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- Title
The impact of repeat testing in the New Zealand antenatal HIV screening programme: a qualitative study.
- Authors
McAllister, Susan; Lovell, Sarah; Dickson, Nigel
- Abstract
The article presents a study that determines the impact of repeat testing of antenatal HIV screening program in New Zealand. It describes the method of the study which uses semi-structured telephone interview to women with initial-reactive HIV test result form 2007 to 2011. It outlines the result of the study which reveals that women have experienced anxiety upon learning the result and suggests the importance of limiting such kind of information to alleviate anxiety among them.
- Subjects
NEW Zealand; ANXIETY prevention; DIAGNOSIS of HIV infections; ACADEMIC medical centers; ATTITUDE (Psychology); BLOOD testing; INTERVIEWING; MEDICAL personnel; MEDICAL screening; REOPERATION; TELEPHONES; WESTERN immunoblotting; QUALITATIVE research; PATIENTS' attitudes; PREGNANCY
- Publication
Journal of Medical Screening, 2013, Vol 20, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0969-1413
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0969141313478809