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- Title
Characteristics of clients newly diagnosed with HIV in central Sydney in 2016-17: a retrospective audit comparing a community-based testing site and a clinical sexual health service.
- Authors
Houghton, Rebecca; McIver, Ruthy; Lockwood, Timmy; Johnson, Karl; Foster, Rosalind
- Abstract
In New South Wales (NSW), Australia, innovative community-based testing models have been implemented to increase HIV testing among populations at risk. The characteristics of patients newly diagnosed with HIV at a community-based testing site and at a traditional clinical service in Sydney, NSW, were compared. Compared with the clinical service, clients diagnosed at the community-based site were more likely to be diagnosed at their first visit and report no prior HIV test. A high proportion of clients at both sites had a preferred language other than English. Innovative HIV testing models are reaching under-tested populations, but could be further improved.
- Subjects
SYDNEY (N.S.W.); NEW South Wales; MEDICAL care; SEXUAL health; HIV
- Publication
Sexual Health (14485028), 2020, Vol 17, Issue 4, p390
- ISSN
1448-5028
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1071/SH19152