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The use and impact of European Testing Week regional awareness campaigns to increase HIV and viral hepatitis testing coverage
| العنوان: | The use and impact of European Testing Week regional awareness campaigns to increase HIV and viral hepatitis testing coverage |
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| المؤلفون: | Raben, Dorthe, Kahama, C. B., Combs, L., Stengaard, Annemarie, Rockstroh, J. K., Simões, Daniel, Collins, Ben |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | Repositório Comum (RCAAP - Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | European Testing Week, HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, Awareness campaign, Testing, Europe |
| الوصف: | Introduction Since 2013, the European Testing Week (ETW) awareness campaign has become a key regional event influencing testing efforts for HIV, viral hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) through participation of 720 organizations. Here, we report on a survey from May to June 2022 aimed at assessing the participant-reported impact of the campaign. Methods All past and current participating organizations were asked to complete an online questionnaire between 12 May and 17 June 2022. Multiple choice and open-text questions included organization information, usage of ETW to engage in local testing-related activities, and the effect of a regional campaign to reach a wider audience and generate impact. Results Of the 52 respondents, 34 (65%) stated first participating in ETW 5–10 years ago. ETW was used for awareness raising by 40 respondents (83%), new testing activities by 37 (77%), advocacy initiatives by 15 (31%), and training/capacity building by 18 (38%). For awareness raising, 95% used ETW to highlight the importance of and to encourage testing; for new testing activities, 74% used ETW to reach new groups. In total, 44 (85%) reported added benefits of a Europe-wide campaign compared with national/local campaigns, particularly the increased visibility and collaboration opportunities. Impact at the local level was observed by 24 (51%), and impact at a national level was observed by 20 (43%). A total of 28 (79%) reported increases in the number of tests performed and 25 (75%) reported increases in clients accessing services. Conclusions Regional awareness campaigns reach wider audiences, boost local and national efforts to increase testing, and sensitize key populations about the critical value of testing compared with local/national campaigns. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | The EuroTEST initiative received financial support from Gilead Sciences, Merck MSD, ViiV Healthcare, and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.; http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/50711 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/hiv.13544 |
| الاتاحة: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/50711 https://doi.org/10.1111/hiv.13544 |
| Rights: | openAccess ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.556E3CFA |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1111/hiv.13544 |
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