Encouraging HIV Testing in GUM Clinics—Can we Dispense with the Pre-Test Discussion?

1 November 1999

journal article
case report
Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of STD & AIDS

Vol. 10 (11) , 728-729
https://doi.org/10.1258/0956462991913411

Abstract

In a genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic on the periphery of the London conurbation, HIV testing was promoted during a one-month period by offering testing without preliminary pre-test discussion to patients who assessed themselves to be low risk. The testing rate rose from 5.9% to 10.8% in women and 12.6% to 20% in men. One new HIV-positive patient was identified.

Keywords

VOLUNTARY HIV TESTING
GUM CLINIC

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

HIV Seroprevalence and Reasons for Refusing and Accepting HIV Testing
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 1993