title: Efficacy of an Educational Intervention to Increase Consent for HIV Testing in Rural Appalachia.
abstract: This study sought to assess barriers and enhance readiness to consent to home and Planned Parenthood HIV testing among 60 out-patients from a mental health and substance abuse clinic in rural Appalachia. Testing barriers included not knowing where to get tested, lack of confidentiality, and loss of partners if one tested sero-positive. The intervention yielded lowered HIV stigma, increase in HIV knowledge, and agreement to take the HIV home test. These results are encouraging because they suggest that a brief educational intervention is a critical pathway to the success of the National Institutes on Drug Abuse's Seek, Test, Treat, and Retain initiative in poor rural counties.
authors: Department of Social and Public Health, Ohio University.
authors: Tania B
authors: TB
authors: Basta
authors: Department of Social and Public Health, Ohio University.
authors: Teena
authors: T
authors: Stambaugh
authors: Center for Ethics Education, Department of Psychology, Fordham University.
authors: Celia B
authors: CB
authors: Fisher
keywords: Appalachia; HIV testing; drug use; home testing; informed consent; intervention