Jail-based providers' perceptions of challenges to routine HIV testing in New York City jails

Charulata J. Sabharwal; Kathy Hunt Muse; Howard Alper; Elizabeth Begier; Michele McNeill; Ghairunisa Galeta; Katy Huang; Woodman Franklin; Farah Parvez

doi:10.1177/1078345810378842

Jail-based providers' perceptions of challenges to routine HIV testing in New York City jails

Charulata J. Sabharwal, Kathy Hunt Muse, Howard Alper, Elizabeth Begier, Michele McNeill, Ghairunisa Galeta, Katy Huang, Woodman Franklin, Farah Parvez

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About 25% of New York City jail inmates are tested for HIV despite a universal offer of rapid testing at medical intake. Health care workers were surveyed to examine provider-related challenges to testing at medical intake. Of the 291 eligible staff, 215 (73.9%) responded. Most (87.0%) felt confident recommending rapid HIV testing; however, only 85.5% of medical professionals and 70.8% of nurses felt confident providing negative rapid HIV test results. Identified barriers are those common to other medical settings (insufficient staffing, inadequate privacy or space, and "too much" paperwork) and those specific to correctional settings (limited time for medical intake and competing Department of Correction priorities). Staff have been given extended training to address their lack of confidence with key aspects of the HIV testing process, including providing negative results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	310-321
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Correctional Health Care
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1078345810378842
State	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

HIV testing
correctional health care
health personnel
inmates
jails

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