自我采集的样本作为在资源较少的环境中进行STI测试的额外选择:乌干达Rakai成年人接受度的定性研究
Yasmin Parvizi Ogale1, Mary Kathryn Grabowski2, Proscovia Nabakka3
1Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA yasmin.ogale@gmail.com.
BMJ open
|November 14, 2023
概括
自我采集的样本用于性传播感染 (STI) 检测,在资源不足的环境中是可以接受的. 虽然不如提供者收集,但大多数参与者会建议并重复STI自我测试.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 全球健康 全球健康
背景情况:
- 自我采集样本 (SCS) 用于性传播感染 (STI) 检测已被证明在资源丰富的地区是可行的.
- 有限的研究存在于SCS在低资源环境中的一般人群中接受STI测试的可接受性.
研究的目的:
- 探索自收集样本 (SCS) 在乌干达中南部低资源地区的成年人中进行性传播感染检测的可接受性.
主要方法:
- 使用半结构面试与36名参与Rakai社区队列研究的成年人.
- 采用了适应的数据分析框架方法.
主要成果:
- 自我采集的样本 (SCS) 用于STI测试被发现是可接受的跨性别和症状状态.
- 引用的关键优势是增加隐私,保密性,温柔性和效率.
- 缺点包括缺乏提供者参与,害怕自我伤害,并认为不卫生的做法.
- 尽管对提供者收集的样本有偏好,但报告显示,有很强的意愿建议和重复SCS.
结论:
- 自我采集的样本 (SCS) 是一个可接受的选择,用于在这种低资源的环境中,在成年人中进行性病检测.
- 提供SCS可能会扩大获得STI诊断服务的机会.
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