“Meet people where they are”: a qualitative study of community barriers and facilitators to HIV testing and HIV self-testing among African Americans in urban and rural areas in North Carolina

“Meet people where they are”: a qualitative study of community barriers and facilitators to HIV testing and HIV self-testing among African Americans in urban and rural areas in North Carolina

Abstract Background HIV testing programs in the United States aim to reach ethnic minority populations who experience high incidence of HIV, yet 40% of African Americans have never been tested for HIV. The objective of this study is to identify community-based strategies to increase testing among Af...

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Main Authors: Allison Mathews, Samantha Farley, Donaldson F. Conserve, Kimberly Knight, Alston Le’Marus, Meredith Blumberg, Stuart Rennie, Joseph Tucker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
African Americans
HIV
HIV self-testing
Community engagement
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-08582-z

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