Exploring the practice of HIV self-testing among health care workers at Nyeri Provincial Hospital in Kenya

摘要

The purpose of the study was to describe the determinants and practice of HIV self-testingamong health care workers (HCWs) in Nyeri provincial hospital, Kenya. Adescriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the rate of HIV self-testing,explore the factors influencing the practice and describe access to HIVpsychosocial support, care and treatment. The study was guided by the concepts of theprotection motivation theory. Data was collected from 348 HCWs and analysed bymeans of logistic regression. Results showed that 65.8% of the HCWs had practicedHIV self-testing among themselves. Age, self efficacy and response efficacy were foundto be significant predictors of HIV self-testing. Willingness to access HIV psychosocialsupport (71.3%) and care and treatment (73.9%) was high. Self-testing is highly practiced by HCWs.