Table 1.
Public Health Professionals/Policy Makers (n = 33) | Clinical Providers (n = 290) | CBO/NGO Workers (n = 55) | p | ||||
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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.