Predictors of readiness for oral rapid HIV testing by Chilean health care providers

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dc.contributor.authorIrarrazabal, Lisette P.
dc.contributor.authorLevy, Judith A.
dc.contributor.authorNorr, Kathleen F.
dc.contributor.authorCianelli, Rosina
dc.contributor.authorIssel, L. Michele
dc.contributor.authorPerez, Carlos M.
dc.contributor.authorHotton, Anna
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T21:27:26Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T21:27:26Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractObjective. This study identified the personal characteristics that affect Chilean health care providers' readiness to adopt HIV Oral Rapid Testing (ORT) in Chile as a new clinical-evidence-based practice (EBP).
dc.description.abstractMethods. Using a cross-sectional research design, the study sampled 150 nurses, midwives, and physicians employed at four clinics within the Pontificia Universidad Catalica de Chile Health Network in Santiago. Participants completed a self-administered survey asking about their demographic background, EBP attitudes and experience, personal beliefs related to HIV, the importance of HIV testing, and perceived self-comfort in performing a rapid HIV test.
dc.description.abstractResults. Of the participants, 90% believed that incorporating ORT would make a positive difference in their practice and said that they would be willing to adopt the technology for that reason. Nonetheless, the providers reported a mean "readiness to implement ORT" score of 15.1 out of a possible value of 20, suggesting only moderate self-perceived readiness to adopt the EBP. Education, beliefs about evidence-based practice, perceived comfort in performing ORT, and perceived importance of HIV testing explained 43.6% of the variance in readiness to adopt ORT.
dc.description.abstractConclusion. The findings of this first ORT pre-implementation study in Chile can help guide policy makers and HIV stakeholders to prepare for and increase primary health care providers' readiness to successfully adopt this evidence-based technology. Successful adoption of ORT could increase Chile's capacity to reach HIV-vulnerable Chileans for testing and referral to care if infected, thus helping the country to reduce further transmission of the virus and its medical complications.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.issn1020-4989
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/101381
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000393213100011
dc.issue.numero5
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final370
dc.pagina.inicio363
dc.revistaRevista panamericana de salud publica-pan american journal of public health
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjecthealth care
dc.subjectreadiness
dc.subjectdisease prevention
dc.subjectChile
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titlePredictors of readiness for oral rapid HIV testing by Chilean health care providers
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen40
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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