Impact of information leaflets on HIV test uptake amongst GUM clinic attendees: an update.
In the Sexual Health Strategy, the targets of HIV testing uptake in genitourinary medicine clinics (GUM) are set at 40% by year 2004 and 60% by 2007. We assessed the uptake of HIV test amongst GUM clinic attendees, more than six months after introducing an information leaflet in place of verbal pre-test counselling (PTC). The uptake rate was significantly higher than in a previous audit conducted in the same year, two weeks after introduction of the leaflets (62% vs 50%, P =0.001).
Das
Satyajit
S
Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, Whittall Street Clinic, Whittall Street, Birmingham B4 6DH, UK. sat.das@ntlworld.com
Huengsberg
Mia
M
Radcliffe
Keith
K
D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008485:Medical Audit; D010174:Pamphlets; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D006113:United Kingdom; D044465:White People