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Implementation of repeat HIV testing during pregnancy in Kenya: a qualitative study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, July 2016
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Title
Implementation of repeat HIV testing during pregnancy in Kenya: a qualitative study
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, July 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12884-016-0936-6
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Anna Joy Rogers, Elly Weke, Zachary Kwena, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Patrick Oyaro, Craig R. Cohen, Janet M. Turan

Abstract

Repeat HIV testing in late pregnancy has the potential to decrease rates of mother-to-child transmission of HIV by identifying mothers who seroconvert after having tested negative for HIV in early pregnancy. Despite being national policy in Kenya, the available data suggest that implementation rates are low. We conducted 20 in-depth semi-structured interviews with healthcare providers and managers to explore barriers and enablers to implementation of repeat HIV testing guidelines for pregnant women. Participants were from the Nyanza region of Kenya and were purposively selected to provide variation in socio-demographics and job characteristics. Interview transcripts were coded and analyzed in Dedoose software using a thematic analysis approach. Four themes were identified a priori using Ferlie and Shortell's Framework for Change and additional themes were allowed to emerge from the data. Participants identified barriers and enablers at the client, provider, facility, and health system levels. Key barriers at the client level from the perspective of providers included late initial presentation to antenatal care and low proportions of women completing the recommended four antenatal visits. Barriers to offering repeat HIV testing for providers included heavy workloads, time limitations, and failing to remember to check for retest eligibility. At the facility level, inconsistent volume of clients and lack of space required for confidential HIV retesting were cited as barriers. Finally, at the health system level, there were challenges relating to the HIV test kit supply chain and the design of nationally standardized antenatal patient registers. Enablers to improving the implementation of repeat HIV testing included client dissemination of the benefits of antenatal care through word-of-mouth, provider cooperation and task shifting, and it was suggested that use of an electronic health record system could provide automatic reminders for retest eligibility. This study highlights some important barriers to improving HIV retesting rates among pregnant women who attend antenatal clinics in the Nyanza region of Kenya at the client, provider, facility, and health system levels. To successfully implement Kenya's national repeat HIV testing guidelines during pregnancy, it is essential that these barriers be addressed and enablers capitalized on through a multi-faceted intervention program.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 220 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 51 23%
Researcher 30 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 9%
Student > Postgraduate 16 7%
Student > Bachelor 15 7%
Other 30 14%
Unknown 60 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 44 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 38 17%
Social Sciences 21 10%
Psychology 8 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 3%
Other 32 14%
Unknown 71 32%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 October 2016.
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#7,551,990
of 23,881,329 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#2,086
of 4,379 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#122,552
of 358,421 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#50
of 96 outputs
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