Table 4.
Preferences for pre-test information.
| Perception of quality of information provided | n=561 | ||||
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| 3 | After you received information about rapid HIV testing from (the video/me), how informed did you feel? |
Not well informed | 0.2% | Well informed | 43.7% |
| Somewhat informed | 5.7% | Very well informed | 50.5% | ||
| Preferences for delivery form of pre-test information | n=561 | ||||
| If you had a choice about how you got information about rapid HIV testing, would you prefer: |
A person | 54.2% | Either | 38.2% | |
| A video | 7.7% | ||||
| n=304 | |||||
| 4a | What is the main reason you prefer getting information from a person? |
Can ask questions/ interact |
52.0% | More engaging | 3.6% |
| More personal than a video |
24.7% | Can receive personalized info |
2.3% | ||
| Info from a person is more accurate |
5.3% | Can get more info from a person |
1.6% | ||
| Avoid/dislike technology | 4.6% | Other | 1.0% | ||
| Can ask for info to be repeated |
4.0% | Don’t know | 0.9% | ||
| n=43 | |||||
| 4b | What is the main reason you prefer getting information from a video? |
Videos have visual aids | 37.2% | Videos contain standardized info |
7.0% |
| Video is more entertaining |
20.9% | Can be more accurate than person |
7.0% | ||
| Video provides more info | 11.6% | It is easier to watch a video |
4.7% | ||
| Can watch/listen privately |
9.3% | Watching video is less embarrassing |
2.3% | ||
| n=214 | |||||
| 4c | What is the main reason you prefer getting information from either a person or a video? |
They have different merits |
38.3% | Both are accurate/ reliable |
9.8% |
| They give the same info | 28.5% | Other | 2.8% | ||
| No difference between what they do |
16.8% | Don’t know | 3.7% | ||