Uptake of Community-Based Peer Administered HIV Point-of-Care Testing: Findings from the PROUD Study

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Ottawa is estimated at about 10%. The successful integration of peers into outreach efforts and wider access to HIV point-of-care testing (POCT) create opportunities to explore the role of peers in providing HIV testing. The PROUD study, in partnership with Ottawa Public Health (OPH), sought to develop a model for community-based peer-administered HIV POCT. METHODS: PROUD draws …

Authors

Lazarus L; Patel S; Shaw A; Leblanc S; Lalonde C; Hladio M; Mandryk K; Horvath C; Petrcich W; Kendall C

Journal

PLOS ONE, Vol. 11, No. 12,

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0166942

ISSN

1932-6203

Associated Experts

Manisha Hladio

Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct), Faculty of Health Sciences

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