Abstract
Purpose
This review examines the literature surrounding acceptability of, and preference for,
rapid point-of-care (POC) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing in youth, documents
notification rates when youth were offered rapid POC testing, and identifies the sociodemographic
factors associated with testing.
Methods
The reviewers searched the scholarly literature indexed in MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL,
and PsycInfo using a set of keywords related to youth and rapid POC HIV testing. A
total of 14 articles were included in the review.
Results
Four themes were identified: (1) Youth will accept rapid POC testing, particularly
if offered; (2) youth prefer rapid POC testing to traditional testing; (3) youth receive
their rapid POC HIV test results; and (4) older youth and those with HIV risk factors
or a concurrent genitourinary diagnosis are more likely to accept rapid POC HIV testing
when it is offered.
Conclusions
Evidence shows that youth accept and prefer rapid POC HIV tests when offered. The
routine use of rapid POC HIV tests in emergency departments and adolescent primary
care clinics should be considered because of higher uptake in these environments.
Youth receive their rapid POC test results more frequently and sooner than traditional
test results. However, further work is needed to develop HIV testing programs that
target younger adolescents.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: September 20, 2013
Accepted:
July 26,
2013
Received:
January 10,
2013
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