 | The Impact of Voluntary Counselling and Testing: A global review of the benefits and challenges (UNAIDS, 2000, 96 p.) |
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| | Acknowledgements |
| | Abbreviations |
| | Background |
|  | 1. Prevention of HIV transmission |
| | 1.1 HIV incidence/seroconversion |
| | 1.2 STI rates |
| | 1.3 Reported sexual behaviour |
| | 1.4 Studies demonstrating counselling can reduce risk behaviour |
| | 1.5 Pregnancy |
| | 1.6 Voluntary partner notification and partner testing |
| | 1.7 Couple counselling |
| | 1.8 Premarital VCT |
| | 2. Prevention of HIV transmission in special populations following VCT |
| | 2.1 Men who have sex with men (MSM) |
| | 2.2 Sex workers |
| | 2.3 STI clinic attenders |
| | 2.4 Injecting drug users (IDUs) |
| | 2.5 Prison populations |
| | 2.6 Truck drivers |
| | 2.7 Blood donors |
| | 2.8 Young people |
| | 3. Care: Improving access to medical, emotional and social support |
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| | 3.1 Access to medical care |
| | 3.2 Access to ongoing emotional/psychological care |
| | 3.3 Psychological coping and adjustment (for the individual as well as for the family and community) |
| | 3.4 Sharing of HIV test result with family and friends |
| | 3.5 Post-test clubs/support groups |
| | 3.6 Access to social support |
| | 3.7 Legal and future planning |
| | 3.8 Access to interventions to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, specialist antenatal care and family planning services |
| | 3.9 Access to HIV transmission prevention services |
| | 4. Societal |
| | 5. Cost |
| | 5.1 Developing countries |
| | 5.2 Industrialized countries |
| | 5.3 Cost effectiveness associated with MTCT interventions |
| | 6. Negative outcomes following VCT |
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| | 6.1 Abandonment and abuse |
| | 6.2 Marital break-up |
| | 6.3 Discrimination |
| | 6.4 Psychological distress, stress and depression |
| | 7. Operational |
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| | 7.1 Uptake, return rates and acceptability |
| | 7.2 HIV testing methods: Simple-rapid (S/R) testing/same-day testing |
| | 8. Client satisfaction with the service |
| | 9. Counselling without testing and other behavioural interventions |
| | 10. Testing without counselling/minimal counselling |
| | 11. Conclusion |
| | Appendix |
| | Studies from developing countries |
| | Studies from industrialized countries |
| | Studies among MSM |
| | Studies among IDUs |
| | References |
| | Back Cover |
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Many VCT services are monitored by examining data on demand and uptake of service, number of people being tested following counselling and rates for collecting HIV results.
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