| Literature DB >> 30067778 |
Kamla Pillay1, Melissa Gardner2,3, Allon Gould4, Susan Otiti5, Judith Mullineux6, Till Bärnighausen7,8,9,10, Philippa Margaret Matthews11,7.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To examine the effect of Sexual Health in Practice (SHIP) training for general practitioners (GPs) on HIV testing rates in Haringey, a deprived area of London, UK, with a population of over 250,000 and HIV prevalence of 0.7% (in 2014). SHIP is an educational intervention delivering peer-developed and peer-led face-to-face training to improve quality of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care.Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID: 30067778 PMCID: PMC6070165 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199891
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Fig 1Barriers to HIV testing in primary health care.
GP and practice nurse attendance at SHIP training March 2010 to end 2015.
| 2008–2010 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | ||||||||
| No training | Mar | May-June | Jan-Feb | Jun | Sept-Oct | Mar | June | Sep-Oct | Oct-Nov | Nov-Dec | |||
| N/A | 44 | 42 | 29 | 34 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 18 | |||
| N/A | 11 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 88 | |||
| N/A | 11 | 25 | 36 | 44 | 49 | 49 | 55 | 61 | 72 | 80 | |||
| N/A | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
Fig 2Average number of HIV tests and GPs trained per practice.
Effect of SHIP training on HIV testing rates.
The unit of observation is practice-month. All regressions control for practice and month fixed effects. 95% CIs are based on robust standard errors, which were adjusted for clustering on practice. IRR = HIV testing incidence rate ratio, CI = confidence interval.
| Additional GP trained | IRR | 95% CI | p value | N Obser-vations | N groups | Wald χ2 | Prob. χ2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All practices | 1.16 | 1.05–1.28 | 0.004 | 4,374 | 46 | 44506 | <0.001 |
| Practices in catchment areas with HIV prevalence <2/1000 | 0.96 | 0.79–1.16 | 0.658 | 576 | 6 | 1599 | <0.001 |
| Practices in catchment areas with HIV prevalence ≥2/1000 | 1.16 | 1.06-1-27 | 0.002 | 3,798 | 40 | 5546 | <0.001 |
Testing SHIP training for short term effects.
| IRR | 95% CI | p value | N Obser-vations | N groups | Wald χ2 | Prob. χ2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional GP trained | 1.16 | 1.04–1.28 | 0.006 | ||||
| GP trained in the last 3 months | 0.99 | 0.76–1.29 | 0.934 | 4,374 | 46 | 40771 | <0.001 |
| Additional GP trained | 1.16 | 1.05–1.29 | 0.004 | ||||
| GP trained in the last 6 months | 0.95 | 0.75–1.20 | 0.658 | 4,374 | 46 | 33607 | <0.001 |
The unit of observation is practice-month. All regressions control for practice and month fixed effects. 95% CIs are based on robust standard errors, which were adjusted for clustering on practice. IRR = HIV testing incidence rate ratio, CI = confidence interval