Table 4.
Stakeholders’ opinions on the public’s preferred setting to obtain a kit and to confirm a reactive result vs. opinions of potential users.
| Type of Stakeholders (n = 378) | p | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health Professionals/Policymakers (n = 33) | Clinical Providers (n = 290) | CBO/NGO Workers (n = 55) | Potential Users * (n = 3537) | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Preferred setting to obtain a self-testing kit | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Pharmacies | 11 | 36.7 | 94 | 37.0 | 12 | 26.7 | 701 | 38.3 | |
| Through the internet | 8 | 26.7 | 49 | 19.3 | 10 | 22.2 | 438 | 23.9 | |
| Supermarkets/drugstores | 2 | 6.7 | 35 | 13.8 | 5 | 11.1 | 378 | 20.7 | |
| Vending machines | 1 | 3.3 | 21 | 8.3 | 2 | 4.4 | 195 | 10.7 | |
| Community-based/non-governmental organizations | 7 | 23.3 | 44 | 17.3 | 15 | 33.3 | 78 | 4.3 | |
| Purchasing it by phone | 1 | 3.3 | 5 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.7 | |
| Other | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2.4 | 1 | 2.2 | 27 | 1.5 | |
| Preferred setting for confirmation | <0.001 | ||||||||
| HIV/STI testing service or clinic | 7 | 24.1 | 40 | 15.7 | 15 | 32.6 | 730 | 27.7 | |
| General practitioner/family doctor | 8 | 27.6 | 141 | 55.3 | 1 | 2.2 | 586 | 22.2 | |
| Hospital or clinic (including the emergency room) | 7 | 24.1 | 40 | 15.7 | 9 | 19.6 | 546 | 20.7 | |
| Office of a medical specialist | 4 | 13.8 | 23 | 9.0 | 3 | 6.5 | 510 | 19.3 | |
| Community-based/non-governmental organizations | 1 | 3.4 | 5 | 2.0 | 18 | 39.1 | 177 | 6.7 | |
| Outreach activity (mobile unit, bar, club, or sauna) | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.5 | |
| Others ** | 1 | 3.4 | 6 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 73 | 2.8 | |
* HIV-negative men who have sex with men; CBO: Community-based organization; NGO: Non-governmental organization; ** Includes pharmacies, private laboratories, and elsewhere.