective implementation of PITC to reach 90-90-90 goal. The study identified several barriers which need to be addressed in order to improve PITC provision.
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spelling pubmed-71278462020-04-10 Perceived Barriers Toward Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC) in Pediatric Clinics: A Qualitative Study Involving Two Regional Hospitals in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania Marwa, Rose Anaeli, Amani HIV AIDS (Auckl) Original Research BACKGROUND: According to Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC), healthcare providers recommend HIV testing and counseling to persons attending health care facilities as a standard component of medical care. In order to reduce the morbidity and mortality of late Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) diagnosis, timely diagnosis and initiation of ARVs is necessary. This aims to accelerate universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support services for people living with HIV/AIDS. The present study aimed to explore perceived barriers toward PITC provision in pediatric clinics. METHODS: The study had a cross-sectional exploratory study design. In-depth interviews were used to collect data from the informants in Mwananyamala and Temeke hospitals in Dar-es-Salaam. Nineteen informants were recruited purposely for in-depth interviews. All the interviews were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim, and translated from Swahili to English. Lastly, data were analyzed using a thematic analysis approach. RESULTS: The study findings showed six barriers including inadequate training on PITC among healthcare providers, little practice of PITC provision, inability to properly counsel patients due to little knowledge, poor attitude of healthcare providers in providing PITC, shortage of healthcare providers, and little motivation and incentives among healthcare providers. Patient barriers included little understanding of PITC among parents/guardians of children and its importance in terms of their children’s health, absence of parents, overcrowding at clinics, HIV/AIDS stigma, lack of privacy at clinics, and harsh language of some of the healthcare providers. Health facility barriers included inadequate space to provide PITC and shortage of medical equipment and medical supplies for HIV testing. Policy-related barriers included the absence of PITC guidelines in each consultation room. CONCLUSION: Perceived barriers toward PITC must be understood for effective implementation of PITC to reach 90-90-90 goal. The study identified several barriers which need to be addressed in order to improve PITC provision. Dove 2020-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7127846/ /pubmed/32280281 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/HIV.S235818 Text en © 2020 Marwa and Anaeli. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Perceived Barriers Toward Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC) in Pediatric Clinics: A Qualitative Study Involving Two Regional Hospitals in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
title Perceived Barriers Toward Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC) in Pediatric Clinics: A Qualitative Study Involving Two Regional Hospitals in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
title_full Perceived Barriers Toward Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC) in Pediatric Clinics: A Qualitative Study Involving Two Regional Hospitals in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
title_fullStr Perceived Barriers Toward Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC) in Pediatric Clinics: A Qualitative Study Involving Two Regional Hospitals in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Perceived Barriers Toward Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC) in Pediatric Clinics: A Qualitative Study Involving Two Regional Hospitals in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
title_short Perceived Barriers Toward Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counseling (PITC) in Pediatric Clinics: A Qualitative Study Involving Two Regional Hospitals in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
title_sort perceived barriers toward provider-initiated hiv testing and counseling (pitc) in pediatric clinics: a qualitative study involving two regional hospitals in dar-es-salaam, tanzania
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7127846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32280281
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/HIV.S235818
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