Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
AIDS Behav. 2021 Oct;25(10):3206-3222. doi: 10.1007/s10461-021-03265-1. Epub 2021 Apr 21.
Assisted partner notification (APN) is recommended by the World Health Organization to notify sexual partners of HIV exposure. Since 2018, APN has been offered in Uganda to Ugandan nationals and refugees. Distinct challenges faced by individuals in refugee settlements may influence APN utilization and effectiveness. To explore APN barriers and facilitators, we extracted index client and sexual partner data from APN registers at 11 health centers providing care to refugees and Ugandan nationals in West Nile Uganda and conducted qualitative interviews with health workers (N = 32). Since APN started, 882 index clients participated in APN identifying 1126 sexual partners. Following notification, 95% (1025/1126) of partners tested for HIV; 22% (230/1025) were diagnosed with HIV with 14% (139/1025) of tested partners newly diagnosed. Fear of stigma and disclosure-related violence limit APN utilization and effectiveness. Prospective research involving index clients and sexual partners is needed to facilitate safe APN optimization in refugee settlements.
辅助性伴侣通知(APN)是世界卫生组织推荐的通知 HIV 暴露的性伴侣的方法。自 2018 年以来,乌干达已向乌干达国民和难民提供 APN。难民定居点的个人面临的独特挑战可能会影响 APN 的利用和效果。为了探讨 APN 的障碍和促进因素,我们从乌干达西部尼罗河的 11 个卫生中心为难民和乌干达国民提供护理的 APN 登记册中提取了索引客户和性伴侣数据,并对卫生工作者进行了定性访谈(N=32)。自 APN 启动以来,有 882 名索引客户参与了 APN,确定了 1126 名性伴侣。通知后,95%(1025/1126)的伴侣接受了 HIV 检测;22%(230/1025)被诊断出患有 HIV,其中 14%(139/1025)的检测伴侣新诊断出患有 HIV。对污名和与披露相关的暴力的恐惧限制了 APN 的利用和效果。需要对索引客户和性伴侣进行前瞻性研究,以促进难民定居点中安全的 APN 优化。
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