August 5, 2025F1000ResearchOpen Access

Healthcare providers’ perspective on barriers to optimal HIV index testing: an interview-based study

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Interview study identifies barriers to hiv index testing in healthcare providers, highlighting demographic factors' influence on testing uptake.

Key barriers in index testing include provider-related challenges like inadequate elicitation skills and training
Client-related issues include mobility, stigma, and lack of contact details impacting hiv testing.
Demographic factors, such as age and gender, significantly affect both client and provider perceptions in testing.
The need for targeted interventions that consider client characteristics to improve HIV testing yield is critical.

Cibangu Katamba (2025) studied this question.

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Interview study identifies barriers to hiv index testing in healthcare providers, highlighting demographic factors' influence on testing uptake.