Predicting Partner HIV Testing and Counseling Following a Partner Notification Intervention
Lillian B. Brown,William C. Miller,Gift Kamanga,Jay S. Kaufman,Jay S. Kaufman,Audrey Pettifor,Rosalie Dominik,Naomi Nyirenda,Pearson Mmodzi,Clement Mapanje,Francis Martinson,Myron S. Cohen,Irving F. Hoffman +12 more
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A risk score to target partner notification can reduce the resources required to locate all partners in the community while increasing the testing yield compared to patient-referral.Abstract:
Provider-assisted methods of partner notification increase testing and counseling among sexual partners of patients diagnosed with HIV, however they are resource-intensive. The sexual partners of individuals enrolled in a clinical trial comparing different methods of HIV partner notification were analyzed to identify who was unlikely to seek testing on their own. Unconditional logistic regression was used to identify partnership characteristics, which were assigned a score based on their coefficient in the final model, and a risk score was calculated for each participant. The risk score included male partner sex, relationship duration 6-24 months, and index education > primary. A risk score of ≥ 2 had a sensitivity of 68% and specificity of 78% in identifying partners unlikely to seek testing on their own. A risk score to target partner notification can reduce the resources required to locate all partners in the community while increasing the testing yield compared to patient-referral.read more
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Improving HIV test uptake and case finding with assisted partner notification services.
Shona Dalal,Cheryl Johnson,Virginia A. Fonner,Caitlin E. Kennedy,Nandi Siegfried,Carmen Figueroa,Rachel Baggaley +6 more
TL;DR: Assisted partner notification improved partner testing and diagnosis of HIV-positive partners, with few reports of harm, and the WHO strongly recommends voluntary assisted HIV partner notification services to be offered as part of a comprehensive package of testing and care.
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Acceptability and Effectiveness of Assisted Human Immunodeficiency Virus Partner Services in Mozambique: Results From a Pilot Program in a Public, Urban Clinic.
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TL;DR: Assisted partner services in Maputo, Mozambique is acceptable to Mozambicans newly diagnosed with HIV, identifies large numbers of serodiscordant partnerships and persons with undiagnosed HIV, and poses a low risk of adverse events.
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TL;DR: This work explored the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing aPN as part of community testing services for key populations in Vietnam and introduced and delivered by the community.
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Maximizing HIV partner notification opportunities for index patients and their sexual partners in Malawi
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TL;DR: The HOPE intervention can moderately decrease HIV-associated morbidity and mortality by increasing ART coverage in male partners of pregnant women by falling below Kenya's per capita gross domestic product and are therefore considered cost-effective.
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