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Acceptability of Home Self-tests for HIV in New York City, 2006

Overview
Journal Am J Public Health
Specialty Public Health
Date 2014 Oct 17
PMID 25320885
Citations 13
Authors
Julie E Myers
Sara Bodach
Blayne H Cutler
Colin W Shepard
Christopher Philippou
Bernard M Branson
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Abstract

Data from a 2006 telephone survey representative of New York City adults showed that more than half (56.2%) of those aged 18 to 64 years responded favorably to a question about acceptability of a rapid home HIV test. More than two thirds of certain subpopulations at high risk for HIV reported that they would use a rapid home HIV test, but approximately half who expressed interest had indications of financial hardship. The match of acceptability and HIV risk bodes well for self-testing utility, but cost might impede uptake.

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