Roth A M, Dodge B M, Van Der Pol B, Reece M, Zimet G D
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Int J STD AIDS. 2011 Jun;22(6):329-31. doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.010399.
We evaluated the acceptability of a community-based herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) screening programme for at-risk women and assessed factors related to uptake of point of care HSV-2 testing. One hundred recently arrested women (median age 34 years) were recruited from a community court handling lower-level misdemeanour cases in Indianapolis, Indiana. Individuals completed a survey assessing factors related to HSV-2 screening intentions and were offered point of care HSV-2 testing. Rates of HSV-2 infection in this population are high; 61.1% of women tested were positive. The majority (81%) accepted a prescription for suppressive therapy. Women in this sample indicated that HSV-2 screening is an important component of health care but were unwilling to pay the US$10 it cost to be tested. To encourage this and other high-risk populations to be screened for HSV-2, public health resources will be needed to help individuals overcome cost-related barriers to care.
我们评估了一项针对高危女性的基于社区的2型单纯疱疹病毒（HSV-2）筛查项目的可接受性，并评估了与即时护理HSV-2检测接受情况相关的因素。从印第安纳州印第安纳波利斯市处理低级轻罪案件的社区法庭招募了100名最近被捕的女性（中位年龄34岁）。参与者完成了一项评估与HSV-2筛查意向相关因素的调查，并接受了即时护理HSV-2检测。该人群中HSV-2感染率很高；61.1%的受测女性呈阳性。大多数人（81%）接受了抑制疗法的处方。该样本中的女性表示，HSV-2筛查是医疗保健的重要组成部分，但不愿支付10美元的检测费用。为鼓励该人群及其他高危人群进行HSV-2筛查，将需要公共卫生资源来帮助个人克服与费用相关的护理障碍。
