title: Pharmacy staff characteristics associated with support for pharmacy-based HIV testing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine support of in-pharmacy human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing among pharmacy staff and the individual-level characteristics associated with in-pharmacy HIV testing support.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive, nonexperimental, cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  New York City (NYC) from January 2008 to March 2009.
  
  
  METHODS
  480 pharmacy staff, including pharmacists, owners/managers, and technicians/clerks.
  
  
  METHODS
  131 pharmacies registered in the Expanded Syringe Access Program (ESAP) completed a survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Support of in-pharmacy HIV testing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Support of in-pharmacy HIV testing is high among pharmacy staff (79.4%). Pharmacy staff who supported in-pharmacy vaccinations were significantly more likely to support in-pharmacy HIV testing. Pharmacy staff who thought that selling syringes to injection drug users (IDUs) caused the community to be littered with dirty syringes were significantly less likely to support in-pharmacy HIV testing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Support for in-pharmacy HIV testing was high among our sample of ESAP pharmacy staff actively involved in nonprescription syringe sales. These findings suggest that active ESAP pharmacy staff may be amenable to providing HIV counseling and testing to IDUs and warrants further investigation.
authors: Center for Family and Community Medicine, Columbia University, 100 Haven Ave, 27C, New York, NY 10032, USA. sc1242@columbia.edu
authors: Silvia
authors: S
authors: Amesty
authors: Shannon
authors: S
authors: Blaney
authors: Natalie D
authors: ND
authors: Crawford
authors: Alexis V
authors: AV
authors: Rivera
authors: Crystal
authors: C
authors: Fuller
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006678:HIV / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods; D010551:Personality; D010595:Pharmacists; D010604:Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*