Audrey L Michal, Priti Shah
A Practical Significance Bias in Laypeople's Evaluation of Scientific Findings
Psychological science
mozambique targeted providerinitiated hiv testing counselling pitc recommended universal pitc feasible effectiveness depends healthcare providers training study aimed evaluate effect ministry health training module targeted pitc hiv positivity yield identify factors associated positive hiv test conducted singlegroup prepost study november 2018 november 2019 triage emergency departments four healthcare facilities manhia district resourceconstrained semirural area consisted two twomonth phases split oneweek targeted pitc training module observation phases hiv positivity yield targeted pitc estimated proportion hivpositive individuals among recommended hiv testing provider additionally extracted aggregated health information system data four months preceding following observation phases compare yield realworld conditions routine phases logistic regression analysis observation phase data conducted identify factors associated positive hiv test among 7102 participants pre posttraining observation phases 585 415 respectively 68 women 96 recruited triage routine phases 33261 individuals 458 pre 542 post 64 women 84 seen triage hiv positivity yield pre posttraining observation phases similar 109 2692470 111 2071865 respectively observed increase yield posttraining routine phase women triage rising 48 741553 73 61831 yield ratio 154 95ci 111214 age 2549 years 243 95ci 137433 working industrymining 494 95ci 2171123 unawareness partners hiv status 250 95ci 191327 visiting healer 174 95ci 103293 factors associated positive hiv test including factors targeted pitc algorithm could increased new hiv diagnoses 26 conclusion providing refresher training adapting current targeted pitc algorithm research help reach undiagnosed plhiv treat ultimately eliminate hiv especially resourcelimited rural areas