caa a22 4500 606221654 CHVBK 20210128101130.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00038-014-0606-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00038-014-0606-2 Serving the underserved: an HIV testing program for populations reluctant to attend conventional settings [Elektronische Daten] [Sonia Fernández-Balbuena, María Belza, Elena Urdaneta, Ramón Esteso, M. Rosales-Statkus, Luis de la Fuente] Objectives: We assess the contribution of a rapid-HIV testing program run by Médicos del Mundo and oriented to vulnerable populations reluctant to attend conventional settings. Methods: We compare the program outcomes with a network of 20 HIV/STI clinics (EPIVIH) and the Spanish National Surveillance System (SNHSS). Results: 33.3% of the new diagnoses were women (8.6% EPIVIH and 17.7% SNHSS). Transsexuals were 6.9% (1.9% EPIVIH), female sex workers 23.6% (2.0% EPIVIH) and 19.4% Sub-Saharan Africans (3.8% EPIVIH and 7.8% SNHSS). HIV prevalence in men was slightly higher than in the EPIVIH and almost twice among women. Conclusions: This program is contributing substantially to the promotion of HIV diagnosis in female sex workers, sub-Saharan Africans and transsexuals, which are less present at clinical settings. Swiss School of Public Health, 2014 HIV nationallicence Rapid test nationallicence Voluntary counseling and testing nationallicence High-risk groups nationallicence Programme evaluation nationallicence Fernández-Balbuena Sonia National Epidemiology Centre, Carlos III Health Institute C/Sinesio Delgado 6, 28029, Madrid, Spain aut Belza María Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology & Public Health (CIBERESP), Spain, Madrid, Spain aut Urdaneta Elena Médicos del Mundo Spain, Conde de Vilchel 15, 28028, Madrid, Spain aut Esteso Ramón Médicos del Mundo Spain, Conde de Vilchel 15, 28028, Madrid, Spain aut Rosales-Statkus M. National Epidemiology Centre, Carlos III Health Institute C/Sinesio Delgado 6, 28029, Madrid, Spain aut de la Fuente Luis National Epidemiology Centre, Carlos III Health Institute C/Sinesio Delgado 6, 28029, Madrid, Spain aut International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/1(2015-01-01), 121-126 1661-8556 60:1<121 2015 60 38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0606-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0606-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fernández-Balbuena Sonia National Epidemiology Centre, Carlos III Health Institute C/Sinesio Delgado 6, 28029, Madrid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Belza María Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology & Public Health (CIBERESP), Spain, Madrid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Urdaneta Elena Médicos del Mundo Spain, Conde de Vilchel 15, 28028, Madrid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Esteso Ramón Médicos del Mundo Spain, Conde de Vilchel 15, 28028, Madrid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rosales-Statkus M. National Epidemiology Centre, Carlos III Health Institute C/Sinesio Delgado 6, 28029, Madrid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de la Fuente Luis National Epidemiology Centre, Carlos III Health Institute C/Sinesio Delgado 6, 28029, Madrid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/1(2015-01-01), 121-126 1661-8556 60:1<121 2015 60 38