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- Title
Field action report. Using peer recruitment and OraSure to increase HIV testing.
- Authors
Vargo S; Agronick G; O'Donnell L; Stueve A
- Abstract
We describe a community-based pilot study to boost HIV testing in a minority community through social network recruitment and a noninvasive HIV testing methodology. Over an 11-month period, the number of test takers at the intervention site increased by 71.7%, and the proportions of test takers with risk factors similar to those of peer recruiters (heterosexual sex and multiple partners) increased by 24.2% and 19.5%, respectively. At a comparison site, testing remained stable, while the proportion of test takers reporting heterosexual sex and multiple partners decreased by 42.5% and 21.8%, respectively. The use of a social network recruitment strategy in combination with an oral HIV test shows promise in increasing testing and in targeting populations.
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2004, Vol 94, Issue 1, p29
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.94.1.29