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. 2021 Feb 3;18(4):1428. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18041428

Table 1.

General characteristics of participant stakeholders.

Public Health Professionals/Policy Makers (n = 33) Clinical Providers (n = 290) CBO/NGO Workers (n = 55) p
n n % n %
Age 0.006
<30 1 3.0 35 12.1 8 14.8
30–39 3 9.1 52 17.9 16 29.6
40–49 9 27.3 77 26.6 19 35.2
≥50 20 60.6 126 43.4 11 20.4
Education <0.001 *
3.0 1 0 0.0 15 27.8
University degree 23 69.7 216 74.5 35 64.8
Postgraduate 9 27.3 74 25.5 4 7.4
Job level
High senior official 2 6.5
HIV and/or public health technician 23 74.2
Other 6 19.4
Clinical setting
Primary care 215 76.8
HIV/STI specific settings 37 13.2
Secondary care setting (not HIV/STI specific) 16 5.7
Other 12 4.3
Profession
Medical doctor 224 80.3
Nurse 49 17.6
Pharmacist 2 0.7
Other 4 1.4
Target population
Mainly LGBT+ population 17 32.7
Mainly other key populations 20 38.5
Does not serve a specific group 15 28.8
Focus on HIV and/or other STIs
Exclusively focused on HIV/STI 22 44.0
Although not exclusively it includes HIV/STIs
The CBO has an HIV testing counselling service 47 95.9
Job directly involved with an HIV testing counselling service 39 73.6

CBO/NGO: Community-based organization/non-governmental organization; * p values corresponds to fishers exact test.