The Effects of Home-based HIV Counseling and Testing on HIV/AIDS Stigma among Individuals and Community Leaders in Western Kenya : Evidence from a Cluster-randomized Trial

HIV counseling and testing services play an important role in HIV treatment and prevention efforts in developing countries. Community-wide testing campaigns to detect HIV earlier may additionally impact community knowledge and beliefs about HIV. We conducted a cluster-randomized evaluation of a home...

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Main Authors:	Low, Corinne, Pop-Eleches, Cristian, Rono, Winnie, Plous, Evan, Kirk, Angeli, Ndege, Samson, Goldstein, Markus, Thirumurthy, Harsha
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:	HIV/AIDS stigma HIV testing community randomized trial
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15350

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spelling	okr-10986-153502021-04-23T14:03:22Z The Effects of Home-based HIV Counseling and Testing on HIV/AIDS Stigma among Individuals and Community Leaders in Western Kenya : Evidence from a Cluster-randomized Trial Low, Corinne Pop-Eleches, Cristian Rono, Winnie Plous, Evan Kirk, Angeli Ndege, Samson Goldstein, Markus Thirumurthy, Harsha HIV/AIDS stigma HIV testing community randomized trial HIV counseling and testing services play an important role in HIV treatment and prevention efforts in developing countries. Community-wide testing campaigns to detect HIV earlier may additionally impact community knowledge and beliefs about HIV. We conducted a cluster-randomized evaluation of a home-based HIV testing campaign in western Kenya and evaluated the effects of the campaign on community leaders’ and members’ stigma toward people living with HIV/AIDS. We find that this type of large-scale HIV testing can be implemented successfully in the presence of stigma, perhaps due to its “whole community” approach. The home-based HIV testing intervention resulted in community leaders reporting lower levels of stigma. However, stigma among community members reacted in mixed ways, and there is little evidence that the program affected beliefs about HIV prevalence and prevention. 2013-08-26T19:34:20Z 2013-08-26T19:34:20Z 2013-06-09 Journal Article AIDS Care 0954-0121 DOI:10.1080/09540121.2012.748879 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15350 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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spellingShingle	HIV/AIDS stigma HIV testing community randomized trial Low, Corinne Pop-Eleches, Cristian Rono, Winnie Plous, Evan Kirk, Angeli Ndege, Samson Goldstein, Markus Thirumurthy, Harsha The Effects of Home-based HIV Counseling and Testing on HIV/AIDS Stigma among Individuals and Community Leaders in Western Kenya : Evidence from a Cluster-randomized Trial
description	HIV counseling and testing services play an important role in HIV treatment and prevention efforts in developing countries. Community-wide testing campaigns to detect HIV earlier may additionally impact community knowledge and beliefs about HIV. We conducted a cluster-randomized evaluation of a home-based HIV testing campaign in western Kenya and evaluated the effects of the campaign on community leaders’ and members’ stigma toward people living with HIV/AIDS. We find that this type of large-scale HIV testing can be implemented successfully in the presence of stigma, perhaps due to its “whole community” approach. The home-based HIV testing intervention resulted in community leaders reporting lower levels of stigma. However, stigma among community members reacted in mixed ways, and there is little evidence that the program affected beliefs about HIV prevalence and prevention.
format	Journal Article
author	Low, Corinne Pop-Eleches, Cristian Rono, Winnie Plous, Evan Kirk, Angeli Ndege, Samson Goldstein, Markus Thirumurthy, Harsha
author_facet	Low, Corinne Pop-Eleches, Cristian Rono, Winnie Plous, Evan Kirk, Angeli Ndege, Samson Goldstein, Markus Thirumurthy, Harsha
author_sort	Low, Corinne
title	The Effects of Home-based HIV Counseling and Testing on HIV/AIDS Stigma among Individuals and Community Leaders in Western Kenya : Evidence from a Cluster-randomized Trial
title_short	The Effects of Home-based HIV Counseling and Testing on HIV/AIDS Stigma among Individuals and Community Leaders in Western Kenya : Evidence from a Cluster-randomized Trial
title_full	The Effects of Home-based HIV Counseling and Testing on HIV/AIDS Stigma among Individuals and Community Leaders in Western Kenya : Evidence from a Cluster-randomized Trial
title_fullStr	The Effects of Home-based HIV Counseling and Testing on HIV/AIDS Stigma among Individuals and Community Leaders in Western Kenya : Evidence from a Cluster-randomized Trial
title_full_unstemmed	The Effects of Home-based HIV Counseling and Testing on HIV/AIDS Stigma among Individuals and Community Leaders in Western Kenya : Evidence from a Cluster-randomized Trial
title_sort	effects of home-based hiv counseling and testing on hiv/aids stigma among individuals and community leaders in western kenya : evidence from a cluster-randomized trial
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2013
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15350
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The Effects of Home-based HIV Counseling and Testing on HIV/AIDS Stigma among Individuals and Community Leaders in Western Kenya : Evidence from a Cluster-randomized Trial

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