Effective HIV case identification through routine HIV screening at urgent care centers in Massachusetts

Am J Public Health. 2005 Jan;95(1):71-3. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.031310.

Abstract

Think HIV offered HIV counseling, testing, and referral to patients at 4 Massachusetts urgent care centers from January to September 2002. We compared the positive diagnosis yield of Think HIV with that of state-funded HIV counseling, testing, and referral sites. Think HIV found an HIV prevalence of 2.0% compared with 1.9% identified by self-referral testing. Urgent care center-based routine HIV counseling, testing, and referral programs are feasible, can have high positive diagnosis yields, and should be the standard of care in high HIV prevalence areas.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Counseling
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / diagnosis
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Massachusetts / epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • Public Health / methods*
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Sexual Behavior