Rapid Home-Based Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing to Reduce Costs in a Large Tuberculosis Cohort Study

Authors

Jerome T. Galea, Partners in HealthFollow
Carmen C. Contreras, Socios en Salud
Leonid Lecca, Socios En Salud
S. Shin, Brigham and Women's Hospital
R. Lobatón, Socios En Salud
Roger Calderón, Socios en Salud
Megan B. Murray, Harvard Medical School
Mercedes C. Becerra, Harvard Medical School

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Keywords

TB, human immunodeficiency virus, rapid testing

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.12.0092

Abstract

To reduce costs in a large tuberculosis household contact cohort study in Lima, Peru, we replaced laboratory-based human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing with home-based rapid HIV testing. We developed a protocol and training course to prepare staff for the new strategy; these included role-playing for home-based deployment of the Determine® HIV 1/2 Ag/Ac Combo HIV test. Although the rapid HIV test produced more false-positives, the overall cost per participant tested, refusal rate and time to confirmatory HIV testing were lower with the home-based rapid testing strategy compared to the original approach. Rapid testing could be used in similar research or routine care settings.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Public Health Action, v. 3, no. 2, p. 172-174

Scholar Commons Citation

Galea, Jerome T.; Contreras, Carmen C.; Lecca, Leonid; Shin, S.; Lobatón, R.; Calderón, Roger; Murray, Megan B.; and Becerra, Mercedes C., "Rapid Home-Based Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing to Reduce Costs in a Large Tuberculosis Cohort Study" (2013). Social Work Faculty Publications. 67.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sok_facpub/67