Home-Based HIV Testing Among Pregnant Couples Increases Partner Testing and Identification of Serodiscordant Partnerships

• Published in: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) Vol. 72 Suppl 2; p. S167
• Main Authors: Krakowiak, Daisy, Kinuthia, John, Osoti, Alfred O, Asila, Victor, Gone, Molly A, Mark, Jennifer, Betz, Bourke, Parikh, Saloni, Sharma, Monisha, Barnabas, Ruanne, Farquhar, Carey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2016
• Subjects: Adult; AIDS Serodiagnosis - statistics & numerical data; Domestic Violence; Female; Home Care Services; Humans; Male; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Pregnancy; Sexual Partners

Male partner HIV testing has been recognized as an important component of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission. Scheduled home-based couple HIV testing may be an effective strategy to reach men. Women attending their first antenatal visit at Kisumu County Hospital in Kenya were randomized...