Name : Agun Fauji

Nim : P1337420214014
Class : 2B

Self-Implemented HIV Testing: Perspectives on Improving Dissemination

Among Urban African American Youths
In the United States, clinic-based testing can pose significant barriers for adolescents
and young adults, including discomfort (location, time, transport), privacy concerns, and fear
of becoming stigmatized.
Oral methods SIT (OraSure Technologies, OraQuick, Bethlehem, PA) is approved in
the United States to be sold by retail pharmacies for those aged 17 years. the purchase of oral
sat require verbal request from a pharmacist within a relatively common situation that may
not be convenient for many young.
Research that lasted from 2012 through 2013, examined the factors of ecology and
sodo-sexual development among African American youth from low-income neighborhood in
Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California.
African American teen focus groups (n = 5 groups: 1 mixed gender groups, two
groups of only men, and two women-only group; there are 6 -9 participants per group; total n
= 29; 48% male, 52 % female; age 1 6 -1 9 years). Participants are given information on
pharmaceutical distribution and material costs as well as the graphics on the SIT kit orally.
Focus group providers. To capture the variation in provider perspective in urban areas,
conducted focus groups with providers of sexual health and social services for youth in San

Francisco and Chicago (n = 4 groups: two groups per city; 4 -7 participants per group; total n
= 22; 32% male, 68% female; age range = 19-73 years; 50% African American, 32% White,
18% others. Participants are given graphic materials in the kit SIT oral and dissemination of
information on the pharmaceutical and costs.
conducted ethnographic studies quickly pharmacy Chicago (n = 10) in the
environment of the teenagers that they provide kits to explore the purchasing experience SIT
kit.
Teens have concerns with the deployment of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals,
including concerns with the loss of privacy or confidentiality, and being stigmatized, and
concerns over the high retail cost. Some concerns could be remedied if the pharmacist put the
kit in a bag, and off-the-shelf purchases available. The reason does not have the kit is the lack
of space behind the counter and low consumer demand.
Results showed oral SIT provides an opportunity to reach young African Americans
by reducing the barriers presented by clinic-based testing. Suggested improvements to the
pharmaceutical deployment strategy. Because purposive sampling strategies, these findings
can not be generalized to other settings. Overall, the SIT may provide an alternative for those
who refuse to look for clinical testing.