title: Consumer interest in community pharmacy HIV screening services.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate consumers' interest in pharmacist-provided human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening and to evaluate potential barriers and facilitators to HIV screening in the community pharmacy setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional survey of adult patients who presented to one of five community (chain and independent) pharmacies from November 2010 to August 2011.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Based on 380 usable surveys, 135 (35.8%) participants were interested in pharmacy-based HIV screening. Independent predictors of interest in HIV screening identified in multivariate analysis (reference groups: ages 30 to 49 years old and white, non-Hispanic race) included younger age (18 to 29 years old) (odds ratio [OR], 2.48; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.31 to 4.71); black, non-Hispanic race (OR, 2.37; CI, 1.40 to 4.03); and other race (OR, 4.58; CI, 1.63 to 12.87). Lack of perceived risk for HIV was the most commonly cited barrier to HIV screening; and free, rapid, or confidential HIV testing were identified as potential facilitators.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interest in pharmacy-based HIV screening was high among participants representing age and race groups disproportionately affected by HIV. Expansion of HIV screening efforts to community pharmacies warrants further consideration.
authors.forename: Kristin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Darin
authors.forename: Kimberly K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Scarsi
authors.forename: Donald G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Klepser
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Klepser
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Klepser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010465:Perception; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult