title: Expanding HIV Testing in African American Communities Through Community-Based Distribution of Home-Test Vouchers.
abstract: We investigated the implementation feasibility and effectiveness of community-based HIV home-test voucher distribution in three Indianapolis African American communities. Community-based organizations augmented traditional outreach methods to distribute vouchers for home HIV tests redeemable at three pharmacies during three distribution waves from February to April 30, 2015. Voucher redemption served as a proxy indicator of intent to test for HIV. 315 vouchers were distributed and 47 vouchers were redeemed for a 14.9% redemption rate. Distribution was 46% of plan. Vouchers were redeemed at all three pharmacies, and 21% of visits involved redemption of more than one voucher. The original team of seven distributors in three organizations reduced to a remaining five distributors in two organizations by wave 2. This study suggests that outreach organizations could implement HIV home test voucher distribution, and that people would redeem the vouchers at a pharmacy for an HIV test. Future studies should explore how voucher distribution can expand the current HIV testing system.
authors.affiliation: 1 Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington , Department of Applied Health Science, Bloomington, Indiana.|2 Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention , Bloomington, Indiana.
authors.forename: Beth E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Meyerson
authors.affiliation: 1 Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington , Department of Applied Health Science, Bloomington, Indiana.|2 Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention , Bloomington, Indiana.|3 Indiana University School of Nursing, Indiana University , Bloomington, Indiana.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.affiliation: 1 Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington , Department of Applied Health Science, Bloomington, Indiana.|2 Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention , Bloomington, Indiana.
authors.forename: Carrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.affiliation: 4 Brothers United , Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jimison
authors.affiliation: 5 Bethlehem House , Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Nate
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rush
authors.affiliation: 5 Bethlehem House , Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Cedric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.affiliation: 4 Brothers United , Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Deidre
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.affiliation: 5 Bethlehem House , Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: King
authors.affiliation: 6 Marion County Health and Hospitals Corporation , Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Buckner
authors.affiliation: 7 Walgreens Pharmacy , Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Relton
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.affiliation: 4 Brothers United , Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Terrell
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.affiliation: 8 Indiana Minority Health Coalition, Inc. , Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gillespie
authors.affiliation: 8 Indiana Minority Health Coalition, Inc. , Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohmit
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services; D010594:Pharmacies; D012111:Residence Characteristics